# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/81 "2010-07-22T19:57:53Z")
My brother says “Hey” to get my attention and then “Homie” to address me, so “HeyHomie.” He says it while imitating Homer’s friend Barney on _The Simpsons_. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/82 "2010-07-22T23:30:08Z")
Yes, but only by people I met here or in LJ. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/83 "2010-07-23T00:36:33Z")
One of my best friends calls me Aes. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/84 "2010-07-23T01:09:06Z")
No. Well, the servants obviously, but I prefer everyone else to be less formal. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/85 "2010-07-23T03:28:43Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/86 "2010-07-23T06:14:21Z")
> [@umop\_ap\_sdn](#): > > So that’s what your username is from. Well there goes my mental image of a dromedary that pulls things around a lot. 😃 Yep. It means “turkey breast” (_pulyka_, “turkey,” + _mell_, “breast.”) And it should be pronounced with three syllables, as “POOY-kaw-mell.” Not that I think anybody actually pronounces it that way unless they happen to know Hungarian orthography and phonology. ---
**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 24, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/87 "2010-07-24T11:28:21Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > 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:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/88 "2010-07-24T12:11:24Z")
Varlos gets used everyday as the real name of a real person, a fellow New Yorker, but someone who is \*almost \*a complete stranger to me: Varlos Z. Xxxxxxxxxxx. I stole it because it sounded cool. I sometimes worry, though, that other people don’t read the name as “Varlos-Zee,” but rather as something closer to “Varloz,” which is not nearly as cool. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/89 "2010-07-24T16:39:05Z")
I picked this name because I was tired of using the same one around the net. Since I wanted it to be something that would stick, I picked the only nickname I would be called that I thought wouldn’t be embarrassing. My name starts with a T, and I’m big. My cousin is the only one who uses that nickname, though. Most people just shorten it to T, but that’s too short for a username. The only other nickname I’ve had that stuck is Squirrel, which is what my uncle called me when I was younger. I was hyper, and had chubby cheeks. ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/90 "2010-07-24T17:58:24Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, mine is a tribal name meaning Red Hawk. So, yes it is used sometimes in real life. The use is normally restricted to speakers of the Creek language, otherwise it is just “Hawk”. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/91 "2010-07-25T05:23:49Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > My real name is Robin, and my family will call me Rob sometimes. My sister’s name is Robyn and when my oldest was a baby one of her first words was Bob and I couldn’t figure out what she wanted until one day my sister came to visit and my daughter got all excited and repeated Bob over and over again until my sister picked her up. She’s been Aunt Bob or Bobby ever since. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817/92 "2010-07-25T06:06:00Z")
Mine’s an Italian motor-sicle. I have 2. They’re shiny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-doper-name-used-in-real-life/546817.md?page=4)