# Explain your username! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518 "2003-01-23T19:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/1 "2003-01-23T19:42:57Z")
There are just so many names on this board that seem to make little sense but must to their repsective owners. I thought it would be interesting to find you some of them Mines pretty lame, I’d just finished watching the Simpsons episode where Homer finds out his middle name is Jay, and i thought that Homer J was pretty anonymous so perfect for the SDMB!😃 IM sure some them must have interesting stories behind them, so come then whats yours?!! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/2 "2003-01-23T19:54:57Z")
I intend to conquer the world. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/3 "2003-01-23T19:55:06Z")
Just ask my future ex-wife where mine comes from. She’ll tell ya… ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/4 "2003-01-23T19:58:26Z")
No explanation needed here. Now go away and let me take my nap here on the porch in peace, dagnabbit. ---
**Author:** ![typo\_mna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@typo\_mna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typo_mna)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/5 "2003-01-23T19:58:27Z")
It’s “typo man”, but, see, here’s the funny part: There’s a typo in it! Hilarity! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/6 "2003-01-23T20:00:23Z")
There was a “Find Your Star Wars Name” thread. I liked it enough to change my old name to this. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/7 "2003-01-23T20:05:55Z")
I’m big, hairy and I live in the swamps. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/8 "2003-01-23T20:11:17Z")
I own ferrets, and it’s a reference to the colloquialism “as pointless as herding cats” in that they’re willful and tend to ignore you. Substitute ferrets, which have the attention span and energy level of a two-year-old hyped up on a double espresso, and you get an idea. Plus dealing with my life feels like that, on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/9 "2003-01-23T20:14:03Z")
Mine was actually printed on a prescription bottle by a pharmacist who couldn’t read the doctor’s writing. It stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/10 "2003-01-23T20:23:53Z")
It’s a name, and I use it. ---
**Author:** ![RenegadeLibrarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RenegadeLibrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenegadeLibrarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/11 "2003-01-23T20:29:56Z")
I’m working on my degree in library science, and am a free thinking martial artist (and occasional Motorcycle rider). Renegade Librarian 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/12 "2003-01-23T20:33:22Z")
Story arc from Spider-Man comics many years ago, “Maximum Carnage.” I shortened it to Max when I was playing a lot of lazer tag and needed a battle name. Now I use it anytime I’m gaming online or IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/13 "2003-01-23T20:34:42Z")
I am a fan of the late Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/14 "2003-01-23T20:36:20Z")
There’s this odd Chinese (I think) candy that my mom used to buy in large quantities when they lived in the DC area called “White Rabbit.” Oddly addictive stuff. I miss it. I keep meaning to capitalize the “W”… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/15 "2003-01-23T20:41:59Z")
The story behind my username is here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147733&highlight=Meatros](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147733&highlight=Meatros) ---
**Author:** ![1ofthegulls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@1ofthegulls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1ofthegulls)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/16 "2003-01-23T20:42:03Z")
I have a strange accent and growing up my older sisters wouldn’t play with me. I always cried to my Mom that the “gulls” (girls) won’t play with me. Now that I’m an adult I’ve earned my status as just “one of the gulls”… ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/17 "2003-01-23T20:45:53Z")
Nothing signifigant here… Silver is my favorite color and my favorite metal, the spellling is off just enough to be noticeable, and it aligns numerologically with my birth number. Syl ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/18 "2003-01-23T21:01:27Z")
I like rats. ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/19 "2003-01-23T21:05:52Z")
I took two syllables from random titles of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books that were stacked by the computer. I can’t even remember the titles now. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/20 "2003-01-23T21:06:41Z")
Mine is a type of object that one encounters in model theory and non-standard analysis. It sounds cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518.md?page=2)