got into the mix

[Maybo]

Pretty soon I'd be going back to school, homeless or not. Some of the kids on my team would probably start calling me Strike-Out Charlie. Which would be better than Juicer's Kid Charlie, but how long before that got into the mix?

Source: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

What does "got into the mix" mean?

 

[teechar]

but how long before that got into the mix?

.. but I wonder how long it would take before this new phrase becomes part of the set of phrases they use to address me.