# Make me a New Name **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661 "2008-07-08T05:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/21 "2008-07-08T15:09:44Z")
**Gilligan’s Finger Smells Like Ginger** ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/22 "2008-07-08T15:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] **Gilligan’s Finger Smells Like Ginger** [/QUOTE] I thought that was Fred Astaire. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/23 "2008-07-08T16:06:45Z")
**Mafia Scum** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/24 "2008-07-08T16:13:05Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I thought that was Fred Astaire. [/QUOTE] OK, **Gilligan’s Finger Smells Like Fred Astaire** then. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/25 "2008-07-08T20:59:04Z")
**Harold** ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/26 "2008-07-08T21:21:19Z")
I’m going to vote for keeping Diomedes but using a sig that says, “call me -medes.” ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/27 "2008-07-08T22:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] **Mafia Scum** 😃 [/QUOTE] Evil Hal! My vote is for **No Lynch**. 😛 or **Harry Eyeball**. Seriously though, \*\*DEIMOS \*\* Δειμος m Greek Mythology Means “terror” in Greek… It’s fairly close to what you have now, and you are quite the terror in a Mafia game. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/28 "2008-07-08T22:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] **Azathoth** **Shub-Niggurath** **Hastur The Unspeakable** **Nyarlathotep** **Yog-Sothoth** Not many “Yogs” or “Nyarls” or “Shubs” on the board for you to confuse abbreviations with. [/QUOTE] **Spudthulu** **Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyahlathotep** **Hasbroljnir Toyhammer** ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/29 "2008-07-09T02:11:03Z")
**Spastic Bowlin’** **Sheik Djibouti** **Mullet Omar** ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/30 "2008-07-09T02:29:42Z")
Taking a cue from your birthdate, I suggest **Crab Dude**. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/31 "2008-07-09T04:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] **Ronnie James Diomedes** [/QUOTE] I like that one. Or Just: **Gastard** or **GatMan** Or something referencing Gotham vs. Metropolis, as that’s something I always associate with you, your mind bending view that it’s better to live under Batman and be free than live under Superman and be safe. **FearTheRedSon** **MeciMeneMedes** ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/32 "2008-07-09T05:09:04Z")
The Incredible Thread Stealer (Note that there’s a secret surprise about this as a username) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/33 "2008-07-09T05:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] The Incredible Thread Stealer (Note that there’s a secret surprise about this as a username) [/QUOTE] Tits? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/34 "2008-07-09T06:00:22Z")
**Catatonic Minor** You see, it kinda sounds like a flavor of musical scales, but it would be more like a person under 18 that suffered from Catatonia or… no takers? Well _ **I** _ thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/35 "2008-07-09T21:56:31Z")
**fiting ignorence** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/36 "2008-07-10T00:35:22Z")
**…for 20 minutes** **The Unknown Doper** **Menalazy** ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/37 "2008-07-10T00:46:16Z")
What about Diomedes’ dad, Tydeus? Then everyone could call you Tidy. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/38 "2008-07-10T01:19:11Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Tits? [/QUOTE] Yep. I created it after seeing all the newbies with long names starting to come into existence, and how they always got acronymed down. Recommended for a female poster to take. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/39 "2008-07-10T01:28:25Z")
**Diomedes** is a Greek compound of _dios_, “god,” “godlike,” or “divine” and _mêdos_, “cunning,” “schemes,” “plans,” “craft”; “care,” “anxiety” (or, apparently, genitalia). So how about **Godlike Cunning**? And of course if you feel that you could carry off **Divine Genitalia** , go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661/40 "2008-07-10T01:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Drake] **Diomedes** is a Greek compound of _dios_, “god,” “godlike,” or “divine” and _mêdos_, “cunning,” “schemes,” “plans,” “craft”; “care,” “anxiety” (or, apparently, genitalia). [/QUOTE] I kind of like **Divine Anxiety** or **God of Angst**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-a-new-name/455661.md?page=3)