I’m thinking about changing my SDMB screen name. When I look at my screen name, it lacks a certain… luster. Also, I’ve started using capital letters (thanks to you guys’ good influence!!!) so it seems kind of out of place now. The name was kind of randomly chosen - it’s short for grandaddygurl (Grandaddy is one of my favorite bands), which is my Ebay handle. I thought it up on the fly when signing up for the Dope. Now, I’m not sure it’s the right name. I’ve thought of a few ideas:
My real first name
Something about being a pinko commie
A name invoking a favorite author/work of literature
My cat’s name (Levitz), which might leave people thinking I’m a guy, so maybe not
Something numerical
6…?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Give me your second choice cool screen name. The ideas I have are rather amorphous, but it’s late and I’m tired. I think changing my lackluster screen name is probably a good idea though.
Thanks in advance, all!
Well, since you asked for cool secondary names: If I weren’t Aesiron, I would be Deimosan, Dioscurion, or most likely, Kalandian. The first two are Greek mythology inspired (Deimos is the personification of dread and terror and is a son of Ares; the Dioscuri are the Gemini twins) and the second one is tagalog (the language of the Philippines) for … uh, well, I’m not sure exactly but I know it means “friend” or “more than a friend” or something. Maybe a resident Pinoy can tell you for certain.
Aesiron, thanks for your runner-up names! They all sound a little too masculine for me… Of course, I guess being the personification of dread and terror is not necessarily a male role.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with an gender-bending or androgynous screen name. Here’s some more names I thought of, some of which are probably taken…
Kicker of Elves
Gonzo
Tyler Durden
Libertina
Spaghetti Western
Redheaded Stepchild
I need to go to bed. I will brainstorm more about this when I am coherent.
Oddly enough, ggurl, whenever I see your username I think “It’s a g-g-girl!” in a Shaggy (from Scooby Doo) voice.
Taking the Fight Club theme and running with it, I came up with Slide!, Spirit Penguin, Acid Kiss, Single-Serving Doper, and Project Mayhem (turn the c into a k for your pinko commie flava ).
For some reason I’m also thinking of Sergio Leona Helmsley, which I suppose comes from the “Spaghetti Western” idea. It’s kind of long, but I’ve seen longer names here. Too bad it sounds like a bad Wheel of Fortune answer.
Not to mention that I *don’t * want a masculine name, really. During a recent hilarious phone call, a friend of mine suggested that I was Tyler Durden, though. Never mind. You had to be there.
Yeah, I think I want something “female” and maybe even a little “flirty”. **Marla Singer ** is a great suggestion… I was even kinda like that in my twenties, (wardrobe of discarded clothes, chain smoking), minus the support-group-voyeur thing.
Hmmmm. The stuttering thing is taken into consideration, BraheSilver. I always mentally pronounce it “gee-girl”, but that doesn’t mean everyone else has to. A Shaggy-voiced stutter doesn’t bode well for the impression a screen name makes. I think too much.
Until you know what image you want to portray, talking about names is waay too early.
To me “ggurl” is pronounced guh-GIRL, and connotes something kinda like Grrlz, ie a tough but feminine gal with some attitude who’s probably between 15 and 25 years old. She’s fun, dresses a bit sexy/skanky/retro (Doc Marten’s and fishnets wouldn’t be out of place), but she’s not really a skank. She can hold her own in an argument or a tequila-swillin’ contest. She’s no mall-queen socialite, but she’s not a lowlife either. Just Gen-X writ a little larger-than-life.
So I suggest you figure out what picture you want to portray, tell us what that is, then we can help you pick out a couple of words to use for a name.
Or just pick something nonsense, like “Spaghetti Western”, and leave it at that. It means essentially nothing and is just about as arbitrary as the nonsense word “KoombaLoombaWhatsis.”
In the FAQ’s , the impression is given that a better reason is needed to change a username than just a whim. Did something change? I have seen at least one other thread saying that they changed their username. Did I miss a meeting?
I don’t mean to give you a hard time ggurl, I am just curious.
Sort of. The FAQ you linked to is stock vB. However, in the ATMB FAQ thread, C K Dexter Haven says:
So, basically, you can certainly change your name once, even on a whim. Changing it again, however, requires hamster sacrifices, gifts of chocolate and acts involving goats that are illegal in 37 states.
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