Now that Perl 6 has an official alias, Raku, Perl 5 should also have one, and it should be...

• Flix - rhymes with UNIX®
• Piku - Raku and Piku sound like protagonists of an epic romance
• V - a roman numeral like C, but alliterates with victory
• Sebos - in Dalmatian mythology, Raku is the goddess of youth, while Sebos is the god of longevity [citation needed]
• Quilt - finely crafted from lots of patches
• 5lang - the language with 5 in its name, also somewhat like slang
• $LANG - like slang as above, only much more stupid
• Onion - blends well with the TPF logo
• Cowboy Neal
• other: [insert name here]
• none - Perl 5 does not need a nickname

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