# If you had to change your Doper Name, what would you change it to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823 "2006-04-08T03:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/21 "2006-04-08T16:14:03Z")
okay…after hitting “reply”, I am now aware of my double entendre. …and I am condoning such an entendre. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/22 "2006-04-08T17:09:49Z")
**Shoemaker-Shoemaker-Levy Nine** or **Lump and Prole** (puppy names, all of them) ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/23 "2006-04-08T17:31:42Z")
Throbbing Member ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/24 "2006-04-08T17:40:57Z")
**Cyborg Platypus** ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/25 "2006-04-08T17:41:38Z")
My usual name on other boards and whatnot, **Shade Edge** (synonyms! yay!). **Enseifer** from my _very_ short time RPing with a friend. I think it means something in both one of the Tolkein elvish languages and also german, randomly. Also my character name on WoW and CoH. **Tycho Celchu** I use sometimes, too. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/26 "2006-04-08T17:46:03Z")
**Candid Gamera** 😃 **Jimmy Carter** ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/27 "2006-04-08T17:54:36Z")
I’d’ve been **Diogenes** or **Diogenes the Cynic** if I hadn’t been beaten to it. Mind you, the present incumbent deserves it by virtue of being much more cynical than me. (Which is a mark of respect really.) But the hastily-chosen username has grown on me, and if it wasn’t this, likely enough it would be another _oyarsa_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/28 "2006-04-08T18:35:16Z")
I started out with a boring variation on my actual name, but soon changed it to what you see above (yes, I’m a Tolkien fan). If I changed it again, I’d probably go for a _Monty Python_-inspired name like: **Jethro Q. Walrustitty, MP Ole Ftang Ftang Biscuitbarrel, MP Dinsdale Piranha Albatross! Insp. Harry “Snapper” Organs Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson It’s…the Bishop! Colin Mozart Ken Clean-Air System Ken Shabby The Man from the Off-Licence Mr. Git Mr. Dibley Mr. Neutron Pantomime Horse The Poet McTeagle Scott of the Sahara Spot the Loony Johann Gombolputty &tc. von Hautkopf of Ulm** Or something else from Tolkien (some of which I suggested to **What Exit?** awhile back): **Imladris Denizen Cirdan the Shipwright Corsair of Umbar Shire-Reeve The Old Took Olorin Tharkun Mithrandir Elrond’s Long-term Houseguest Anduril Wielder A Ranger of Gondor Dunedain The Dunedain Prince of Ithilien** Maybe a law-related username? **Hadley V. Baxendale Officious Intermeddler Magistrate Oyez Oyez** Or something from my AD&D days? **Duke of Fraestead Paladin Viceroy** I like my current username, though, and I’m keepin’ it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/29 "2006-04-08T18:42:02Z")
If I hadn’t been set on changing to this name, I’d have changed to **Tom Veil** with “Nowhere, man.” as my location. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/30 "2006-04-08T18:42:46Z")
> [@mailman](#): > > Throbbing Member This one had me rolling. I’d probably go with \*\*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/31 "2006-04-08T20:27:29Z")
Oh I forgot: in IM I use guntramboso, in honor of my favorite 6th-century Merovingian, and because I knew it wouldn’t be taken and I was in a hurry when I signed up ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/32 "2006-04-08T20:45:18Z")
I very nearly registered as **Pooh d’Etat** , a screen name that I used in the old BBS days in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/33 "2006-04-08T21:56:28Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **Cyborg Platypus** I love it! 😃 I’d really like to change my username to **Amythyst**. It’s the name that I use on all other message boards, and it means more to me than my current username (it’s a play on my real name and my love of all things purple). But since there’s already an **Amethyst** on the board, I can’t use it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/34 "2006-04-08T21:59:43Z")
I wish I knew. Something that would make men lust for me: mind, body and soul. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/35 "2006-04-08T22:08:02Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > I wish I knew. Something that would make men lust for me: mind, body and soul. Any ideas? **I Put Out**? ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/36 "2006-04-08T22:10:41Z")
Hmm, that doesn’t really address the mind and soul part very well… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/37 "2006-04-08T22:29:43Z")
previous thread on the same topic > **[If you had to, what would you change your username to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353956)** > > If for some reason you had to change your SDMB username, what would you change it to? Also, what existing usernames do you really like, that you wish you had? I think I’d change my name to Australopithecus, because I always liked the way that... As I said there, I think I’d change my name to **Australopithecus** , because I always liked the way that rolled off the tongue. The username I’m probably most jealous of is **bob\_loblaw**. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/38 "2006-04-08T23:10:00Z")
I’d probably become an obscure tenor saxophonist like **Armand Camgros, Merrow Bodge, George Snurpus** or **B. Zoff.** ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/39 "2006-04-08T23:20:38Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > Hmm, that doesn’t really address the mind and soul part very well… Pamela Anderson, PHD. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/40 "2006-04-08T23:22:37Z")
In the same vein as DancesWithCats, I saw the name “StandswithaFish” on another message board. I try to be original, so I didn’t want to take it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823.md?page=3)