# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/81 "2012-02-23T16:18:52Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > As for **Malleus, Incus, Stapes!** , I just thought that the names of the [ossicles](http://oto2.wustl.edu/bbears/ossicle.htm) had a sort of poetic rhythm to them, and that the SDMB was a good place to have an obscure username. I think the inclusion of an exclamation point is genius, a simple list transformed into a command in latin for the hard of hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/82 "2012-02-23T16:31:59Z")
I’m a Terry Prachett fan and I’ve been [del]a seamstress[/del] a needlewoman (and do some designing, mainly of dance costumes.) ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/83 "2012-02-23T16:34:06Z")
I wanted something I wouldn’t forget. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/84 "2012-02-23T16:39:50Z")
What? It’s self-explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/85 "2012-02-23T16:41:46Z")
A character in Chuck Palahniuk’s book [_Haunted_](http://www.altbook.ru/index.php/site/en_haunted_full/776/) (He wrote _Fight Club_ also.) Lots of good usernames in that book. Mine is pretty morbid, but then so is the book. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/86 "2012-02-23T16:44:31Z")
[I am what I am.](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/silenus.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/87 "2012-02-23T16:50:45Z")
Nightfall is the name of Isaac Asimov’s most famous short story. Nightfall1 is because I had been a member of the Straight Dope before and I was Nightfall and I had to leave for some reason and when I tried to get back on I couldn’t get Nightfall back. Probably some silly little reason that a five year old could fix… but not me. lol ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/88 "2012-02-23T16:51:54Z")
It came from the Ender’s Game series: Ender Wiggin. I’m rather annoyed that my W is lowercase as it tends to all blend together. The last two numbers was my age. My original plan was to change my user name on my birthdate to reflect the new age. I came to the boards as Enderw23 and got as far as Enderw24 before an admin said something to the effect of “really? We’re not doing this every year.” So I never changed it again. My god, it’s been 11 years. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/89 "2012-02-23T17:08:16Z")
I live in a community that is inhabited by a great number of watermen. Most adult males are referred to as “Captain” whether or not they actually ply their trade on a vessel of any sort. The phrase “dbygawdcapn” is widely used around here. It is short for Indeed By God, Captain, and its meaning is roughly "Yes, I indeed heartily concur with your stated opinion, my good sir! " ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/90 "2012-02-23T17:18:36Z")
An Eventer!! Yay!! I’m sorry your pretty girl is gone though ☹ I have a Holly too - she’s 26, AQHA, plain chestnut, and has the awful reg. name of Holiday Bonus. I ride and show her son now 🙂 (Ooops, sorry 'bout the hijack!) > [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Hello Again was the “show name” (formal name used for horse shows) of my horse. Her “barn name” or everyday name was Holly. She passed away in 2005. > > Originally I used a somewhat meaningless letter combination as a username. IIRC my name change request was sent on the evening of September 10, 2001, and subsequently somewhat delayed. > > Edited to add pics: > [the spotty wench feared no water jump](http://phatlewt.wedge.net/bbs/download/file.php?id=21) > [One of us looks sharp and it isn’t me](http://phatlewt.wedge.net/bbs/download/file.php?id=22) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/91 "2012-02-23T17:19:37Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Hello Again was the “show name” (formal name used for horse shows) of my horse. Her “barn name” or everyday name was Holly. She passed away in 2005. > > Originally I used a somewhat meaningless letter combination as a username. IIRC my name change request was sent on the evening of September 10, 2001, and subsequently somewhat delayed. > > Edited to add pics: > [the spotty wench feared no water jump](http://phatlewt.wedge.net/bbs/download/file.php?id=21) > [One of us looks sharp and it isn’t me](http://phatlewt.wedge.net/bbs/download/file.php?id=22) Holly was lovely! My first Gordon Setter was named Holly, so I have a soft spot for that name, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/92 "2012-02-23T17:21:10Z")
Camp P is the name of my property, P being the first letter of my last name. I figured if the President can go to Camp David, I can go to Camp P------. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/93 "2012-02-23T17:32:16Z")
