Username origins

DJ_Spider

OK how did you chose your username? Is it a nickname, something you thought up in the spur of the moment? something to do with your real name? or just something silly to keep people guessing?

Mine has been a nickname for a long time. I used to keep spiders, snakes, lizards, and scorpions, as well as run a reptile rescue service and spider & snake club. On Corronation Street there was a guy called Spider, so someone gave me the smae name. It has just stuck. Now I use it as my DJ name and keep an air of mystery to my real identity! In fact some people still call me Spider and don't know my real name.

So come on Brothers & Brotherettes & Wimmins tell us your story! :pac:

DJ Spider
(If I told you my real name I would have to kill you!)

ShayK1

it came from my real name. when i was creating my 1st email address it was suggested by the mail server and i've used it ever since

Doctor DooM

My bands called SDM. I think Doctor Doom is cool.

I just mashed the two up

justsomebloke

it's 3 letter's of the alphabet

RxQueen

jsb wrote: »

it's 3 letter's of the alphabet

hehehehe!

What is the difference between a brotherette and a wimmin?

Laziness....I didn't think I was hanging around.
I regret it now.

Slow Motion

Moonbaby wrote: »

What is the difference between a brotherette and a wimmin?

Laziness....I didn't think I was hanging around.
I regret it now.

Brotherette = female regular

wimmin = anyone female or a member of the non drinkers sewing circle!

sioda

Its my name as gaelige

Slow Motion

Slow Motion wrote: »

wimmin = anyone female or a member of the non drinkers sewing circle!

W00t!!!!!!!

Thats the first time I've been described as doubly wimminly

LadyJ

Moonbaby, I thought you were a guy....?

justsomebloke

LadyJ wrote: »

Moonbaby, I thought you were a guy....?

so did I*


*oh and pics or you still are

arybvtcw0eolkf

'Mairt' - latin for 'Big red haired fecker who is great in bed'.

citytillidie

Derry City Chant, well ok a footy chant for all teams with City in there name

LadyJ

LadyJ wrote: »

Moonbaby, I thought you were a guy....?

Prowling around LL, biding my time, just spoiling for an opportunity to cut the other brothers out of the potential to score loop?

What kind of lowlife would do the like of that

kev_s88

my first name, my surnames first initial, and my year of birth

nice and simple

missmatty

First time I signed up for a forum, was casting around for a username and I happened to be reading the book 'Cranford' by Elizabeth Gaskell. There's a character in it called Miss Matty.

It's funny though, they did a TV adaptation of the book recently and I kept seeing miss matty in tv reviews and everywhere. It was a bit unsettling

Ginny

Plucked from thin air.

Fozzie Bear

One of a few nick names i had in secondary second all those years ago. I had 3 or 4 at various stages so i use a different one for each of the different discussion boards i frequent.....

GinnyJo

GinnyJo wrote: »

Plucked from thin air.

Your avatar is crushing my lenten resolve....I want it!

Ginny

Sorry having it there reminds me not to have them...my fingers are itching to have one though....I'm close to
Licking the screen

Xavi6

Name of my favourite footballer and his squad number. Sin e.

GinnyJo

GinnyJo wrote: »

Sorry having it there reminds me not to have them...my fingers are itching to have one though....I'm close to
Licking the screen

Bah hah ah ha ha ha ha ha ahah ha hhhhh ahaahhha hhahahhaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~Gasp~ ~Sigh~

r3nu4l

r3nu4l is 'leetspeak' for 'renewal'.

I used to have a different username at hackthissite years ago but at that time the site was very unstable thanks to power struggles between the mods and admins, so the site was hacked and the database deleted about 3-4 times in 2 months. Hence we had to reregister or 'renew' our accounts several times over that two months.

It's my most common username but I have about 7 different usernames across different fora globally

EDIT: The leetspeak is used as irony as these days it's mostly script-kiddies that use it...although, gamers use it a lot too I suppose.

