# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/61 "2003-01-24T17:17:23Z")
…was trying to register for aol, and of course every name i could think of was taken. eventually i got frustrated and just typed in aaaaaarrgg and voila! it worked, and i use it for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/62 "2003-01-24T17:30:16Z")
No explanation of this deep mystery will ever be forthcoming. ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/63 "2003-01-24T17:31:27Z")
My name’s Raven, actually. It was taken. My eyes fell on my Livejournal, open in the other window. God, I’m boring. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/64 "2003-01-24T17:35:34Z")
Taking **SPOOFE’s** idea, cross breeding it with the Virgins/big penis thread and you have: **H** uge **A** nd **M** assively **L** arge **E** rect **T** [sub]? T? Dammit there has to be a synonym for penis that starts with a T. Oh well, it was worth a shot.[/sub] It’s my username because I think it’s the best character in the best piece of writing ever produced. ---
**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 24, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/65 "2003-01-24T17:44:10Z")
(pssssst **Hamlet** …“tallywacker”) ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/66 "2003-01-24T18:21:27Z")
An ex-girlfriend once told me that dealing with my mood swings due to my un-medicated and severe bi-polar disorder was like dunking her head in a deep frier. I liked the visual and have used it regularly ever since. Many have criticized my font but it is just something my neice made for me and I am just a proud uncle… ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/67 "2003-01-24T18:41:48Z")
I was unclevinny on the radio for years (90.1 KPFT in Houston) and then I actually became someone’s uncle so it’s stuck, it got shortened because it was taken “the other way”. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/68 "2003-01-24T18:45:26Z")
I started here as somebody else, then saw all the great usernames. I _know_ you’re not supposed to create a second account, but I’d already done so before I read that. (Mea Culpa) Anyway, max points if you figure out who I was… This name seemed suitably cool for the group. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/69 "2003-01-24T19:02:18Z")
I accepted giraffes as my Savior, I belong to them forever. So far, it hasn’t really panned out. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/70 "2003-01-24T19:04:02Z")
From “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” By Douglas Adams: Janx is a term originally invented by Adams to refer to a particularly potent beverage: > [@](#): > > _Oh don’t give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit > No, don’t give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit > For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die > Won’t you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit_. Janx Spirit is one of the main components in the drink: > [@](#): > > Entry: PAN GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER > > This is the best drink in existence! > > The effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/71 "2003-01-24T19:05:06Z")
I’ll leave that \* puzzling mystery \* for you to figure out. Seriously, I was touted with ‘hard to figure out’ by close friends, thus my nickname for many years has been simply, eNiGma. Not too long ago, in conversations with some friends, we were joking about the name and a comment was made, “…a puzzle really…” and the word Rebus came up. I put the two together because I liked the way it sounded, and it struck me as both a little esoteric and humorous because of it’s borderline redundancy. (Do I get the longest sentence prize?) _smirk_ I can’t stay away from this one either; **Hamlet** , I believe the word you’re looking for would be _Tool_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/72 "2003-01-24T19:24:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Algernon: Isn’t that the name of a super smart lab mouse in a novel? I can’t remember the name of it for the life of me but the main character was “Charlie”… well and the mouse too. **Da\_Bartender** , you got it in one. Algernon is the mouse in the novel _Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes_. The story was made into the 1968 movie [Charly](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0062794) starring Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon. Charly is a mentally retarded adult. His life changes dramatically when he undergoes an experimental operation to improve his intelligence. Algernon the mouse had undergone the same procedure. They become “friends” when they are being tested for intelligence by navigating mazes (Algernon initially whoops Charly’s ass, which amazes him). Charly eventually gets disgusted with his and Algernon’s ‘exhibit’ status and with the way he is spoken of as if he was not human before the operation. The last straw is hearing of Algernon’s erratic, unexplained behavior, which has been concealed from him. He then decides to release Algernon from his cage and together they escape to New York. The vastly increased intelligence as a result of the experimental operation turns out to only be temporary. Both Charly and Algernon revert back to how they were prior to the operation. It should be noted that I have sometimes been confused with _a different_ Algernon. Namely Algernon Moncrieff in the play _The Importance of Being Ernest, by Oscar Wilde_. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/73 "2003-01-24T20:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by His4ever \* > \*\*Since I accepted Jesus as my Savior, I belong to Him forever. Hence, the name His4ever. \*\* I chose my own name for a similar reason :D. Actually, when I registered for this site about 2 or 3 years ago, I was used to registering for work-related messageboards, where I used my name to keep things simple and professional. I registered here with the same theory. Before that phase, I used to register everywhere as Emperor\_Norton, my favorite historical figure. Now, I generally register places as Pielorinho, a diminutive Portuguesification of the Greyhawk God of the Sun in Dungeons and Dragons and the name of one of my favorite characters. Yep. Dorkeriffic! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/74 "2003-01-24T20:47:19Z")
Elvis Costello album. Using it seemed good because people change. I’m simply this year’s model of me. Might change it, though; it’s very awkward. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/75 "2003-01-24T20:53:07Z")
Nothing Earth-shattering or confusing here. I confess to having plagarized it from a friend with a similar e-mail address. At the time, I was registering to answer someone’s aviation question so I figured it would lend me credence. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/76 "2003-01-24T20:56:24Z")
Part of a track title from one of my favourite groups - _Crusoe Takes A Trip_ by Red Snapper. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/77 "2003-01-24T21:11:17Z")
Most photons just bounce right off me. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/78 "2003-01-24T21:17:44Z")
kidy nrvsidr. dp yjrtr. kidy loffomh! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/79 "2003-01-24T21:19:04Z")
Simple - I’m very much a fan of cosmopolitans (the drink). The magazine, I’m not so fond of. (And Helen Gurley Brown looks like a bobble-head doll, but that’s a topic for an entirely different thread.). ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518/80 "2003-01-24T21:22:34Z")
Washte means “it is good” in Sioux 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-your-username/150518.md?page=5)