# I did google my username. I'm not better than before. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 13, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116 "2004-02-13T22:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/1 "2004-02-13T22:43:13Z")
Once upon a time, seven months ago, I posted this thread: [Would you help me to find the origin of my nick?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201377). But at last, no definitive answer was found. Now, I’d like to know it again, but a different approaching. I’ve googled it and found a lot of pages in that language I can’t identify, and some of then have the sufix _.lu_ but I don’t know where the hell is that: Virwuert vum Direkter Léif Elteren, Mat \*\*grousser \*\* Erwaardung kucke mer op d’Rentrée 2002/2003 am September: dann nämlech plënnere mer an dat neit Gebai … An der **grousser** däischterer Nuecht, Hält de wäisse Mann Wuecht. … An do si lauter **Grousser** , an déi schreiwen. ". … Denis: An der Spillschoul, do muss ee spillen, an an der **grousser** Schoul däerf een nët spillen. … So, _it is_ a word of a language. Another try, please? If I translate the same pages in Yahoo, it returns me the same text in the same language. ---
**Author:** ![seaworthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/2 "2004-02-13T23:32:45Z")
I tried. I thought I would find out what it meant and you’d be forever grateful. Same problem. The online translators give me the same text back, and I looked in German, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, and and some other F- language I’d never heard of before online dictionaries and -nothing-. A lot of the pages that came up when I googled it looked like German to me, or at least a Germanic language. One of them was definitely Spanish, which was real odd. But my best guess is that it’s either someone’s last name, which you won’t find in a dictionary, it’s a bad word, which wouldn’t be in a crappy online dictionary, or it’s an archaic word that is no longer in the dictionary. This is really bothering me now so if you do find out what it means let me know. ---
**Author:** ![seaworthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/3 "2004-02-13T23:34:47Z")
And it’s definitely not a word in French, either. My trusty French-English dictionary doesn’t have it in there. The closest is the verb grossir- which means to get fat. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/4 "2004-02-13T23:38:13Z")
.lu is Luxembourg ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/5 "2004-02-13T23:40:11Z")
I think it’s Luxembourgish. Most of the hits in Google are in the .lu domain, and the languages are Luxembourgish, German, and French. I don’t think you’ll find an online translator. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/6 "2004-02-13T23:51:02Z")
It means “larger” or “bigger”. I think. [This page](http://www.eis-sprooch.lu/dictionnaire.asp) has a French to Luxembourgish dictionary. Using my high-school German, first guess was that it meant “larger”, since in German that is “grösser”. Then used Babelfish to translate that to French (“grand”) and looked that up in the linked dictionary. Which says: grand, **grouss**. Lowercase in front of capitalized words (nouns) reinforces that it is an adjective, assuming they use the same pattern as German. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/7 "2004-02-14T00:02:22Z")
Thanks, **SmackFu**. I’ll keep that meaning. **MC** , thanks too. Btw, to **seaworthy** > [@seaworthy](#): > > A lot of the pages that came up when I googled it looked like German to me, or at least a Germanic language. One of them was definitely Spanish, which was real odd. Yes, but it’s not that odd… it’s me. 😃 I use the same nick in spanish message boards. And thanks, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-google-my-username-im-not-better-than-before/229116/8 "2004-02-14T00:21:32Z")
Fwiw, I would have read your name as complainer, or “one who grouses”. Dunno if that is useful info or not 🙂