# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/61 "2010-07-16T18:05:47Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > **Olives** is not my nickname, but it’s how I say ‘‘I love you’’ to my friends and family. (Short for Olive you.) Everyone close to me knows what ‘‘olives’’ means. I am a regular recipient of olive-themed gifts. So it has a real-life connection. > > March 4th is my birthday. > > My high school best friend came up with **olivesmarch4th** for AIM and it kinda stuck. I love it because, hey, marching olives. > > My RL name is Christy, which is a nickname itself but it’s the only thing I like to be called anymore so I consider it my official name. Color me thoroughly unsurprised. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/62 "2010-07-16T20:13:49Z")
My old username, Juliana: no. No one calls me that. It’s a net name only. Ann Onimous, OTOH: lots of people call me Annie or AnnO. But they’re all people I met online. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/63 "2010-07-16T20:25:33Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 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.) You’re not alone! I’ve been JSexton, short for Justin, all my life. I’ve used JSexton on the internet since, well, since before there was a true internet. Internet privacy is vastly overrated. ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/64 "2010-07-16T20:47:08Z")
Nobody calls me misling except my husband occasionally. I’ve used the nick since I first went online - sort of online - it was a dial up BBS dedicated to weavers and spinners and such, called Arachne’s Web. That was in 1985. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/65 "2010-07-16T20:54:56Z")
Back in college (in the early-mid 90’s), I was known as “Jophiel” or just “Joph” to a collection of people. I used to use the name on IRC and hung out in the college’s unofficial chat channel. Even though a lot of us hung out in person on a regular basis, the name “Joph” stuck both online and off. These days it’s just an online thing though. ---
**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 16, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/66 "2010-07-16T21:20:11Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > You’re not alone! I’ve been JSexton, short for Justin, all my life. I’ve used JSexton on the internet since, well, since before there was a true internet. Internet privacy is vastly overrated. You and me: bff ---
**Author:** ![LegsAkimbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@LegsAkimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegsAkimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/67 "2010-07-16T21:24:49Z")
Hm. Maybe, in a descriptive sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Hazel_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/68 "2010-07-17T02:24:18Z")
“Hazel Ice” started as a joke with a coworker. We’re both teachers and noted how in the classroom, we take on personas, much like Beyonce claims to become Sasha Fierce on stage. Hence, Hazel as an old lady-ish name (I can be very old school about things) and Ice to represent my icy disposition in the classroom. At least I like to think I am. Said coworker and I have exchanged emails as our alter egoes, outside of work, of course. ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/69 "2010-07-21T09:57:49Z")
Sort of. L is the initial of my first name. Shaw is my surname. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/70 "2010-07-21T10:42:19Z")
Well they don’t tend to tack the nz bit on the end, that would be weird. If I was signing up again today, I’d have selected Mooma as my user name. That’s the name of my main WoW character, and the name all my WoW friends call me. Well, they call me Mooms, as a derivative. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/71 "2010-07-21T11:43:49Z")
No. My SO bought me the [Platypod](http://www.reapermini.com/LegionofJusticeandCaeke) model on that page, and I have a picture of a baby platypus as my Facebook profile picture, but that’s it for any RL connection. I just think they’re neat animals. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/72 "2010-07-21T13:08:43Z")
Yes. My name is Mattias Stenberg and I’ve used “Stoneburg” ever since I started using the internet in 1995. People call me Stenberg or Stoneburg, the latter being an ‘americanized’ version of my name. I’m not a huge fan of internet anonymity. Or rather I like it in theory, but in practice I find that it tend to turn people into completely retarded assholes. So I always put my name out when asked. I’ve been in several heated discussions where people start throwing threats around. My reply is always to give them my full name, address and phone number and invite them for coffy. So far nobody has called or shown up. My impression is that a persons e-penis is inversely proportional to their irl-penis. People usually say that I am a _much_ bigger asshole IRL than online. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/73 "2010-07-21T13:31:27Z")
Not lately. Back when I was a BAD (Bay Area Doper) most of my personal friends were also Dopers and they refered to me as Jack pretty much exclusively. My real name isn’t ‘Jack,’ by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/74 "2010-07-21T19:10:04Z")
I’m Kricket with a K because my give name is Kristine with a K but people IRL either call me Kricket or Kristy. The friends I chat with in and out of EQ call me Vin short for Vinadrea or Kusch short for Kuscheltier desTeufels. I’ve been toying with changing my user name here to Kuscheltier desTeufels for a while but I don’t have the heart to that’s been my name forever here. Although a name change would make the occational vanity search easier. Kricket/cricket comes up a lot with nothing to do with me. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/75 "2010-07-21T19:41:31Z")
This name and various permuatations is only used on various messageboards and whenever I’m in a RPG as a Bard. ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/76 "2010-07-21T20:02:25Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > I’ve been in several heated discussions where people start throwing threats around. My reply is always to give them my full name, address and phone number and invite them for coffy. So far nobody has called or shown up. My impression is that a persons e-penis is inversely proportional to their irl-penis. People usually say that I am a _much_ bigger asshole IRL than online. …Norrköping? Yea, I can see why nobody ever shows up.. at least throw some cake into the deal to make people more willing to overlook the location.😃 Btw, anyone got a microscope to borrow? I need to have a look at my e-penis. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/77 "2010-07-21T20:28:02Z")
Now I’m wondering how e-penis size works out for those of us what lack the meatspace version. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/78 "2010-07-21T21:01:00Z")
Some people call me Rebo in real life. I started using it as a handle playing NTN Texas Hold 'Em, and that’s what they call me. (Rebo is my shortened nickname from the MMP.) [I have license plates that say Rebo.](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/avatars/?action=view¤t=DSCF3851.jpg) 🙂 My real name is Robin, and my family will call me Rob sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/79 "2010-07-21T23:05:23Z")
Most of my friends will refer to me by my user name occasioanlly. If you were to wander around my home town and ask a random person about 'the madrabbitwoman" and there is a 50/50 chance they will know of me (but have no idea what my real name is) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/80 "2010-07-22T15:17:21Z")
Plenty of people call me Opal in real life, even people who I didn’t meet online. (I should add that this is my online identity in general and not SDMB specific) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817.md?page=5)