Did we all know this already? “Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad. Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather. Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.”
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A chip off the ol' block.
I did not know this either.
This feels to me like a dubious retconning, similar to saying that "shit" stands for "ship high in transit". The replies are full of counterexamples, including famous ones, like Harry/Skip/Chip Caray.
Small piece of data that seems to confirm at least part of this: When I was little, one of my friends was named after his father and grandfather. His family nickname was "Trois" (french for three). When he was a little older, the nickname switched to "Trip." The origin/ meaning of those didn't dawn on me until much later.
Huh. My grandmother went by Skip, but because she skipped a lot as a kid 🤷🏻♀️
Our son is occasionally called Skip, specifically because he is named after my dad, after whom I am not named. But, honestly, Skip seemed a bit condescending to us, so we mostly go with his first name.
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