Explain Your Nick...

littleninja · 03-08-2004 02:58AM

My nick came about about 7 years ago intitially, I was working at stables and the lads were going "wait for little ninja*, she's only got little legs" and that made me laugh.

Three years later, my boss at the time started calling me ninja (possibly because I was so quiet at the time and could sneak around a lot without geing heard).

A year after that, I discovered the Internet and just put little in front of ninja and the rest, as the say is history :rolleyes:

*not ACTUALLY my name - fairly obviously!!!

BlitzKrieg · 03-08-2004 03:50AM

Well my dad is a historian and he specifies in military history so he would rub alot of military terms and names into my head. When i was really young he called me sergeant ME 109 after the German plane and as i got older he would still bug me about numerous military nicknames he had for me (funnily they were all German military vehicles such as King Tiger, Tirptiz and Bismarck (god bless u bizmark it is a beutiful ship)

anyway personnally i hated most of the nicknames except Bismarck and Blitzkrieg. But i never used them online, instead I went by the name of FireGate which changed to FireBlade. this was based off a fanfiction of Aliens i wrote which followed a man with half human dna half alien dna (GOD DAM U FOX U STOLE MY IDEA!), I was 11 or 12 at the time and the story in alot of ways was immature (simply put it was the Hulk except he turned into alien instead of a green pussy which i thought was cooler)

at about 15 i scrapped Fireblade and the fanfiction because a) I had decided my future was in films or games and Fireblade lacked originality, snap or appeal

I learned there was a motorbike called Fireblade and i was sick of people asking me did i own one or liked them whenever i was online...

So i went through many a great name while searching for a replacement. From crappy humour names 'Shaving Ryans Privates' to unusual names based of my earlier failed websites 'S3' I finally settled after playing CS one night on BlitzKrieg. playing for an american clan called RK i ended up in a argument over my tactics that got me kicked out. (NO I DID NOT CAMP) I tended not to play *with the team* and instead purposely tried to get behind the enemy as fast as possible and break them up. When i explained these were Blitzkrieg tactics they declared me a nazi and had me booted from the team. So i took BlitzKrieg as my name because it was how i played alot of FPS i tended to do alot more speed tactics rather then steady assaults (should see me as a scout or spy in tfc) I gave the K in krieg a capitol because at the same time i revived my fanfic, removed the aliens element and started to rework on it as a personal film project with a central character with a split personality which was symbolized by the names Blitz and Krieg. the project is now 2 films long (in script) numerous spin offs etc and is among my life goals. Even the character has been split into two distinct characters...so i guess i have an interest in seeing 2 different views...meh

and thats my lengthy origin story...who wants to make my biography?

lilo moo · 03-08-2004 07:01AM

well back in the day (the day being sometime last year, around the time of that lilo & stitch movie being released), myself and my good friend were full of beans and high on the joys of life. now even though we were good friends, we were also new friends and i had just met her little sister. one day my good friend told me that her little sister thought i looked just like lilo. considering the strange proportions of that child, i didn't know if that was a good thing. but what the hey, it was cute. i put it down to lilo & i both having dark hair and eyes.

now that i had a nickname, we had to think of one for my good friend. amazingly enough, the girl always smelled delicious, and one day i realised she smelled of coconut! (i just love that smell...and taste) and that's how my good friend came to be called coco. as it happened, her real name starts with a 'c' and mine with an 'l'.

i can't seem to remember the details of how we got the second parts of our nicknames (we generally don't use the 2nd parts when addressing each other). maybe we were a little hyper and decided to make animal noises, or maybe there was no specific reason at all. moo & baa were the names (noises?) of choice, and that's how it all came to be.

Ste- · 03-08-2004 08:15AM

It's short for my first name. And no there isn't a - in my name it's just Ste was taken.
T'was also my nickname in school so there you go.

Jim · 03-08-2004 08:50AM

Jim.

He eats menu's.

And how!

Sarky · 03-08-2004 08:52AM

Yes, how, exactly?

RE*AC*TOR · 03-08-2004 09:10AM

The year is 1981. Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter as President of the United States of America. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., whose family had connections with the vice president. Two police officers and James Brady are also wounded. Pope John Paul II is shot at and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman, as he entered St. Peter's Square in Rome to address a general audience. (Two days after Christmas in 1983, Pope John Paul went to the prison to meet and forgive his would-be assassin). In France, socialist François Mitterrand becomes president of the Republic. Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales. Neil Young releases what, by his standards would be considered a below par album - RE*AC*TOR, by most other peoples standards the greatest album of their lives. A tribute to mashed potatoes and steak - would go on to inspire a generation of grungers.

Dave · 03-08-2004 09:53AM

..........

