# I changed my username - BigBadWolf is now BigDadWolf

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719 "2012-04-23T18:25:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719/1 "2012-04-23T18:25:57Z")

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I had never thought much about my username - it was just the first thing that came to mind when I decided to register to answer a question in a post years ago. It didn’t seem to matter much but as I have slowly gone from being a total lurker to a lurker who occassionally adds to the conversation, I began to wonder what my username said about me.

Then I saw this thread - [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642982](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=642982) - and realized not only can I not “explain” my username, I am concerned it gives the wrong impression of the sort of person I am as the Big Bad Wolf in most fairy tales tends not to be seen in a good light. So after some thought I decided to make a small change and become BigDadWolf - after all I am somewhat big, I am a dad, and hey, wolves are cool.

So the mundane pointless thing I must share is I changed my username by a single letter to better fit who I am in real life. Anyone else out there change their username to better fit who they are?

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719/2 "2012-04-23T20:39:07Z")

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I dropped ‘Girl’ from the end of my username earlier this year, for a number of reasons, the biggest being that, imo, 30 is too old to be called girl.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719/3 "2012-04-23T20:58:59Z")

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> [@Silver\_Tyger](#):
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> I dropped ‘Girl’ from the end of my username earlier this year, for a number of reasons, the biggest being that, imo, 30 is too old to be called girl.

You go girl!

I had a stupid username once, and I still do, but I like the new one better.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-changed-my-username-bigbadwolf-is-now-bigdadwolf/619719/4 "2012-04-24T02:06:45Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> I had a stupid username once, and I still do, but I like the new one better.

Heh. Drunky Smurf was the non-stupid one? 😃

What was the stupid one?

I’m kidding and curious at the same time. I like your current name, though, don’t’ get me wrong.