Way back in the 1990s, I needed a nickname for IRC. I wanted something based off angels as I was on an “angel lore/mythology” kick at the time but anything obvious was always taken and led to spats (“Hey, you’re not the real Seraphim! Get off or we’ll ping spam you!”). Jophiel (“Beauty of God”) is the name of the archangel who drove Adam & Eve from the Garden of Eden according to extra-scriptural Judaic lore. It was obscure enough that I didn’t have to fight for it and yet interesting enough that I liked using it. It just stuck from there and is my go-to name when I can get it. The internet being what it is today, nothing is ever too esoteric to not be taken so sometimes I make due with the alternate spelling “Iofiel”. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/94 "2012-02-23T17:34:08Z")
Years ago I made a joke with a friend that my dream job would be to become an intergalactic gladiator. A few years after that, I found Yoda’s blog on the Internets and thought it was brilliant. Character blogging became popular at that time and a lot of people began blogging as a Star Wars character. I wanted to make a character but didn’t want to be tied down to the Star Wars continuity so I created a blog for Jon the Intergalactic Gladiator. I wrote some really good stories there, I think, but real life got in the way and I haven’t updated the blog in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/95 "2012-02-23T17:53:59Z")
I love banjos, and am especially fond of [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1392&bih=890&tbm=isch&tbnid=iSuQADUE-ULUbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.earnestbanjo.com/gibson_style_3_mastertone_banjos_overview.htm&docid=cNYx7O2jExy-hM&imgurl=http://www.earnestbanjo.com/8057-2pegheadfront.jpg&w=810&h=1080&ei=N3xGT-aEKtTq0QGj1piYDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=959&vpy=484&dur=2133&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=109&ty=154&sig=102392951468483147328&page=1&tbnh=181&tbnw=127&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0) shape for the headstock, also known as the peghead. You can probably guess what it looks like without clicking the link. I honor it with my username. ---
**Author:** ![timid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timid1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/96 "2012-02-23T18:52:13Z")
I am Tim. I am one. I am also very timid. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/97 "2012-02-23T19:01:45Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > I love banjos, and am especially fond of [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1392&bih=890&tbm=isch&tbnid=iSuQADUE-ULUbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.earnestbanjo.com/gibson_style_3_mastertone_banjos_overview.htm&docid=cNYx7O2jExy-hM&imgurl=http://www.earnestbanjo.com/8057-2pegheadfront.jpg&w=810&h=1080&ei=N3xGT-aEKtTq0QGj1piYDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=959&vpy=484&dur=2133&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=109&ty=154&sig=102392951468483147328&page=1&tbnh=181&tbnw=127&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0) shape for the headstock, also known as the peghead. You can probably guess what it looks like without clicking the link. I honor it with my username. Doggone it! I wanted to continue to nurture my belief that you were named after fiddlehead ferns! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/98 "2012-02-23T19:06:54Z")
My username is just my first name and my zip code ( I also go by ms63129, with first and last initials, on other sites). ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/99 "2012-02-23T19:18:55Z")
Mine comes from my baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Forgot to capitalize the C. And just to annoy my Cubs fan friends, that would be the World Series Champions. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/100 "2012-02-23T19:21:27Z")
It’s where I live. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > “Cal Meacham” is the name of the way-brainy hero of Raymond F. Jones’ novel _This Island Earth_. They adapted the book into a 1950s movie, in which Cal was played by the tall, dark, handsome, and deep-voiced Rex Reason. Was he the guy who said “I wouldn’t trust my own grandmother in this place!”? Greatest line from a movie. ever. > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I’m 6’8". Oh, that’s clever! Bit like someone on another board who was a huge CSI fan and used the name Four N Six [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694.md?page=6)