What's Wemedge Mean?

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What does "Wemedge" mean? Could you please provide a quick answer? Thank you.

Madie Hilpert · Accepted Answer

Nick, in Ernest Hemingway's The Three-Day Blow, is most often called by his favorite nickname for himself, "Wemedge." It is just a playful variant of his inverted last name.

Ernest Hemingway had many nicknames throughout his lifetime. To his sister Sunny, he was "Oinbones." While in high school, he gave himself the nickname of "Hemingstein."

Because of his love of boxing and the great outdoors, he became known as "Champ." His first wife Hadley and son John (by Hadley) affectionately referred to him as either "Ernestoic," "Tatie," "Tiny," or "Wax Puppy."

Even the child shared in the fun, acquiring his own nickname of "Bumby." Hemingway was also known in some circles as "Wemedge."

More obvious nicknames included "Ernie," "Hem," and "Hemmy." The most enduring and most recognized nickname for Hemingway would be "Papa."

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Dr. Clarence Edmonds Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway.

The second of six children, Ernest enjoyed an adventurous boyhood, fishing and hunting with his father in the northern woods of Michigan. He attended Oak Park High School where he excelled in his classes, particularly English. He tried his hand at football and swimming, edited the school paper (the Trapeze), and contributed pieces to the school's literary magazine (the Tabula).

After graduating from high school, Ernest traveled to Kansas City and worked as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star. In 1918, he began service as an ambulance driver for the Italian army. On July 8, he was wounded at Fossalta on the Italian Piave while delivering chocolates, cigarettes, and postcards to soldiers.

For more information about the life of Ernest Hemingway, visit TimelessHemingway.com.

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