Editing Idi Amin (section)

=== Nicknames ===
Over the course of his career, Amin gained numerous nicknames, many of them derogatory:

* "Big Daddy":<ref name="africa coup">{{Cite web |date=12 January 2017 |title=When Uganda last played Africa Cup, Idi Amin ruled |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/soccer/when-uganda-last-played-africa-cup-idi-amin-ruled-1683198 |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Daily Monitor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sospeter Okero |first=Biching'a |last2=Nyandoro Obara |first2=George |last3=Kebaya |first3=Charles |date=22 September 2019 |editor-last=Mugubi |editor-first=John |editor2-last=Ojwang' |editor2-first=Amos O. |editor3-last=Saxena |editor3-first=Monisha |editor4-last=Wesonga |editor4-first=Robert |editor5-last=Kiptoo |editor5-first=Priscah-Tarus |editor6-last=Nyongesa |editor6-first=Andrew |editor7-last=Sehrawat |editor7-first=Deepa |editor8-last=Mwangi |editor8-first=Evan |editor9-last=[[Hope Eghagha]] |title=Representation of the Big Man Typology in The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin |url=https://www.royalliteglobal.com/njhs/article/view/387 |journal=Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences |publisher=Royallite Global (Royallite Publishers) |publication-place=Nairobi, Kenya |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=40–56 |issn=2520-4009 |editor10-first=Christopher |editor10-last=Odhiambo}}</ref> affectionate nickname{{sfn|Decker|2014|p=1}}
* ''kijambiya'' ("the [[machete]]"):{{sfn|Decker|2014|p=137}} attributed to Ugandan security forces often murdering their victims with machetes{{sfn|Decker|2014|p=73}}
* "Butcher of Uganda"<ref name="africa coup" />
* "Butcher of Africa"{{sfn|Seftel|2010|p=171}}
* "Butcher of Kampala"<ref name="AP2" />
* "Black Hitler"<ref name="AP2" />
* "Dada": It is disputed whether this was part of Amin's family name or a nickname. Some observers have claimed that it originated as a nickname for Amin's "cowardly" behavior, as it can be translated as "sister", though this has been strongly disputed by others.{{sfn|Decker|2014|p=188}}{{sfn|Leopold|2020|pp=30–31}} Amin's family has stated that "Dada" was simply an alternative name for the [[Lugbara people]] which is occasionally used as a personal name. Researcher Mark Leopold judged this to be more likely than the nickname theory.{{sfn|Leopold|2020|p=31}}
* "Dr. Jaffa":<ref name=":1" /> he earned this nickname in exile in Saudi Arabia due to his daily consumption of oranges, especially after allegedly transitioning to [[fruitarianism]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />