I have to admit that it is difficult to keep up with all the private jokes in Paulo’s MTF forum. Seems like we’ve invented names for our PHM every other week! And of course, with all the holy items Paulo’s been involved for the past year… It’s easy to get lost in the jungle of fangirls

Mr.President: If we think of ourselves as a nation; Pauloland — Paulo, of course, is our elected president. Not that anyone ran against him. And recently we named “Nicolas Devilder” as our VP. Why? Because they won an epic battle in Bucharest, capturing the first ever doubles title together! That’s HUGE, people!!! Paulo and doubles aren’t known to be the best of friends.

Pineapple: Nickname given to Paulo by his Chinese-speaking fans.  The name “Paulo” sounds similar to “Pineapple” in Chinese. (Thanks for enlightening us.) Paulo made quite an impression around the world

Vamos: We’ll never know why Paulo chooses to “Vamos”, I guess. But who cares? It’s cool! Especially when you’re French! So we, the fans, do “Vamos” with him sometimes. We did not fail our Spanish/French class. We’re just embracing the world cultures. Fun fact to this is that David Ferrer attempted to find out why Paulo ditching his national “Allez” in Wimbledon 2007. But no, the Spaniard failed to get his answer. Thanks anyway, David!

The Holey Sock: It literally is the sock with a hole in it.  Here.
Our first holy item, I’d say. Not too many people make you go “awwwww” by wearing a holey sock. Worth mentioning.

Zadig et Voltaire: Rockin’ French clothing brand which Paulo seems to adore. We caught him buying – at least – FOUR different colors of the same shirt design! Proofs: [x] [x] [x]

He looks great in them nevertheless so this is why I name our chat thread as “The Zadig et Voltaire Appreciation Thread“.