What's in a name?

eliwallach

It's been mooted that the pseudonym a person chooses for him/her self reveals alot about that person.
So let's be having each and every one of you, what does your username mean to you and why did you pick it. (I know some will be almost self explanatory eg MarieC ? and others may be mundane but what the hell).

I'll start the ball rolling.
Eli Wallach is an actor who played one of the triumvirate in The Good The Bad & The Ugly. He was the Bad:(, which kinda described my running at the start!

TheRoadRunner

my father in law christened me "the road runner" as in the cartoon character when he seen me running all over Dublin

Peckham

When I first registered on Boards I was living in Peckham in London, so not really imaginative.

MarieC

Maybe mine isn't self-explanatory? Maybe I.........Im too lazy to come up with an excuse, yes my first name is Marie, surname starts with C. Adventurous I know! :rolleyes:

hunnymonster

lol, Mr HM calls his son Cookiemonster sometimes so I had to be a different type of "monster".... obviously I'm so sweet and nice that it have to be honey/hunny"monster"..... Chocolatemonster doesn't have the same ring does it?

christeb

christeb - email address while studying in Trinity - nothing funny/imaginative about it unfortunately!

--amadeus--

Amadeus as my alter ego dates back to the mid 80s...

Anyone remember Falco? I also saw the film Amadeus and thought it was excellent. It's also not too far from my real name and includes my initials...

So that was the name that went on the high score table on video games. And when I became a geek and played D&D (:o) it was my character name. And when I came across BB's it was kind of inevitable... It's my RunnersWorld nick, my lastFM nick, etc

ultraman1

MY brother "superdave"(dont ask) gave me the name after a boozing session(he dosent know it was non alhcoholic:D)

stmochtas

Used to live in stmochtas (pronounced saint Mock-tas) estate in coolmine D15, boring ....

--amadeus--

Funny how so many names that sound wierd and exotic have really ordinary explanations!!

shels4ever

registered for boards when going on a football trip to spain to watch shelbourne play years ago.. Would have changed it to something more running related but too late for that now.

pgibbo

p for Paul and gibbo is my nickname from school. nothing exciting there!!

greenplain

My user name is Green plain. Its the English translation from the village I'm from Tipp, the village is called Moyglass.

hunnymonster

lots of people called after places.

robinph

Someone else had already registered Robin.

I go by Spideog most other places but that is the same thing, or so I'm told.

barkar

registerred around the same time as for hotmail or yahoo, so for ease used the first 3 letters of my name (barry) and that of my fiance (karen) and mom to be of my child , not really imaginative unfortunatively ............

--amadeus--

barkar wrote: »

and mom to be of my child

Congrats!!!

hunnymonster

yes congrats. I hope mum to be is feeling well and Dad is getting as much sleep as he can. Is it possible to get 18 years of sleep in 9 months?

eliwallach

stmochtas wrote: »

Used to live in stmochtas (pronounced saint Mock-tas) estate in coolmine D15, boring ....

Always imagined your name had something to do with your stomach....:P

hawkwing

I want to be as fast as the horse trained near where i am from was!! :
Major Racing Wins
Futurity Stakes (2001)
National Stakes (2001)
Eclipse Stakes (2002)
Lockinge Stakes (2003)

Me
None!

OldBloke

I am on other Fora as Bloke but that was taken and I had just turned 40 so was feeling my age - thus OldBloke. The reason for Bloke came from the lad culture of the early 90s. I was asked if I was a man or a lad. I said im neither Im just a Bloke and the nickname stuck. My GF was none too pleased as she was called Blokes Bird!!!

uglyjohn

uglyjohn was a name i use on a different forum ages ago, at the time i used it cuz my first choice was taken and i wasnt aresed putting any thought into it.

when the time came to register for boards i dusted it off because it bears no resemblance to my real name( no im not called john!).

a few friends of mine post on boards (not on this forum though, the lazy bastards) and i want to be able to post without them knowing who i am...hence why i dont have any photos of me up.

SUNGOD

i was eating a pack of SUNMAID raisins when i registered and i thought i cant be a SUNMAID but i could be a SUNGOD.
kinda sad really, but i do love the sun and sometimes i think im god

Stupid_Private

Back when I was younger I used to be in the FCA. On a night out my friends decided that this drunken idiot stumbling around with them wasn't really a Corporal but nothing more than a Private, a stupid Private at that. Plently of slagging about it that night but no more was really said of the matter for a few days until someone called the flat and asked one of the flatmates how 'Stupid Private' was feeling after the night out. The name stuck from there.

stmochtas

eliwallach wrote: »

Always imagined your name had something to do with your stomach....:P

Never even noticed that. You should be on countdown.:D

dna_leri

Used name on previous site, where I wanted to identify my nationality, so spelt it backwards - dnalerI

Abhainn

Mine was chosen hastily, but seemed fitting at the time.
A river runs along side our garden. As a river rarely stops flowing I kinda wanted it to be as a symbol to my running.
Well it seemed appropiate at the time, not too fond of it now though.

