# Explain your user name please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239 "2007-08-20T13:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/61 "2007-08-20T16:34:19Z")
Well I think my name is pretty obvious. Well, I was just going to leave it at that and let you all be perplexed, but I couldn’t be that evil. 😃 I wanted a name that was unique, had never been used before on the web, was memorable, was easy to prononce, and simple. I came up with the random word combination StinkyBurrito. This name, however, really doesn’t reflect my personality… or my hygene. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/62 "2007-08-20T16:40:41Z")
MeanJoe Reason # 1 - I was born in 1969 and moved to Pittsburgh in the early 70s. My introduction to football was the Super Bowl dynasty Steeler teams of that time. Mean Joe Greene was one of my favorites, so it is a bit of a hat-tip to a childhood hero. Reason # 2 - **M** ean **J** oe matches the initials of my real-name. No, my name is not “Joe” and am not going anywhere with a gun in my hand. 😉 I would add, MeanJoe has nothing to do with having a mean personality in my case. I’m a nice guy… honest. Stop it. Stop laughing at me. I’m NICE, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/63 "2007-08-20T16:42:53Z")
Mine’s a combination of my favorite color and my first name (shortened). ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/64 "2007-08-20T16:45:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Every time I explain it, it causes confusion and denial, so let’s try for clarity this time: In French: **Mange** = Eat **Tout** = All The username refers to my tendency toward gourmandism. [/QUOTE] I thought you were an advertiser of canine skin diseases. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/65 "2007-08-20T17:14:32Z")
I was decked out in full gear during Blue and Gold week, and some passing guys asked, “Hey, Queen Bruin, are we going to win [rivalry football game]?” To which I said “You bet your sweet ass we will!” And we did. I’m also a brunette with an overblown sense of importance, so it works that way too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/66 "2007-08-20T17:16:09Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] My paternal lineage is Amish/Mennonite. [/QUOTE] You should start an “Ask the …” thread! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/67 "2007-08-20T17:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] I was decked out in full gear during Blue and Gold week, and some passing guys asked, “Hey, Queen Bruin, are we going to win [rivalry football game]?” To which I said “You bet your sweet ass we will!” And we did. [/QUOTE] I’m hoping to make it to a game this season. I am definitely keeping an eye out for you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/68 "2007-08-20T17:32:52Z")
I’m named for [Gary Gnu](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/garygnu.jpg) of [The Great Space Coaster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster) kid’s TV show of the early '80s. Gary was a puppet news anchor, and he’d add a “g” sound in front of every word that started with an “n” sound. That’s too difficult to convey in print for me to do that here. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/69 "2007-08-20T17:35:11Z")
Back when I played guitar, I could never find anyone to jam with, so I just played rhythm chords. Never learned how to play lead guitar as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/70 "2007-08-20T17:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I’m named for [Gary Gnu](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/garygnu.jpg) of [The Great Space Coaster](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Space_Coaster) kid’s TV show of the early '80s. Gary was a puppet news anchor, and he’d add a “g” sound in front of every word that started with an “n” sound. That’s too difficult to convey in print for me to do that here. [/QUOTE] [hijack] I blame that show for decades of believing that those things were indeed pronounced with a hard G. To this day, calling it a “nu” still sounds horribly wrong. [/byejack] ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/71 "2007-08-20T18:14:55Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] I’m hoping to make it to a game this season. I am definitely keeping an eye out for you. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Just look for the crazy lady in the satin UCLA baseball coat, a blue and gold backpack, a Bruins cap, and pennants from every appendage! (I lurve my school). ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/72 "2007-08-20T18:23:46Z")
My normal internet name is “The Almighty Bob” (Though I am neither almighty, nor named Bob). Eventually that got bastardized down to T. A. B., then Tab, then Taber. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/73 "2007-08-20T18:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] [\*\*Glares at **A.R. Cane** and **twickster** - Lived there? Annual visit? I get to go about once every 25 years. I missed you by about a week, **twicks**. Still working on the box of Franlingers. 🆒] [/QUOTE] Grr! You should have told me – we could have had dinner, in Philly, or Cape May, or somewhere in between (or elsewhere). ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/74 "2007-08-20T19:03:25Z")
I just use my first name. It means “place of streams”, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/75 "2007-08-20T19:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] I just use my first name. It means “place of streams”, apparently. [/QUOTE] Me too. Except the “place of streams” part. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/76 "2007-08-20T19:06:27Z")
I used to really like the band Marcy Playground back in middle school. The lead singer John Wozniak’s first album before that band was called Zog BogBean, so I created an AOL screen name for myself that was close to the album name. That got shortened into people calling me Zoggie…hence, I chose the name Zoggie when I first signed up for the Dope, many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/77 "2007-08-20T19:06:48Z")
Mine’s pretty boring. I was using my cat’s name–Trouble. But when I got to snopes (from whence I came here) that was taken. So I became TroubleAgain. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/78 "2007-08-20T19:06:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Grr! You should have told me – we could have had dinner, in Philly, or Cape May, or somewhere in between (or elsewhere). [/QUOTE] :smack: :smack: :smack: I don’t know WHY I didn’t think of that. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/79 "2007-08-20T19:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] :smack: :smack: :smack: I don’t know WHY I didn’t think of that. [/QUOTE] Hmph! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239/80 "2007-08-20T19:12:17Z")
This was as close to “Electrical Engineer / Computer Geek” as I could fit into yahoo when I signed up for e-mail there. In a fantastic display of creativity, I signed up here with exactly the same name. It’s a good thing I’m a bit better at circuits and software than I am with witty names, or else I’d be unemployed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-user-name-please/416239.md?page=5)