# Is your Doper name used in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817 "2010-07-15T19:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kickback\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@Kickback\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kickback_Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/21 "2010-07-15T21:39:10Z")
I used to be called Kickback\_Joe all the time before I was married. I got the nickname one day when someone was looking for me and another guy said “Where do you think Joe is? He’s over there in the shade kicking back.” There are only a few people in the real world who know me as that now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/22 "2010-07-15T21:44:20Z")
Nope. No one would even think to connect me with my Doper name. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/23 "2010-07-15T21:46:49Z")
Not any more - it used to be my SCA name, when I was in the SCA in college. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/24 "2010-07-15T21:54:50Z")
Nope. My user name doesn’t even have anything to do with me. When I chose it my own anonimity was the driving factor. It’s a nickname of a neighbor that I wanted to be like when I was growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/25 "2010-07-15T22:05:00Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Rysto was my high school nickname, but nobody has called me that for at least five years. Whenever I see your posts, I can’t help but think of [Ristar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ristar). ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/26 "2010-07-15T23:19:56Z")
I use my Doper name _on my tax returns!_ Seriously, am I the only one who uses my legal name on the SDMB? Yeah yeah identity theft, however I find posting as myself makes me behave better. (You’ll notice I don’t post much, and never, ever vote in a public poll.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/27 "2010-07-16T00:24:59Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Rysto was my high school nickname, but nobody has called me that for at least five years. Make it 15 years for me, but yeah. When we were in middle school my then best friend decided that I grew so slowly I must be an elf, so there were a few elf-related nicknames through high school when friends wanted to be irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/28 "2010-07-16T00:27:07Z")
Nobody’s called me a Rush geek in years, since high school. And for that I should be grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/29 "2010-07-16T00:51:44Z")
[Yes, but not by me.](http://www.sunspace.ca/) ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/30 "2010-07-16T01:11:46Z")
Pudytat was my name when I was a camp counselor. I like cats. But in the cartoon, I like Tweety Bird, so I became Pudytat. When I lead camp songs before dinner, I always had to sing “The Dickey Bird” and the campers said Pudytat instead of singing “Below him crawled a furry black…cat.” The only person who called me Pudytat after that summer was one of the other camp counselors. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/31 "2010-07-16T01:15:36Z")
Nope, it isn’t a nickname anyone has ever used for me. I just wanted a name that I wouldn’t forget! I don’t actually have any nicknames. No one has ever been inspired to create one and actually use it for more than a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/32 "2010-07-16T01:26:49Z")
Only the surname part of my nickname is pseudonymous, and it comes from IRL activities in the 1980s which I really ought to be too proud to disclose here. I am still called “Mudd” by a handful of people who knew me during those heady times. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/33 "2010-07-16T01:28:34Z")
My Doper name is one that was given to me a number of years ago by some friends. Although I’ve used variations of it online over the years, few people call me missred IRL anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/34 "2010-07-16T01:50:24Z")
Nope. Although I’m sometimes “auntie Jen”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/35 "2010-07-16T01:53:18Z")
Well, my Dopername includes my first name. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/36 "2010-07-16T01:57:38Z")
Does WoW count as IRL doe this purpose? It’s my main character’s name, although it’s more that I used the same word in both contexts than named myself here after my toon. I just like the word. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/37 "2010-07-16T02:01:14Z")
Yes, my username is used to refer to me in real life. Except I’ve still got one aunt who calls me Frankie. ---
**Author:** ![Mom-of-Andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Mom-of-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mom-of-Andrew)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/38 "2010-07-16T02:21:59Z")
Yes. I am called “Mom” every single day. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/39 "2010-07-16T02:28:17Z")
…yes. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/40 "2010-07-16T02:31:28Z")
My actual name is Gila. (Hard G, long eee sound. It’s Hebrew.) Everybody calls me that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817.md?page=3)