# Reversed usernames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120 "2018-01-21T12:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/41 "2018-01-24T18:10:00Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yeah, Senegoid blew me away — because he’s so familiar (long-time Doper), and for most of those years there was a different Doper named Diogenes — but mainly because “senegoid” sounds like an obscure but real word, maybe meaning “moon-like.” Or better, “resembling a West African.” Actually, my time here didn’t overlap with the late lamented **Diogenes the Cynic**. (ETA: And some questioned whether I might be his sock.) I had been lurking briefly and I was interested in following the adventures of the taciturn much-modded Cynic — only to find that the had been banished just a few days before I signed on. Senegoid, it turns out, isn’t as original an idea as I thought at the time. A google search reveals that a great many people out there are using the name. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/42 "2018-01-24T20:36:22Z")
My username is in standard order… but my brother has called me by the reversal of my first name for fifty years. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/43 "2018-01-25T14:49:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Actually, my time here didn’t overlap with the late lamented **Diogenes the Cynic**. (ETA: And some questioned whether I might be his sock.) I had been lurking briefly and I was interested in following the adventures of the taciturn much-modded Cynic — only to find that the had been banished just a few days before I signed on. > > Senegoid, it turns out, isn’t as original an idea as I thought at the time. A google search reveals that a great many people out there are using the name. Interesting…thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/44 "2018-01-25T15:03:44Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Actually, my time here didn’t overlap with the late lamented **Diogenes the Cynic**. (ETA: And some questioned whether I might be his sock.) I had been lurking briefly and I was interested in following the adventures of the taciturn much-modded Cynic — only to find that the had been banished just a few days before I signed on. And you are a **lot** nicer than Dio was. I had a real-life meeting with two other Dopers a few years ago, and one of the topics of our freewheeling conversation was, “wow, Diogenes the Cynic really is a tool.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/45 "2018-01-25T15:17:28Z")
Diogenes gets banned, and Senegoid turns up a few days later. Sounds mighty suspicious to me. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/46 "2018-01-25T15:51:48Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > My username is in standard order… but my brother has called me by the reversal of my first name for fifty years. Cool story, boB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/47 "2018-01-27T06:04:14Z")
I know of one palindromic user name: **I Love Me Vol I** Or come to think of it, two because there’s also **Eve**. Are there any others? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/48 "2018-01-27T13:49:37Z")
I asked that question in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20102486). The only other one is **rat avatar**. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/49 "2018-01-27T15:54:49Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Uosdwis R. Dewoh. > > Spoilering it so you have a chance to guess what it is if you don’t already know: > > It’s Homer J. Simpson upside-down. Can’t quite figure out that D, though mind=blown > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yeah, Senegoid blew me away — because he’s so familiar (long-time Doper), and for most of those years there was a different Doper named Diogenes — but mainly because “senegoid” sounds like an obscure but real word, maybe meaning “moon-like.” Or better, “resembling a West African.” mind=double-blown ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/50 "2018-05-11T06:47:11Z")
Bumping this thread because I just noticed **sitnam**. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/51 "2018-05-11T09:29:09Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Bumping this thread because I just noticed **sitnam**. She’s very quiet; she sits very still then she pounces. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/52 "2018-05-11T18:49:27Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Diogenes gets banned, and Senegoid turns up a few days later. Sounds mighty suspicious to me. _Nabbed_! (Not a reversal, nor an anagram, nor upside down… just the same set of 5 letters.) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/53 "2018-05-11T19:46:05Z")
Back on the AOL board, there was a weird kid known as **etabba**. His last name in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/54 "2018-05-16T13:35:41Z")
And there;s always **Mirror Image egamI rorriM** , which I guess would qualify as a palindrome AND a reversed name :). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/55 "2019-05-28T08:40:27Z")
Bumping this thread again, because I just noticed **ynnad**. For those not wanting to read through the thread, here’s the list so far: der trihs drad dog ? enipla flodnak (can’t remember what this name is a reversal of – Google gives a hotel in Austria, but I seem to remember it was something else) leahcim nadnerb Namkcalb nivlac sdrawkcab (banned) Senegoid sitnam Troppus yendis ynnad Oh yeah, forgot to mention in the OP that I’m not counting “natural reversals”, that is, where two English words are reversals of each other. Someone mentioned **pool** upthread; another is **nametag**. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/56 "2019-05-28T09:06:07Z")
Just realised that it should be **Ynnad** with a capital Y. That doesn’t disqualify the name, though. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/57 "2019-05-28T13:22:27Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > sdrawkcab (banned) Being banned is indeed a bit of a drawback… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/58 "2019-05-28T14:53:35Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > flodnak (can’t remember what this name is a reversal of – Google gives a hotel in Austria, but I seem to remember it was something else). Her last name spelled backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/59 "2019-05-28T15:22:19Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I know of one palindromic user name: **I Love Me Vol I** > > Or come to think of it, two because there’s also **Eve**. > > Are there any others? Otto? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversed-usernames/807120/60 "2019-05-28T16:28:36Z")
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