Sarky · 03-08-2004 09:55AM

And all across America, people were doing a dance called the Funky Grampa?

Micheal Wittman · 03-08-2004 09:57AM

Well it says it all here really...

http://achtungpanzer.com/gen3.htm

There's a couple of pages here on how a lone leutenant became the greatest tank ace in History.

The following guy is pretty interesting as well....

http://achtungpanzer.com/gen9.htm

Hans Rudel was a rampent nazi but an incredible stuka ace.
Just read how may tanks planes and even battleships the guy blew up in his little plane.

Hello Kitty · 03-08-2004 10:28AM

I just like the name and the character is very cute!

Sarky · 03-08-2004 10:33AM

This one is Cuter...

Micheal Wittman · 03-08-2004 10:34AM

Funny reply sarky :P

Hello Kitty · 03-08-2004 10:48AM

Thats hello-kitty's evil twin!!!

Dr. Loon · 03-08-2004 10:52AM

I'm a Doctor, and a lunatic.

Sleipnir · 03-08-2004 11:00AM

Eight-legged horse. Pretty obvious really.

The Corinthian · 03-08-2004 11:19AM

Take your pick...

Co·rin·thi·an (ko-rïn-thé-ën)

A native or inhabitant of Corinth. Of or pertaining to ancient Corinth or its people or culture.
Architecture. Of or relating to the Corinthian order, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans. "This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks". - Parker.
(adj.) Elegantly or elaborately ornate.
Given to licentious and profligate luxury. A luxury-loving person; a bon vivant. "Debauched in character or practice; impure." - Milton.

Jim · 03-08-2004 11:23AM

From [url=www.dictionary.com[/url]Dictionary.com[/url]

No entry found for jimeatsmenu.
Did you mean gamesmen?

koneko · 03-08-2004 11:25AM

I always thought you got that from The Sandman (Neil Gaiman).

"...the darkness, and the fear of darkness, in every human heart. A black mirror made to reflect everything about itself humanity will not confront."

SouperComputer · 03-08-2004 11:30AM

boring one here too, sorry to disappoint

it was a nickname in work.

ArphaRima · 03-08-2004 11:32AM

I chose fluffer because fluffer is a name that is never taken. That way fluffer is my nick in almost everything. Its short, easily recognisable, and has multiple meanings.

Anyone who understands what a fluffer does in the porn industry will know why it is never taken.

Sleipnir · 03-08-2004 11:40AM

fluffer wrote:

Anyone who understands what a fluffer does in the porn industry will know why it is never taken.

Hmmm not an answer to your girlfriend's parent's question
"So what do you do for a living?"

dudara · 03-08-2004 11:40AM

There's a cave on our farm that supposedly the giant Dudara used to live in. The river that bounds our land flows through a little gorge where there are weird dents on the rock. These are called the "Fiacla" (teeth), and are apparently where Dudara fell over once when crossing the river.

The only thing with "Dudara" is that people automatically assume i'm male.

BTW it's pronounced doo-dara

I also got in a fight with my dad when he was setting up an email account because he wanted to use dudara as well, but hey, it was already taken.

The Corinthian · 03-08-2004 11:41AM

koneko wrote:

"...the darkness, and the fear of darkness, in every human heart. A black mirror made to reflect everything about itself humanity will not confront."

All right... there's an element of that too...

delly · 03-08-2004 11:46AM

Del is common for Dereck, which I am.
delly is just an extra bit added on for good measure.

Commonly mistaken as a bird tho'

ixoy · 03-08-2004 12:02PM

ixoy is an abbreviated form of ixianboy, a nick I used on IRC for an age (and still used elsewhere). Ixianboy is of course Ixian boy, or a boy from Ix - the planet that is the last outpost of advanced technology in the universe of Frank Herbert's Dune series.

Interestingly (or not), Ixoy when written in Greek and associated with certain symbology, translates as Jesus Christ, God's Son and Savior. So yeah, I'm actually the Son of God, come pack to judge ye and I find you all very very sinful and condemn ye to Hell!

ferdi · 03-08-2004 12:17PM

ferdinand is my first name...

Mossy Monk · 03-08-2004 12:29PM

a statue of a monk covered in moss that i saw on some digging up the past tv programme

smoke.me.a.kipper · 03-08-2004 12:49PM

my favourite Red Dwarf episode.

fractal · 03-08-2004 12:56PM

A fractal is a sort of mathmatically generated image.. Relatively simple&straighforward to look at on the outside but more complicated the closer you look...

I guess I kinda like to semi-think of myself that way.. Also think fractal is short sweet and memorable. Also (to my surprise) seems fairly unique accross IRC channels/boards/free e-mail sites..

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