# Screen name significance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897 "2003-03-28T21:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/21 "2003-03-29T10:35:57Z")
**S** elf **P** roclaimed **O** verlord **OF** **E** arth ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/22 "2003-03-29T11:04:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*What was that you said, **Gazelle**? > > I can’t hear ya’. > > [sub]Damn. I have been waiting to pull that out for months, and then she posted the link that explains the whole thing. Crap.[/sub] \*\* What? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/23 "2003-03-29T11:28:34Z")
**Angua** is the name of an attractive female werewolf in Pratchett’s many Discworld novels. The thing is, she’s a woman in the “Watch”, Ankh-Morporok’s male dominated police force, and people often think that she’s not a Watch(wo)man, or a werewolf for that matter. This fits with me, because I’m a female physicist (male dominated field!), and people often think that I simply could not be a physicist. Yes, I know its lame, but coupled with the fact that I can be as nice as pie until riled, makes me think that it fits rather well. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/24 "2003-03-29T12:51:31Z")
Mine is just a silly nickname. I post on quite a few boards and I like to have a unique nick for each one. Oh and I am a girl. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/25 "2003-03-29T13:20:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sidewinder \* > **What is the meaning behind your chosen screen name? Some of the names on SDMB truly mystify me, and I’m sure others have wondered the same.** Yes, I have also wondered the significance of one’s user name. Then I realized, who gives a flyin’ fu… Oh, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/26 "2003-03-29T13:28:57Z")
Well, I pulled mine randomly out of a dictionary of mythology. Apparently, **astorian** did the same thing. I didn’t mean to confuse people, but I’ve been using this particular handle for quite a while as no one else ever does. ---
**Author:** ![summerbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@summerbreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerbreeze)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/27 "2003-03-29T13:35:40Z")
Somebody was talking about Secret Service code names for people they protect & asked a bunch of us what ours would be. **Summerbreeze** just came to mind. Having lived in DC thru several summers, I figured the SS would be glad to have one. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/28 "2003-03-29T13:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sidewinder \* > \*\*As for me, Sidewinder is something I picked up when another person said my car handles like a heat-seeking missile. 😃 It sort of has a double meaning because I like the desert a lot. > > So, how about yours? \*\* So, do you walk funny, too? I kinda picture something like a John Wayne gait, exagerated to the point that you’re moving sideways. 😃 Welcome to the SDMB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/29 "2003-03-29T13:41:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*EnderW is my first name. 24 is the number of shots my parents had the night I was conceived. \*\* I always thought you were a 24th generation descendant of Ender Wiggin. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/30 "2003-03-29T13:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*There’s no meaning behind mine at all, truthfully. Well, maybe a little bit. > > I just figured “enginner” had to be already taken, so I didn’t bother to try that. It also sort of fits my current life situation.\*\* Maybe I was giving you too much credit. I always thought EXgineer was a play on endo versus exo. Now that I think about it, Exgineer would be a really good username for a divorce lawyer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/31 "2003-03-29T13:49:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lightingtool \* > \*\*Mine’s pretty simple… > > I’m a theatrical lighting person … “Lighting” > > At times, I act like a complete tool. … “tool” \*\* I have to admit, yours is one of the names I always misread. I always see it as lightNingtool. And, I never wanted to ask, because I was afraid it was a name hung on you by an ex, and related to a personal problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/32 "2003-03-29T13:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fritz The Cat \* > \*\*Needed a screen name, looked around the room and saw my cat Fritz. Besides, I like the movie. \*\* _Willkommen, Herr Katze._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/33 "2003-03-29T13:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Maybe I was giving you too much credit. I always thought EXgineer was a play on endo versus exo. \*\* Well, no. That would be far to clever to be something I came up with, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/34 "2003-03-29T13:57:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Yes, I know its lame, but coupled with the fact that I can be as nice as pie until riled, makes me think that it fits rather well. \*\* Not lame, at all. Discworld ROCKS! Or, at least, spins. And, Angua? _Rowr!_ So…how YOU doin’? 😉 Welcome to SDMB! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/35 "2003-03-29T14:00:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr Jim \* > \*\*Oh and I am a girl. \*\* It took reading several of your posts for me to figure that out. I can’t remember if I ever welcomed you, or not. So, what the heck…Welcome to the SDMB! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/36 "2003-03-29T14:04:06Z")
I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/37 "2003-03-29T14:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by summerbreeze \* > \*\*Somebody was talking about Secret Service code names for people they protect & asked a bunch of us what ours would be. **Summerbreeze** just came to mind. Having lived in DC thru several summers, I figured the SS would be glad to have one. \*\* It’s a nice name. It’s a little unfortunately close to Summer’s Eve, to me, but that’s probably just me. Welcome to the SDMB! 🙂 Oh, and I keep forgetting to 'splain mine. See the sig. If I can remember to turn it on, THIS time. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/38 "2003-03-29T14:12:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*That would be far to clever to be something I came up with, wouldn’t it? \*\* I dunno. Would it? 😉 Your posts that I’ve seen are pretty sound, though I haven’t noticed much wordplay in them. BTW, thanks for breaking up my string of posts. I was feeling like a serial poster, again. _Stop me, before I post again!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/39 "2003-03-29T15:15:57Z")
Thanks **Davebear**! Not quite sure if I live up to the “attractive” part of the description of my username though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-name-significance/164897/40 "2003-03-29T15:27:09Z")
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