# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/101 "2012-02-23T19:26:56Z")
I’m a bit of a movie nut, and one of my favorites is _This is Spinal Tap_. It was either this, “Shit Sandwich”, or something even more offensive from _Blazing Saddles_. ---
**Author:** ![LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/102 "2012-02-23T19:37:07Z")
Very obscure reference to a wacky old Steve Vai song called “Little Green Men”. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/103 "2012-02-23T19:42:10Z")
It’s a nickname my first wife gave me back in the early 90’s after I defeated her repeatedly at some game or another we were playing in an arcade. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/104 "2012-02-23T19:51:58Z")
Several reasons; comes from [a French comic](http://www.stripinfo.be/images/reeks/678_i.jpg), also reflects my suspicion of dualities: inside every fool is a wise man trying to get out, but also vice-versa. I’m also a bit of a ditz; I’ve also used this [tarot card of the Fool](http://www.brightweavings.com/funstuff/tarot/fool.jpg) for various avatars-his implied attitude sums up a lot about me in one image, it also has my trademark blue shirt and even looks like me (when I was younger at least). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/105 "2012-02-23T20:09:33Z")
I have also posted to a few of these threads, but here goes: in an old B movie about a 50’s rock n’ roll mystery,\*\*\* Eddie & The Cruisers\*\*\*, the Eddie of the title gives the protagonist of the movie, his piano player played by Tom Berenger, the nickname WordMan - “Words and music - they go together” or some such hooey. I talk a lot. The movie came out when I was in high school and it is one of the nicknames assigned to me by friends that I actually wasn’t embarrassed by. Some folks still call me it IRL, alongside Verb or Verbiage… ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/106 "2012-02-23T20:44:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How can I keep them out of potted plants? > Oh, yeah, the OP > > Carnivorous plants is one of my hobbies. > I was trying to think of a user name when I registered and glanced at a pot of _Utricularia longifolia._ > Hey, could have been worse! 🙂 Or better ? I would have loved it if you were _Triphyophyllum peltatum_.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/107 "2012-02-23T20:46:34Z")
I’m a baker professionally, and not really imaginative about choosing a username! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/108 "2012-02-23T21:12:53Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Or better ? > > I would have loved it if you were _Triphyophyllum peltatum_.🙂 I’ve obviously never kept it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/109 "2012-02-23T21:15:35Z")
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**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/110 "2012-02-23T21:16:18Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Doggone it! I wanted to continue to nurture my belief that you were named after fiddlehead ferns! > > 🙂 Alas, that would never happen. Those [things](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://thumbs.ifood.tv/files/images/editor/images/Beneifts%2520of%2520Fiddlehead%2520Ferns.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifood.tv/blog/what-are-the-benefits-of-fiddlehead-ferns&h=257&w=325&sz=64&tbnid=0kYKjv71MC4XEM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=114&zoom=1&docid=5R-dJVpZGnU5FM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-6tGT7-KOoG90AHznLi2Dg&ved=0CEcQ9QEwAg&dur=440) really creep me out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/111 "2012-02-23T21:45:12Z")
I took my username from an evil overlord in a comedy anime called Excel Saga. In the show, Lord Il Palazzo plans to conquer the world to purge it of corruption but is constantly thwarted by his complete and utter lack of competant help. I haven’t watched the show for years, but I still like it enough to keep the username on this and several other message boards. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/112 "2012-02-23T21:46:16Z")
It is done! Cazzle is no more! And the explanation for my new username: dunno, really. It’s the name of my toon in WoW. I started using it because I liked the way it sounded and thought it would suit a Night Elf. The spelling “Eliana” wasn’t available so I inserted a superfluous “h”. More recently my other half decided he loved the name enough that he wanted it for our baby but I foiled him through persistence, rational argument, and birthing a male child. It’s my name, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/113 "2012-02-23T21:53:33Z")
olives = I love you March 4th = my birthday with bonus mental image of olives marching in formation. My best friend made it up for me back in the AIM days. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/114 "2012-02-23T21:54:50Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > What? It’s self-explanatory. Snerk. I’m **Pork Rind** , because I like pork rinds, and because the name’s moderately trashy, with a tinge of disgustingness. Like a gas station mini mart on a long road trip. Also, I recall **Funyun** was taken at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/115 "2012-02-23T22:00:50Z")
I was told that I looked like a yeti when I was skiing in a snowstorm back when I was at one of our high school skiing trips. I then became “King of the Yetis” when I was voted president of the ski club the following year. Since we were reading “Oedipus Rex” in lit class at the time, I decided to twist my title to “Yeticus Rex”. It stuck for the last 30+ years. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/116 "2012-02-23T22:10:10Z")
Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds and … ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/117 "2012-02-23T23:23:16Z")
It was my SCA name, when I was into that in college. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/118 "2012-02-24T00:01:51Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers, blue diamonds and … Well, don’t leave us hanging! Tell us how it ends! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/119 "2012-02-24T00:12:02Z")
I’ll tell you how it ends. It ends with Lucky the Leprechaun getting his Luck Charms stolen by those snot-nosed, thieving little shits! That’s how it ends. Where’s the justice? That’s all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/120 "2012-02-24T00:22:28Z")
Well, here’s the thing, **Jack**. Trix may be for kids, but Trix sucks ass. So GIVE ME MY LUCKY CHARMS, YOU SHORT BASTARD\*! - Not _you_, Jack. You’re a prince among leprechauns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694.md?page=7)