I nearly chose Fat Joe which was my nick name in my GAA days (I'm now called Fat Joe Slim by those)

Krusty_Clown

Mine comes for a cartoon, made by Matt Groening, that is a "satirical parody of the middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its titular yellow family".

Like Shels4Ever, my username predates my running interest by about 7 years (on boards), and like Amadeus, also has its roots in video game related folklore. Myself and about 12 other guys used to play Duke Nukem 3D in work at lunch time (around 1996), and somebody had installed a Simpsons add-on voice pack, so I chose Krusty. Soon afterwards I was looking for a Hotmail alias, so at the spur of the moment chose Krusty_Clown. Now I have about 20 Krusty-related email alias, and around 150+ registered usernames. I also have pointy green hair and a Rabbi father.

misty floyd

misty floyd - my dogs name and one of my favourite bands (pink floyd).

MarieC

Owing to the fact that I cant stop messing with words and letters in my head when Im running I find myself messing around with yer usernames, trying to find what they mean, if its an anagram or anything like that. its either that or getting the average of the numbers on licence plates and figuring what each number would have to donate/receive from the others to be at the average. Trying to stop this thinking as it can be annoying after 10miles of it!

Orobhsa

Place name of where I grew up spelt backwards. Feel my running going that way sometimes!

donothoponpop

When my son was was one he used to like Dr. Suess's book "Hop on Pop", and when he used to climb on me I would sternly say "Do Not Hop on Pop!" much to his delight. I like how it looks squashed together, like it should be a palindrome, or look the same upside down, but doesn't.

When I used it on am American board, one lady asked was I Scottish: she had assumed I was "Don o' tho PonPop"!

misty floyd

MarieC wrote: »

getting the average of the numbers on licence plates and figuring what each number would have to donate/receive from the others to be at the average.

.........rain woman.

Peckham

donothoponpop wrote: »

When my son was was one he used to like Dr. Suess's book "Hop on Pop", and when he used to climb on me I would sternly say "Do Not Hop on Pop!" much to his delight. I like how it looks squashed together, like it should be a palindrome, or look the same upside down, but doesn't.

When I used it on am American board, one lady asked was I Scottish: she had assumed I was "Don o' tho PonPop"!

Was waiting for you to reply - have been intrigued by this username for a while. Couldn't even break it down into its constituent parts - I had always assumed that your real name was Don, but couldn't work out how the rest fitted in.

All makes sense now!

--amadeus--

Tragically having kids myself I had worked it out... The weekend fun of "Giddy up horsey" as I try and sneak a lie in has left deep emotional scars...

MarieC

misty floyd wrote: »

.........rain woman.

Now that would be a better username than just MarieC!

donothoponpop

--amadeus-- wrote: »

Tragically having kids myself I had worked it out... The weekend fun of "Giddy up horsey" as I try and sneak a lie in has left deep emotional scars...

"Giddy up Horsey" is what Mrs donothoponpop and I play on a lie in- should we be rumbled of course:D

MCOS

donothoponpop wrote: »

When my son was was one he used to like Dr. Suess's book "Hop on Pop", and when he used to climb on me I would sternly say "Do Not Hop on Pop!" much to his delight. I like how it looks squashed together, like it should be a palindrome, or look the same upside down, but doesn't.

When I used it on am American board, one lady asked was I Scottish: she had assumed I was "Don o' tho PonPop"!

American's! When I arrived back from living in Japan years ago I was sitting on a bus from Shannon Airport when we passed Bunratty Castle. I kid you not but the exact quote would be "aw isn't that such a cute little castle, I wonder why they didn't build it closer to the airport!" :rolleyes:

Anyway back on topic, I'm MCOS which is just the initials of my name, uninteresting. Shortened from shotgunmcos which is my usual pseudonym. I was christened 'shotgun' by my rowing crew years ago for various reasons

Woddle

Its just a username I picked from years ago. I hate it now and have thought about changing it but it could be a messy transition

chatoon

'Chatoon' is used in French as a term of affection and also describes cartoon cats (yes, I like cats!); also I thought it was a good variation of Chat-on (appropriate for boards.ie!) - yes, I'm that sad that I spent time thinking about that - if only I'd spent the time on my running, I'd be a real runner by now!!:)

rainbow kirby

My user name comes from the fact I used to play way too much Super Smash Bros Melee! The day I picked it I'd been playing for about 6-7 hours, and one of the event matches (#6: Kirbys on Parade) has the tagline "Look out! A rainbow of kirbys is after you!". I've played as Kirby in all the Super Smash Bros games since the N64 version.

