# Mangling Your Moniker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166 "2003-09-02T16:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/1 "2003-09-02T16:44:02Z")
Deliberately distorting someone’s screen name in order to insult them is frowned upon on this board, and rightfully so. But some names just cry out to be parodied. Like mine: **EddyTeddyFreddy**. If I were going to zing me (please, let’s not discuss how often I deserve it :p), I’d go with: **MuddyFuddyDuddy**. If you were going to mangle your moniker, play with your persona, what would you do to it? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/2 "2003-09-02T16:58:18Z")
It’s come to my attention that UK dopers may be pronouncing my name **Zebra** as if it rhymed with Debra. I wish they would stop. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/3 "2003-09-02T16:59:16Z")
Well, lessee - last week in **Rue** ’s MMP thread, someone suggested **Froggy Cheese Mom** but I chose to see it as cute rather than a vicious attack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/4 "2003-09-02T17:27:12Z")
I suppose “ **Fart Herder** ” would be an appropriate childish version of mine. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/5 "2003-09-02T18:04:37Z")
Probably **LoonyoftheValley** , or to be particularly mean, **LoseroftheValley**. Waaaaah. I just hurt my own feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/6 "2003-09-02T18:04:48Z")
I am one of the guilty ones who distort peoples monikers if they attack me first. I think it’s less insulting than calling them words like “stupid”. Anyone who can come up with a half-decent distortion is more than welcome to use it on me. I was born with a sense of humor. Funny one Froggy Cheese Mom. Same goes for Fart herder. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/7 "2003-09-02T18:33:45Z")
Well, no matter how many times I say that my moniker is taken from that of my patron saint, a quite male Greek bishop and martyr whom I have a lot of respect for, the fact that the first four letters are, in order, 80% of the girl’s nickname Polly leads people to believe I’m a woman. But what really fits your OP is the number of times people swap the order of the A and the R, occasonally accidentally. :mad: Thanks to my honorary grandkids’ execrable taste in cartoons, what your name, **ETF** , always reminds me of is “Ed, Edd, and Eddy.” Some of the variants on folks’ usernames I’ve thought of when getting cynical and witty, but never used: [ul][li]Jersey Rhinestone[/li][li]Gauddammit[/li][li]Fairly Fat Mom[/li][li]Wireddave[/li][li]Rjong (as opposed to Rjight)[/li][li]Damntheman (I did use this one playfully once, in response to a pun on my name)[/li][/ul] and I’ve nearly hit submit twice after misstating our leading Eastern Orthodox Doper’s name, after the meta-search engine site, as **Dogpile** , catching myself barely in time both times. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/8 "2003-09-02T18:41:51Z")
Hmmmm, **Rooves** – let’s see. Ah, yes. If you should ever insult horses in a thread, be prepared for me to point out that it be **Hooves** you to think twice, lest you be set upon by stampeding Clydesdales. 😃 When I’ve put in a hard day’s work at the barn, mucking, feeding, grooming, riding, and so forth, I might justifiably be referred to as **CruddyMuddyBuddy**. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/9 "2003-09-02T18:46:57Z")
Gosh, **Polycarp** – as it happens, I WAS thinking about how your name could be distorted when I dreamed up this thread. I can go you one better, though – how about **Ploycrap**? 😉 (Laughing maniacally and fleeing the jurisdiction) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/10 "2003-09-02T18:53:19Z")
(Further pondering) **Polycarp** … “poly” – many; “carp” – fish… Oh, this could be _FUN_. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/11 "2003-09-02T19:14:28Z")
Gazelle Dizzelle? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/12 "2003-09-02T19:35:38Z")
Crappy Lendervedder Happy Bedwetter Slap Me Bend 'er Over ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/13 "2003-09-02T19:44:19Z")
Hmmmm, since I cannot seem to come up with a good slam of a substitute for my own nick, I will have to defer to the teeming millions to find one for me. I anxiously await your insults… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/14 "2003-09-02T19:50:55Z")
**AetherArse**? Naw, that just doesn’t seem to do it justice, and besides, “bum” has different meanings. Come on, someone can do better than my pathetic attempt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/15 "2003-09-02T19:59:12Z")
Sir Dorks and Sir Jerks, for me… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/16 "2003-09-02T21:14:03Z")
I’ve been called **Ass Iron** on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/17 "2003-09-02T21:45:22Z")
lets see… SKYBUMP, SKYBURP, SKYTURD, SKYBUTT, and SKYDUMB hehehe ---
**Author:** ![Fishhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@Fishhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishhead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/18 "2003-09-02T21:56:27Z")
With a handle like “Fishhead”, who needs to poke fun?? But you could say Fishface, I guess. When I was new to the internet, and a (shudder) AOL user, I chose “CARPSUCKER” as my name. Hey, I’m a fish biologist, and a carpsucker is an actual fish, with what I thought was a humorous name. AOL being what it was, you would be surprised at the number of people who thought there was some sort of sexual connotation. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/19 "2003-09-02T22:27:57Z")
**GivesHead**? I honestly cannot think up one for mine. I know there must be thousands of options out there! Help me out here! ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166/20 "2003-09-02T22:43:49Z")
Lisa-go-away, Lisa-gives-head (hehe) , Lisa- …that giving head comment really threw off my concentration. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangling-your-moniker/199166.md?page=2)