Rob_l

My was given to me a Eskimo mystic while I was doing heroin and walking the world in search of answers to the ultimate question, doing good deeds and just generally spreading the message of the coming war of the fish.

Third_Echelon

I was playing Tom Clancy's 'Splinter Cell' and read a Tom Clancy book around the same time....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Echelon

GrahamThomas

My username comes from my birth cert.... My first name and middle name! Very original :pac:

RxQueen

GrahamThomas wrote: »

My username comes from my birth cert.... My first name and middle name! Very original :pac:

Thanks man that was wrecking my head:D

GrahamThomas

emo!! wrote: »

Thanks man that was wrecking my head:D

Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your post emo?

RxQueen

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your post emo?

eeemmmmm no!

takola

Where's yours come from emo??

My brother used to call me takola when I was little. It stuck!

RxQueen

takola wrote: »

Where's yours come from emo??

My brother used to call me takola when I was little. It stuck!

i had a papercut one day , was a very painful time , thats how it came about:rolleyes:

monkeyfudge

Moonbaby wrote: »

Your avatar is crushing my lenten resolve....I want it!

If only that thing from Willy Wonka was real... where he could send chocolate bars over the television.

Also... going by how much they shrink the creme eggs each year the Avatar is almost to scale.

Lux23

Mine is a character in The Virgin Suicides.

dr strangelove

I have a doctorate in strange loving.







or possibly just love the film.
It's weird because everywhere else on the web i use another name, but for boards, for some reason i chose this. Dunno why.

AlmightyCushion

About 2 years ago I created my own cult, the almighty cushion was it's god.

Star Lord

My real name is Damien, so as it's associated with "The Omen" so much, DamoElDiablo just seemed to fit!

tribulus

A bodybuilding supplement of questionable effectiveness. Also a plant used hundreds of years ago to treat premature ejaculation.

takola

emo!! wrote: »

i had a papercut one day , was a very painful time , thats how it came about:rolleyes:

Papercuts can be so traumatising!

Zaph

A shortened version of Zaphod Beelbebrox*, President of the Galaxy, inventor of the Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster and all round hoopy frood. Used to be Zaphod on another site years ago but people often shortened it to Zaph. Have been using that now for several years on a couple of sites I frequent.



* A character in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in case you're a troglodyte or have been in solitary confinement somewhere for the past 30 years.

Ruu_Old

Ruu->Ruairí (my real name), most people just call me Ruu or Ruuey.

Don1

Lot's of Hitchhikers fans round these parts (Rob_| and Zaph to name but a few). love it.

Name: Dónal, shortened Don

legendary manwhore Don Juan

me Don1

it's that simple.

So, eh, wimmins, how you doin?!

LadyJ

I thought that was the reason Don1. However, one only becomes Juan in certain accents.....

Rockee

There was already a 'Rocky' (my nickname)

Don1

LadyJ wrote: »

I thought that was the reason Don1. However, one only becomes Juan in certain accents.....

Just as well I'm good at them so.........;)

Mint Sauce

used the same name on a UK board, since changed it, not boards.uk, another one, irish to show i was living in ireland, stew being part of my full name, couldn't think of anything else when i signed up here

nothing to do with the dish, not very exciting i know

Todoquetengo

means 'all that i have' in Spanish....love Spanish :cool:

Nerin

main character in stuff ive planned to write properly for years.

Bunnywabbit*

Has been my name on forums about 2 years....

Cant remember why?

takola

Zaph wrote: »

A shortened version of Zaphod Beelbebrox*, President of the Galaxy, inventor of the Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster and all round hoopy frood. Used to be Zaphod on another site years ago but people often shortened it to Zaph. Have been using that now for several years on a couple of sites I frequent.



* A character in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in case you're a troglodyte or have been in solitary confinement somewhere for the past 30 years.

For shame Zaff!! :eek:

Zaph

takola wrote: »

For shame Zaff!! :eek:

Oops

the pants man

the local garda gave me my name after he caught me red handed in my elderly neighbours back garden robbing specific items of clothing from her line.