BS”D
LOL re ruh moot – the guy who sent it to me uses four different full (first name and surname) identities so I don’t worry too much about what he says – he is L”A a hazeet case!
And thanks re Itchies!
I thought it came from the Yiddish nickname Itche which is what some ppl call me and other Yitzchaks – in our circles being called by a nickname like that means that both you and the person using it are “real Chassidim” who still speak Yiddish and have strong ties to the old ways.
Also, Reb Yitzchak Meir Alter ZYA of Gur (Ger), the Chiddushei HaRim, was known familiarly as Reb Itche-Mayer and just about anyone named Yitzchak Meir in his revered memory is called Itche-Meir (such as Chazzan Helfgott).