# Best Username you wish you'd thought of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032 "2013-08-24T04:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/41 "2013-08-27T12:44:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Amongst my many screenplay ideas is to do a comedy murder mystery, and all the characters have stupid names like: > > Captain Roger Bravo, dashing Biplane Pilot I liked all those but I genuinely laughed out loud at that one! _That_ would make a good username though there are some excellent ones in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/42 "2013-08-27T16:52:33Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yes, you must!! Mods - help this man! > > ETA: Reported! In a good way! I’m aware I could change if I wanted to, but I’ve established myslef as the Typo Knig. I’d like to leave my username alone. It’s just too bad I didn’t think of the other name sooner. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/43 "2013-08-27T18:02:55Z")
**SomeJerk** ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/44 "2013-08-27T19:07:24Z")
Old & Cranky ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/45 "2013-08-27T19:21:13Z")
Definitely Not Spam-Really! Noah Boddy The Fifth Dentist Physician’s Assistant Who George Jetsam A. Nonny Mouse My Other User Name is Ed ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/46 "2013-08-27T19:43:28Z")
And Now For Somebody Completely Different… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/47 "2013-08-27T19:50:04Z")
There was a Doper named **PussyCow**. You might have to be from SoCal to [get it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrF9PzuHQtY). I wish she’d come back, 'cause I really love the username. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/48 "2013-08-27T20:51:07Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > **Freudian Slit** is basically the best username I’ve seen anywhere. That’s what I came in here to post. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/49 "2013-08-28T00:17:53Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > What IS a Mercotan, anyway? Someone from Mercota. However, they’re just Mercotans. I am _the_ Mercotan. Big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/50 "2013-09-04T19:20:45Z")
Based on my name and profession, I go by StressNStrain on Twitter and in other internet realms. Unfortunately I came up with that name about a decade or so after joining the Straight Dope. I may have it changed here at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/51 "2013-09-04T19:22:06Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > WOOKINPANUB. > > I didn’t get it until I said it aloud, then promptly fell in love with it. Too young to be familiar with the Eddie Murphy sketch on SNL, I take it? ---
**Author:** ![Alaskan\_in\_NYC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@Alaskan\_in\_NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alaskan_in_NYC)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/52 "2013-09-04T19:52:02Z")
Some of the ship names from Iain Banks’ Culture Novels: _Stranger Here Myself_ _Fate Amenable to Change_ _Ethics Gradient_ _Appeal to Reason_ _Hand Me the Gun and Ask Me Again_ _Thorough but…Unreliable_ _What are the Civilian Applications?_ ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/53 "2013-09-04T20:15:56Z")
My favorites here are **Czarcasm** (makes me smile every time I see it) and **hilari.t.ensues** (I think I got that one right). I’d change mine if I could think of something clever. Oh, I like **Spice Weasel** , too. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/54 "2013-09-05T15:42:41Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > My favorites here are **Czarcasm** (makes me smile every time I see it) and **hilari.t.ensues** (I think I got that one right). I’d change mine if I could think of something clever. Oh, I like **Spice Weasel** , too. I think you’re thinking of **Hilarity N. Suze**. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/55 "2013-09-05T17:36:39Z")
Kirkules Beware of Doug For fans of Robert Jordan, i like my board name at one of the WoT boards: Toy’varen. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/56 "2013-09-05T17:41:31Z")
When I signed up I thought of using **Hiz-Boi-L-Roi** But then my dog barked. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/57 "2013-09-05T19:16:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Someone from Mercota. > > However, they’re just Mercotans. I am _the_ Mercotan. Big difference. So it’s mur-KOH-tan, not MUR-kuh-tan? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/58 "2013-09-09T20:09:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There was a Doper named **PussyCow**. > > You might have to be from SoCal to [get it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrF9PzuHQtY). I wish she’d come back, 'cause I really love the username. ‘Go see Cal’ Cal Worthington [died yesterday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Worthington). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/59 "2013-09-09T20:21:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Go see Cal’ Cal Worthington [died yesterday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Worthington). Eaten by a tiger? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032/60 "2013-09-09T20:31:06Z")
I wish I’d gone for **Sisyphos**. Or **Escape Artist**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-username-you-wish-youd-thought-of/667032.md?page=4)