# Change of username

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-username/227067>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-username/227067 "2004-02-01T18:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-username/227067/1 "2004-02-01T18:23:41Z")

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Pointless, yes, and mundane, but most things that I do are pointless and mundane.

I changed my username. I used to be roadkiller. Now I’m raz.

Why, you may ask? I don’t know. I got sick of roadkiller. And raz sounds a little more girlie, maybe. And I like Bacardi Raz. And in an increasingly lazy society, a short name such as raz means less typing!  
If anyone else has changed their username lately, feel free to tell us here if you don’t want to start a whole new thread for it.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-of-username/227067/2 "2004-02-01T21:54:35Z")

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> [@raz](#):
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> And raz sounds a little more girlie, maybe.

It does? The only “Raz” I know is a guy.