Praise be to Allah.
The believer should make himself get used to speaking good words, and should avoid foul or indecent words. At-Tirmidhi (1977) narrated that ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The believer is not a slanderer, one who curses a great deal, one who indulges in obscenity or who in engages in foul talk.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan al-Tirmidhi.
“The believer” that is, the perfect believer
“is not a slanderer,” that is, one who frequently slanders people and impugns their honour, their integrity or their character.
“One who indulges in obscenity” that is, one who insults them in obscene terms
“or who engages in foul talk” – it was said that this refers to one who has no shame, or one who offends people with his speech. So it means the same as one who indulges in obscenity.
See: Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi.
The fact that someone does not object to the nicknames that you mentioned does not cancel out the fact that they come under the heading of obscene or foul talk that the believer should keep away from.
And Allah knows best.
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