# I finally get what Q.E.D.'s name means! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931 "2003-06-24T03:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/21 "2003-06-24T21:05:08Z")
I have nothing to say. ---
**Author:** ![Padmaraga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Padmaraga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padmaraga)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/22 "2003-06-24T21:33:14Z")
I, too, sometimes speculate on from where people have derived their usernames, or why they chose them. For instance, I’d love to know if **Eutychus** has ever been bored to death by (St.) Paul. 🙂 Mine can easily be Googled to find out what it means, but only I know why I chose it (other than that **Trillian** was already taken). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/23 "2003-06-24T23:23:42Z")
You guys like “Clerks?” As you can tell, I do. One of the funniest scenes in a funny, funny movie. Plus, it fits my personality pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/24 "2003-06-25T09:52:10Z")
**Already in Use** was the first name I thought of that wasn’t already in use. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/25 "2003-06-25T12:29:55Z")
[**Q** uantum **E** lectro **D** ynamics?](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691024170/qid=1056544490/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-3447886-7417752?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/26 "2003-06-25T16:20:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Incubus \* > **One thing about the boards that I am impressed with is the intellectual nature of posters names.** Yeah, I know that a name bestowed on you by a boyfriend from junior high is really high up there on the intellectual ladder…what can I say? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/27 "2003-06-26T01:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\ ***Already in Use** was the first name I thought of that wasn’t already in use. \*\* Only you could make an explanation of your screen name into a paradox! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/28 "2003-06-26T04:18:04Z")
Bowl of cream cheese… thats my full name ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/29 "2003-06-26T04:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlofcreamcheese \* > \*\*Bowl of cream cheese… > > thats my full name \*\* OK, I’ll bite. What happened to the “B”? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/30 "2003-06-26T04:39:37Z")
The B. is obviously his first initial; the surname is “owlofcreamcheese.” (Seriously, OoCC, I’m glad you cleared that up – for nearly a year I’ve been visualizing a statue of a nocturnal predatory bird sculpted out of cream cheese – with some sort of green speckles in it, probably chopped jalapenos! :)) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/31 "2003-06-26T06:31:32Z")
You know, the minute I read your thread title, I knew how you found out about Q.E.D. I think I had a vague idea of what it meant before. But well, now I really know. I like your handle, **Incubus** , it has a certain je ne sais quoi. Ah…inserting another language into the thread. So are you going to make the obligatory Monk thread, or am I going to have to do it myself? And isn’t it grand that they’ve finally started the new season? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/32 "2003-06-26T07:39:25Z")
Quietly Eradicating Disinformation, apropos no? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/33 "2003-06-26T08:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*Only you could make an explanation of your screen name into a paradox! 🙂 \*\* Thanks, **Poly**! Mind if I use that as a sig? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/34 "2003-06-26T16:00:42Z")
It would be my pleasure – I haven’t been quoted in a .sig for approximately 2 1/2 years! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/35 "2003-06-27T07:54:06Z")
Done. Merci beaucoup, O One of Many Koi! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931/36 "2003-06-27T07:56:05Z")
Grrr, let’s try this again… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-get-what-q-e-d-s-name-means/183931.md?page=1)