# Explain you username **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694 "2012-02-23T03:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/221 "2012-03-01T18:41:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dr. Brown’s dog in _Back to the Future_ was named Einstein. Though I’ve seen it a couple of times, I didn’t remember that, just like if I’d seen the movie before wanting my desired dog to call it that way. Damn, I’m getting old… ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/222 "2012-03-01T20:10:12Z")
From the Nick Lowe tune “Lately, I’ve Let Things Slide” “That untouched takeaway I brought home the other day Has quite a lot to say, the evidence is clear Only resign piled high and wide About how lately I’ve let things slide” UT ---
**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/223 "2012-03-02T03:15:33Z")
I was just itching to use this name. It is another word for small cut and my real name which is also another word for small cut and a nickname for the devil plus it is ironic as a nickname in that yet another nickname for the devil is old Nick plus nickname has my name in it as well . I’m unsure what I would have done had my name been another word for deep cut. Perhaps I would have nicked someone elses name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694.md?page=11)