# Dopers, explain you names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835 "2003-07-16T07:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/41 "2003-07-16T16:08:01Z")
C’mon, isn’t it obvious? Actually, it’s from the Radiohead song “Airbag”. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/42 "2003-07-16T16:15:40Z")
Used to fly airplanes a lot. Got into helicopters and absolutely fell in love with them. Head ramp attendant at my previous airport called me a rotor whore, b/c any time a helicopter came in, I was drooling all over it and hoping to get a ride. Figured rotorhead was a little more tame than rotorwhore. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/43 "2003-07-16T16:20:22Z")
You guys like “Clerks?” Go to the part where some woman has her kid on her shoulder and wants to order the kid a movie at Randal’s store. It’s the funniest scene in the movie. Plus, I’m generally in a good mood and quite rambunctious. It fits, somehow. I’ve used it in a few other contexts and people have commented on how appropriate it is. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/44 "2003-07-16T16:20:37Z")
From the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the most wholly remarkable book in all of the known universe! Janx Spirit is the main ingredient in the refreshing cocktail known as the PAN GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER To quote the guide: > [@](#): > > This is the best drink in existence! > > The effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by > a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/45 "2003-07-16T16:27:28Z")
Maureen Johnson Long, main character from Robert Heinlein’s “To Sail Beyond the Sunset.” ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/46 "2003-07-16T16:38:44Z")
I got my name because the other name I tried to use (CrackedCakeBride) was taken. SO…given my love of villains, I chose I Dig Bad Boys. I love the bad guys, I dunno why. Every time we go to MGM, I make a point of stopping in to “Villains In Vogue” to buy at least one thing, teeshirt, hat, pin, whatever. I love the bad guys. My favorite is Hades from “Hercules”. Mmm…flame hair…_drools_ IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Broodha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/47 "2003-07-16T16:59:31Z")
I just really like jelly beans… ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/48 "2003-07-16T17:35:34Z")
Isabelle is my dog’s name. I love my princess puppy! ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/49 "2003-07-16T18:34:27Z")
I made up my name to convey my interests in art history and visual culture in general. I thought I’d call myself **Skopo Phile** as a play on the word _scopophilia_ (though with a “k” to make it more like the original Greek). I ended up just keeping the first part of the name. ---
**Author:** ![skittles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@skittles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skittles)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/50 "2003-07-16T18:35:10Z")
I have no fun stories about how I picked my name. I sat down at my PC with my then SO as he was telling me to register. It said I had to pick a name, tried a few, all were taken - then thought…I like skittles…TADA!!! [sub]My brain is a very small one at times…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![October](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/51 "2003-07-16T18:39:56Z")
October is my cat’s name. Because I got her in September. ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/52 "2003-07-16T18:55:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Scrappy Hero Pup \* > \*\*You guys like “Clerks?” > > Go to the part where some woman has her kid on her shoulder and wants to order the kid a movie at Randal’s store. > > It’s the funniest scene in the movie. > > Plus, I’m generally in a good mood and quite rambunctious. It fits, somehow. I’ve used it in a few other contexts and people have commented on how appropriate it is. \*\* When **Happy Scrappy Hero Pup** first showed up on the boards I laughed out loud at the name! Fantastic movie. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/53 "2003-07-16T19:48:49Z")
I’m from Barstow, in the middle of the Mojave. Route 66 of course runs through it. I only later learned that name+number = idjit in the SMDB world. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/54 "2003-07-16T20:06:29Z")
I took my first and last name, slapped them together, and made a few minor adjustments. This is the same name I use for my e-mail address and so on, and many of my friends and even family have taken to calling me this. It just sounds cool to say “what’s up moejuck?”. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/55 "2003-07-16T20:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*What would happen if **Hey you!** and **you with the face** got together … \*\* Shouting and fisticuffs. I filed a cease & desist order when he registered citing intellectual rights infringement. He counter-sued with an emotional distress lawsuit claiming that my lawsuit made him feel bad and is entitled to compensation. Which made me fly into a fit of rage and I am now embroiled in several suits against me as a result of the much maligned “Message Board-Rage.” O, I curse the day “you with the face” rode into town! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/56 "2003-07-16T20:12:28Z")
Nope, never been to any of the new england states. Just happens to be the name of the street I live on. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/57 "2003-07-16T20:14:42Z")
Ava’s the name of my future daughter (it’s one of the few names SO and I adore) and Beth is for my middle name, Beth. I initially tried Amabeth for my first name and middle name, but didn’t like the flow, so I tried avabeth and realized I loved the name Ava, so along came the idea for naming a daughter Ava. Ava ---
**Author:** ![InquisitiveIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ec8ea/32.png) [@InquisitiveIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InquisitiveIdiot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/58 "2003-07-16T20:15:33Z")
Flagrant plagarization. Check the sig. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/59 "2003-07-16T20:30:54Z")
sounds good, seems like a novel possibility. My original first and middle name were from two bar friends my dad or grandfather used to have, supposedly. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/60 "2003-07-16T20:40:37Z")
im opposit of the way Brad Pitt looks so that makes me Pittiful to look at…plus its a play on words [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835.md?page=4)