# Doper Nicknames
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534 "2009-10-29T01:01:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/1 "2009-10-29T01:01:00Z")
I’ve noticed that a lot of Dopers have fairly long usernames. And it seems that a lot of us (myself included) like to shorten them occasionally. So how do you like your name shortened.
(If you’re too lazy to type 4 letters, you can just call me **T** , I guess. :D)
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/2 "2009-10-29T01:05:42Z")
Hmmmm. I’ve had folks around here call me ‘nori’, and even though that was never the intent of my username, I guess it cuts off a syllable or two (depending on whether you say “nori-new” or “norine dubayu”). I wouldn’t say it’s my preference, but I don’t mind it.
I would go out on a limb and say that by now, **Qadgop the Mercotan** is accustomed to being “ **QtM** ”, and **LeastOriginalUserNameEver** is used to being “ **LOUNE** ”.
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/3 "2009-10-29T01:14:59Z")
My username has been shortened to **Missy** by the SDMB Poker Dudes. Even though it’s not my RL name, I find myself answering to it anyways.
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### Author:  [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/4 "2009-10-29T01:18:17Z")
Not that anyone has occasion to refer to me, but I’m being proactive - I would like to be called **iffy** , should anyone ever have need of me.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/5 "2009-10-29T01:24:47Z")
> [@norinew](#):
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> I would go out on a limb and say that by now, **Qadgop the Mercotan** is accustomed to being “ **QtM** ”
Accustomed to it, yes. I even like it. But it plays havoc with my egocentric vanity searches, since 3 letter words aren’t searchable. :eek:
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/6 "2009-10-29T01:41:21Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Accustomed to it, yes. I even like it. But it plays havoc with my egocentric vanity searches, since 3 letter words aren’t searchable. :eek:
😃
Probably I’m a freak, even amongst the Dopers, but I’ve never actually _done_ a vanity search! (Though I probably would if I had a specialty, like, if I was a doctor or somethin’) 😉
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/7 "2009-10-29T01:53:43Z")
> [@norinew](#):
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> 😃
> Probably I’m a freak, even amongst the Dopers, but I’ve never actually _done_ a vanity search! (Though I probably would if I had a specialty, like, if I was a doctor or somethin’) 😉
Or a narcissist, even. But that’s the same difference, I suppose. 😃
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/8 "2009-10-29T02:23:10Z")
**bb** is fine by me.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/9 "2009-10-29T02:42:29Z")
I think mine is pretty obvious, but I really wish somebody would come up with one of those things where you take the first few letters of words and make a new word, like FoMoCo.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/10 "2009-10-29T02:48:06Z")
Reno @ B?
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### Author:  [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/11 "2009-10-29T03:28:32Z")
Most people call me **pede** , which isn’t bad as nicknames go, but it’s kinda uncomfortably close to pedo (something I had overlooked when I chose the name).
I prefer **ped**.
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### Author:  [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/12 "2009-10-29T03:34:38Z")
> [@iftheresaway](#):
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> Not that anyone has occasion to refer to me, but I’m being proactive - I would like to be called **iffy** , should anyone ever have need of me.
Not **theresa**? That’s the first thing that jumps out when I see your username. 😃
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/13 "2009-10-29T03:52:30Z")
I’ve had people call me **E\_K** , and that’s all right with me.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/14 "2009-10-29T04:28:54Z")
I don’t think it happens on here, but in other places where I use this name, there are people who either online or in person refer to me as “Asi,” which works just fine by me.
There was the one person, though, who insisted my name was to be pronounced as “Ass Is A-Movin’.” I never quite got used to that one…
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### Author:  [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/15 "2009-10-29T05:25:22Z")
**Attack** is fine. **AFT3D** is ok too.
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### Author:  [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/16 "2009-10-29T06:33:27Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#):
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> Not **theresa**? That’s the first thing that jumps out when I see your username. 😃
Wow. I have had variations on the “if there’s a…” username/email for years, and never noticed that. Nope, not a Theresa. (it’s late… that is a name, isn’t it?)
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### Author:  [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/17 "2009-10-29T13:12:04Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#):
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> Not **theresa**? That’s the first thing that jumps out when I see your username. 😃
Dammit, now this is gonna be like the arrow in the FedEx logo for me. I’ve never seen it before, now I’ll never be able to _not_ see it! 😉
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/18 "2009-10-29T13:24:05Z")
Mika is fine and I rather like it.
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### Author:  [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/19 "2009-10-29T13:27:37Z")
I use this name in a few other places, and people usually shorten it to just **piggy** , which is fine with me!
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-nicknames/515534/20 "2009-10-29T13:30:48Z")
> [@norinew](#):
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> Hmmmm. I’ve had folks around here call me ‘nori’, and even though that was never the intent of my username, I guess it cuts off a syllable or two (depending on whether you say “nori-new” or “norine dubayu”). I wouldn’t say it’s my preference, but I don’t mind it.
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> I would go out on a limb and say that by now, **Qadgop the Mercotan** is accustomed to being “ **QtM** ”, and **LeastOriginalUserNameEver** is used to being “ **LOUNE** ”.
You say that like my user name is unwieldy. I reject that assumption and replace it with cotton candy.
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