# "Aha! THAT'S what that Dopername means! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779 "2010-08-10T01:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/1 "2010-08-10T01:45:35Z")
“Sleeps With Butterflies.” Awesome Tori Amos song. Just NOW got it! What are some names that originally stumped you that you’ve since figured out…Red Shirt! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/2 "2010-08-10T01:51:36Z")
Hazle, it wasn’t until I reread “Catcher in the Rye” last year that I realized why yours sounded so familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/3 "2010-08-10T02:15:50Z")
When watching Deadwood, I was tickled by the argument over **Unauthorized Cinnamon**. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/4 "2010-08-10T02:25:16Z")
\ I still don’t get most of the names including mine - and that’s after reading the threads explaining them. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/5 "2010-08-10T02:30:26Z")
It may be faint praise coming so late but I thought Ivan Astikov was clever. Unless there’s a deeper meaning I read it as “I’ve a nasty cough” which could imply so many things I just smile at the wit. Similar ones that have been around a long time: Hugh Jass Shirley Ujest Ellis Dee Broken Wind Help! My memory is like a sieve. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/6 "2010-08-10T02:32:02Z")
I’ve gotten PMs from multiple people that said some variant of “OMG, I just now got your name.” ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/7 "2010-08-10T02:49:31Z")
I just read A Wrinkle in Time for the first time and now there are at least three usernames that make a lot more sense: Aunt Beast, MsWhatsit, and tesseract. There may be more that I’ve left out. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/8 "2010-08-10T03:26:03Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > I just read A Wrinkle in Time for the first time and now there are at least three usernames that make a lot more sense: Aunt Beast, MsWhatsit, and tesseract. There may be more that I’ve left out. I had the same experience rereading Narnia for the first time in 45 years … I’m looking at you, **Reepicheep**. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/9 "2010-08-10T03:52:07Z")
Whatever happened to **Sofa King**? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/10 "2010-08-10T03:55:19Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Whatever happened to **Sofa King**? Yeah, And Wee Todd Did. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/11 "2010-08-10T04:00:09Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I’ve gotten PMs from multiple people that said some variant of “OMG, I just now got your name.” What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/12 "2010-08-10T04:34:02Z")
Brrraaiinnn… Deeeaaadddd… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/13 "2010-08-10T04:50:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > It may be faint praise coming so late but I thought Ivan Astikov was clever. Unless there’s a deeper meaning I read it as “I’ve a nasty cough” which could imply so many things I just smile at the wit. That’s almost worth reinstating him! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/14 "2010-08-10T05:34:57Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Zeldar](#): > > > > It may be faint praise coming so late but I thought Ivan Astikov was clever. Unless there’s a deeper meaning I read it as “I’ve a nasty cough” which could imply so many things I just smile at the wit. > > That’s almost worth reinstating him! Wait, what? No way! ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/15 "2010-08-10T07:15:30Z")
I’ve always liked **Capt. Ridley’s Shooting Party** (the name as well as the poster), but it was only about about a month ago, when I was reading a review of a book about [Bletchley Park](http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/museum/tour5.rhtm), that I discovered that it was the name the code breakers gave themselves to disguise their identity. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/16 "2010-08-10T10:46:50Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > I just read A Wrinkle in Time for the first time and now there are at least three usernames that make a lot more sense: Aunt Beast, MsWhatsit, and tesseract. There may be more that I’ve left out. I only just figured out yours a month ago. And nothing C&H related was going on at all. A light bulb just came on. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/17 "2010-08-10T11:25:36Z")
No clever punnery with mine, it is just the Irish (Gaelic) for “The Thief”. I have always liked **Ichbin Dubist** , looks like the name of an artist. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/18 "2010-08-10T14:12:03Z")
Having never seen Philadelphia Story I didn’t realise that CK Dexter Haven was a film character until I saw the name on IMDB. I also randomly came across the fact that Mellivora Capensis is the latin name for a honey badger. This prompted me to look up Pseudotriton Ruber Ruber, which is a red salamander, and Nyctea scandiaca, which is a snowy owl. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/19 "2010-08-10T14:33:12Z")
I enjoy names in foreign languages… well, in foreign languages I understand… Mine is “Serenade 67” … 67 is just my lucky number, nothing mystical about it. ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/20 "2010-08-10T14:38:00Z")
Mine is very obscure. A google search would give the answer in seconds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779.md?page=2)