# Doper user names and their origins **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055 "2001-11-13T03:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/41 "2001-11-13T15:33:36Z")
I guess I better break down and just tell since no one seems to want to guess. “saffo” comes from Sappho, the great Lesbian (and bisexual :D) poetess and one of my favourite classical authors. [http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/sappho.html](http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/sappho.html) “Starr” was a nickname I earned in high school from being the star cashier at the grocery store that I worked at. :rolleyes: Together they’re pretty catchy. w00t. I answer to Saffs and to Starr, in case you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/42 "2001-11-14T01:41:12Z")
I helped organize a bunch of misfits into a basketball team. None could run, jump, or shoot, and someone made the comment that we looked like a bunch of Toads. We immediately named the team the “Toads”, and being the one of the founding foreToads, the name stuck. The Toad Team motto is, “Evrything to excess, with the exception of moderation”. We even have a secret Toad hand-shake! ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/43 "2001-11-14T04:55:57Z")
“let me introduce you to my little friend” -[Tony Montana](http://www.jgeoff.com/scarface/quotes.html) One of my all-time favorite movies. Although I didn’t find out its also a pornstars name till _after_ I submitted it as my moniker. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/44 "2001-11-14T07:29:22Z")
I’m very tiny. Knick-knack tiny. Can’t get into the top cupboards in my apartment tiny. Haven’t grown since 5th grade tiny. Feet don’t touch the floor whilest sitting in a chair tiny. People mistake me for a grade-schooler tiny. Load me on the back of a pickup and charge people $.10 to look at me tiny. (Ok, maybe not that bad…) Birds are tiny. The adjective just accentuated the whole scheme. ---
**Author:** ![zoomphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ec9cab/32.png) [@zoomphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoomphy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/45 "2001-11-14T07:47:27Z")
I’m really new, but what the hey: [http://www.geocities.com/zoomphy](http://www.geocities.com/zoomphy) ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/46 "2001-11-14T08:50:13Z")
I’m dead. And a male. Actually, when I was in the Air Force I was cutting my own hair. I was kind of new at it. I screwed it up and had to cut it with no guard on the clippers. As close to a shaved head as you can get. I went to work. The FIRST words said to me were, “DEAD MAN WALKING!!”. It stuck. When I first got on the internet back in '86/'87 the nic “deadmanwalking” was allready gone pretty much gone everywhere. So I became “dead0man0walking”. That is stupidly long. Shortened it to Dead0man and that is who i am EVERYWHERE online(well i was “punkndrublicNOFX” for awhile because chicks dont dig guys named deadman). So if you see Dead0man anywhere online give me a wave. I still cut my own hair and I always do it without the guard now. dead0man ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/47 "2001-11-14T09:08:44Z")
I know I’ve mentioned this before, but here I go again. One of my favorite bands of all-time is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When I was looking for a second name for my AOL account (cuz for some reason, one just wasn’t cuttin’ it), I looked to the band for inspiration. On their multi-platinum album BloodSugarSexMagik, there is a song called “Sir Psycho Sexy.” I always thought that would be a cool name if I got to choose my own, and so I did. I just happen to like my spelling better. -Syko ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/48 "2001-11-14T10:34:04Z")
i was recently reading the wheel of time series, and actually it took me like half an hour to come up with this screen name, and i half got it off of my friend CougarFang 😉 (not too original, eh?) ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/49 "2001-11-15T18:40:18Z")
I wish I had a more creative and thought-out screenname like some other folks here. Anyway, “Winnie” basically came from the fact that when I was a young gal/teenager I guess I bore a striking resemblance to the character “Winnie” on the Wonder Years (what was her name, Danica McKeller or something?). Same haircut, same face, just blonde hair. People always asked if anyone had ever told me how much I looked like her, so the nickname stuck for a while. ---
