# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/61 "2006-04-09T15:30:40Z")
If I had to switch, it would be to CanOfBadClams ---
**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 9, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/62 "2006-04-09T16:06:33Z")
**Sgt Schwartz** , I’m reading that George R.R. Martin novel now! It’s a good one. You’d have to use his distinctive spelling, though: **Fevre Dream**. Or how about **Capt. Abner Marsh** , if you’re looking for a promotion? Another very good Martin book, “Tuf Voyaging,” would yield the username **Haviland Tuf**. Or I could go with one of my favorite Steve Martin roles, in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” and be known henceforth as **Prince Ruprecht**. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/63 "2006-04-09T17:34:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 'Cause you’d be XX times as cool? That wasn’t my intention, but I like it! Since plays on words seem to be standard around here, I was going for “lunacy” ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/64 "2006-04-09T21:38:28Z")
**Dick Canopy**. It just cracks me up for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/65 "2006-04-10T08:16:02Z")
I think **Eats Crayons** ’ name is clever and funny. I did toss around the idea of taking my CoH character name, but I keep coming back to Bites When Provoked. A more accurate reflection of my personality would have been Devil’s Advocate, but the other is just that bit more cutesy. And since I keep being mistaken for a guy on here, I think I need all the cutesy I can get. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/66 "2006-04-10T13:26:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m really all about the diphthongs That, my friend, is a screen name it itself! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/67 "2006-04-10T15:17:33Z")
**gee-gaw** would still fit the whole initials thing My mind wandered in church yesterday as I thought \*\*Spike Nard \*\* would be fun. (The perfumed oils the woman poured on Jesus were referred to as spikenard and I didn’t remember having heard that before.) ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/68 "2006-04-10T16:12:59Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > I wish I knew. Something that would make men lust for me: mind, body and soul. Any ideas? How about ‘Brightpenny’? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/69 "2006-04-10T17:08:24Z")
Anything more male. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/70 "2006-04-10T18:01:40Z")
I’d change mine to Bob. No, I don’t know why, I just would. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/71 "2006-04-10T18:12:41Z")
**HillBilly Ocean** has a nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/72 "2006-04-10T18:32:28Z")
In honor of a former member, I think I could elicit some laughs with the name **The GrayPest**. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/73 "2006-04-10T19:04:46Z")
I’d probably change to something meaningfull like **I burning you Opal** **Incessant Princess Bride Reference** **TNT Bonapart** **Carrol Channing’s Underwear** All the names are silly but at least they’re not named after my dog or people aren’t left with the impression that I spent time in a prison in the South. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/74 "2006-04-10T20:23:58Z")
> [@Mayo Speaks!](#): > > In honor of a former member, I think I could elicit some laughs with the name **The GrayPest**. I laughed. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/75 "2006-04-11T00:17:38Z")
My real name is Britt, and I post to other boards under my real name sometimes. “Britt” is taken here, but I’ve mused about changing it to **Ponsonby Britt**. Points to whoever spots the reference. ---
**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 11, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/76 "2006-04-11T01:00:28Z")
I thought of changing it to **Invisible Woman**. Other names, because they’re favorite words are **widdershins** and **kerfuffle** , which I sometimes use elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/77 "2006-04-11T01:55:46Z")
**NoVacancy** :smack: tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-change-your-doper-name-what-would-you-change-it-to/351823/78 "2006-04-11T02:17:30Z")
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