So yes, I should probably spend less time playing video games and more time running

Rusty Cogs 08

We were heading for NY for the millenium and as our only rule about drinking establishments in NY was that they must have a pool table we needed chalk board handles. They had to be 'yank' sounding and you couldn't just make one up. Someone would have to use it in a sentence unknowingly and then you'd pick it out of the sentence and claim it as your own. At some point on the trip someone mentioned the rusty cogs and I said "that's me, that is" Rusty Cogs. Always raised a smile when you'd get the call to the table "hey Rusty, you're up dude".

asimonov

it has my name in it, is a tribute to isaac asimov a writer i liked as a kid and i thought it sounded a little like an eastern european marathon runner who is so hard he smoke cigarettes as he runs.

earlyevening

Registered at around 5pm. Couldn't think of anything else.

thirtyfoot

I can't remember the basis behind mine although I don't like it. It may be to do with the fact that I'm in a constant state of anticipation and excitement, I'm not sure.

Although it could be this from wikipedia, apparently a charachter from the Legend of Zelda (some of this is accurate, some way off)

Tingle is a short, paunchy 35-year-old man who is completely obsessed with "forest fairies" and dresses up in a green costume, slightly resembling that of the main character, Link. In Majora's Mask, he wears tight red shorts and a necklace with a clock that is permanently stuck at four o'clock. Tingle is normally seen floating around on his red balloon, drawing and selling maps for his father, who sees him as "a fool".

shels4ever

Tingle is a short, paunchy 35-year-old man who is completely obsessed with "forest fairies" and dresses up in a green costume

Shouldnt be hard to spot on a normal day then, must fit in on March 17th

Fast_Mover

I first found boards when googling something athletics related and it brought me to this very forum!!!
Have represented Ireland in athletics and have many all ireland medals. Only name I could think of at the time on the spot. Perhaps I should change it to slow_mover now though!:(

Killgore Trout

I managed to spell it wrong when I registered - but if you google Kilgore Trout you'll find the following (I've made some slight edits to the original text)

Those of you who are familiar with the work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. have surely come across the name Kilgore Trout in his novels. He is one of the author's favorite fictional characters and appears in many of his books (e.g. Slaughterhouse-Five, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, Timequake etc.)
Kilgore Trout is an unsuccessful writer of science fiction, having few, yet loyal fans. He spends all his time writing, but he never gets a decent publisher. His stories get published only in porn magazines (such as the Black Garterbelt). The reason is simple: They cover the space between photos and are incredibly cheap (Nobody reads them anyway). The few works that made it into a paperback edition serve as shop-window fillers.
The literary character, Kilgore Trout is said to be inspired by Theodore Sturgeon, a 'famous' sci-fi writer.
Kilgore Trout seems to be a parody of Kurt Vonnegut himself. Not only of himself, but of all sci-fi writers. Sci-fi is considered to be trash by most publishers and so the authors have to send their work to various places in the hope of getting published. (Vonnegut's past was like this, writing stories for various magazines etc.)

GoHardOrGoHome

I spent 6 months in Australia and played a little bit of canoepolo there.

Some of the locals were fond of saying you should either Go Hard or Go Home!

It sounds very brash and gung-ho but I take more of a softly-softly-catchy-monkey approach to training etc.

hunnymonster wrote: »

lol, Mr HM calls his son Cookiemonster sometimes so I had to be a different type of "monster".... obviously I'm so sweet and nice that it have to be honey/hunny"monster"..... Chocolatemonster doesn't have the same ring does it?

Does nobody remember the Hunnymonster from Sugar Puffs? Great cereal. Doesn't have a patch on my porridge with honey and various other bits of fruit/nut/seed flotsam.

donothoponpop wrote: »

When my son was was one he used to like Dr. Suess's book "Hop on Pop", and when he used to climb on me I would sternly say "Do Not Hop on Pop!" much to his delight. I like how it looks squashed together, like it should be a palindrome, or look the same upside down, but doesn't.

I worked out Do Not Hop On Pop myself though! Well, I didn't know it was a Dr. Seuss line.

jeffontour

I joined boards at a time when every website seemed to start making you join to gain access to previously freely accessible content. So I was Jeff, touring the net. I would much rather be Jeff but it's normally gone, despite rarely meeting the other so-called Jeffs!

bananamansgay

a mate had sent me a link to a piece on some blog that discusses superheros and their sexuality.... bananaman, apparently , is very gay.

about 5 mins after glancing through the peice i registered here, i was starting to train for my first triathlon and i wanted to see the pics of peoples bikes in the 'images of beauty' thread in the cycling section. i did not know of course that this forum contains a wealth of information and help on a range of things and i never thought i would actually post anything here.....

believe me

i would have though a hell of a lot harder when picking my name if i had done!