**Author:** ![freegypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/76d3ee/32.png) [@freegypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freegypsy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/50 "2001-11-16T04:12:22Z")
Well, after leaving a HORRID relationship, I began a move across the country. By the time I went to California from Georgia- my children and I felt like gypsies- but I was FREE! And I remain Free!(But never assume I am easy!) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/51 "2001-11-16T05:08:02Z")
It was my senior year in college. Late one night I was well baked. I wrote a weird fantasy/science fiction story and decided to submit it to my food co-op newsletter for publication (they printed it). It needed a byline. What should I give my name as? A man on a flaming pie swooped down and said “Your name is **Jomo Mojo**.” I said, “Thank you, Mr. Man, Jomo Mojo it is.” Just kidding, that last bit. I was really into Africa, into all things African. Jomo Kenyatta (a name from east Africa) was the hero of Kenyan independence, and _mojo_ (a word from west Africa) means ‘magick’ which I was also into. Not only that, the first two letters of my first name are Jo- and the first 2 letters of my last name (and my mom’s maiden name too) are Mo-. Neat, huh? ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/52 "2001-11-16T15:58:40Z")
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the waters to signify that I, **flodnak** , was to carry Excalibur, or barring that, at least to have the oddest username on the SDMB. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/53 "2001-11-16T17:47:21Z")
Heh…well, I wrote a poem back in my senior year of high school that was about a guy named Gabriel. I played off of a biblical verse (Luke 1:19) in it…the character was basically looking for himself, and was very sexually frustrated. Of course, everyone thought that _I_ was “Gabriel.” So some people started calling me “Gabe.” This was right when I signed up for my username…those of you who know your angelic lore can figure out the rest. 🙂 I also liked the irony of it. I’m not exactly a devout, by the book Christian, you know? Though I am intrigued by the imagery and lore. The name Gabe/Gabriel stuck, by the way. Hence my ([mailto:gabrielj2600@aol.com](mailto:gabrielj2600@aol.com)). And I’m a chick, btw. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/54 "2002-03-29T19:41:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Civil Defense \* > \*\*There are a lot of Dopers who have user names that I’m interested in learning the origins of. For example, MagicalSilverKey, where did your name come from? Here you go, Civil Defense: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67021&highlight=origin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67021&highlight=origin) ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/55 "2002-03-29T20:03:58Z")
I’m a huge _Pulp Fiction_ fan, and here’s a line from it: JULES Good for you. Looks like me and Vincent caught you at breakfast, sorry ‘bout that. What’cha eatin’ BRETT Hamburgers. JULES Hamburgers. The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. What kinda hamburgers? BRETT Cheeseburgers. JULES No, I mean where did you get’em? MacDonald’s, Wendy’s, Jack-in-the-Box, where? BRETT Big Kahuna Burger. Mystery explained. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/56 "2002-03-29T20:11:38Z")
I’ve got high hopes 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/57 "2002-03-30T00:20:10Z")
Why, EVERYONE should know the great epic of [Nardo Polo, the World’s Greatest Marble Player](http://www.2nu2.com/intro.html). ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/58 "2002-03-30T01:00:01Z")
All of my life, people have said I have a contrary nature. I look at things differently from most people, march to the beat of a different drummer, swim against the current…use the cliche’ of your choice. When I started reading the Discworld books, I saw the word “widdershins” for the first time. When I looked it up, the dictionary said it was a variant of “withershins”. I read its definition, “In the opposite direction, in reverse, counterclockwise.” I liked that “widdershins” was an alternate spelling, and felt that it described me fairly well. When I decided to de-lurk, it felt like the right time to adopt the word as my own. Hey, if I hadn’t found it, I probably would have just picked a character name from _Nova Express_ like I normally do when I need a catchy or odd name. ---
**Author:** ![ringmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ringmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ringmaster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/59 "2002-03-30T01:26:14Z")
My name comes from my musical taste. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055/60 "2002-03-30T01:34:36Z")
My first name is Dave. My last name begins with W. The 0071 is from my work ID. But, since I’m a hired killer, the 007 kinda fits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-user-names-and-their-origins/93055.md?page=4)