# usernames... vote most/least original **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2000, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594 "2000-08-16T18:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/101 "2000-08-19T07:28:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* > \*\* > Ohhhh, you make my heart all a’fluttery!! > \*\* The last time I made a lady’s heart a’fluttery, they slapped a restraining order on me and told me to quit stalking her. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/102 "2000-08-19T07:32:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > \*\* > DRY, dear, I know you detest “me, too” posts, but I will risk inciting your wrath. > > Diane knows whereof she speaks. And she is **right, right, RIGHT!** I have said this same thing to you zillions of times. Okay, maybe only millions, but I am sure you get the picture. > > You are an intelligent, kind, witty and beautiful man. And I will clonk anyone who says different, even if it is you. > > So, do we finally have that straight? > > **Stern** Scotti \*\* Seriously, I don’t detest “me, too” posts. If I’m going to be the one making such a post, I’ll try to include something a little more substantive than just that, but if you agree with someone else, then why not “me, too”. As for your offer to “clonk” me, depending on what it means, I must be pretty lucky to warrant “licking” from Diane and “clonking” from you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/103 "2000-08-20T00:02:35Z")
I’ve always liked the names PurpleCrackWhore, FairyChatMom, and neurotrashgrrrl. Mine has to go onto the unoriginal list since I am one of three beakers running around on this list (Grim\_Beaker and beakeroni). However, no one else has thought to slap the letters xf onto the end of their name. (Hey, I need to feel a little bit original at least, so humor me.) ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/104 "2000-08-20T05:20:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\* > For months now I’ve been posting with that “ID my handle and win a prize” as a part of my sig. Whatever else I’ve changed…that has been constant. > \*\* You are named after the guy (DJ?) from KABC in Los Angeles. He’s the ghuy who gave the nationally-broadcast play by play of O.J. Simpson’s infamous Bronco chase. Just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/105 "2000-08-20T05:30:11Z")
_ **OR** _ You are named after a somewhat mysterious Scottish-Sicilian gunslinger and knife-handler from the early 20th century. i] **OR** \* You are named after the “winkingjesus” guy, Reverend Jonathan C. Chance! 😉 That’s it, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/106 "2000-08-20T05:42:18Z")
HOLY CRAP I MADE A LIST!!! How did I not see this until now?? I am so happy! Thanks MSK!! BTW, I really don’t deserve it. Bear Nenno happens to be my _real_ name, so it wasn’t really creative. **Original** , definitely. But not creative. And all you freaks were wondering what the hell a “Nenno” was. he he he he he ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/107 "2000-08-20T18:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > \*\*I like the name **London\_Calling** despite the conflict I feel whenever I see it. Do I think about WWII or my favorite band, _The Clash_? Also, the names **EvilGhandi, Imthecowgodmoo, neutron star, rastahomie, Spiritus Mundi, Thing 1,** and **Wonko The Sane** tend to stand out to me. > \*\* Thank you, brachyrhynchos! My name is also from the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Wonko is a very obscure character only mentioned in the fifth book in the trilogy (odd series). His real name is John Watson, but he calls himself Wonko The Sane because that is what his mother called him (wonko) and as a scientist, it kept him from taking himself too seriously. (The sane part was because he thought the world was crazy) What does brachyrhynchos mean? ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/108 "2000-08-20T20:55:51Z")
Ah, **Wonko** : Always _see_ things first. A very good motto for a scientist. Maybe that’s why your name stuck out! Glad to make your acquaintance. My username means bristlebeak, a corvid characteristic and the species name for American Crow (_Corvus brachyrhynchos_). My own beak, being female, comes without bristles - I just like the subject and the sound. There seems to be a number of posters with corvid affinities: **Corvidae, Corvus, The Raven** , and myself (an ornithologist). ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/109 "2000-08-21T15:14:09Z")
I just read this topic. It’s not really my forte… But Im gonna vote for David B. It just so much sounds like his real name. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/110 "2000-08-21T15:44:18Z")
Mine for least Original. I’m changing it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/111 "2000-08-21T16:11:36Z")
Hey Evilbeth! Nope! I am NOT named after any of those three you named! But it wouldn’t surprise me if some of them took it from the same source! Anyone else care to keep trying? EB- Thanks for playing! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/112 "2000-08-21T16:26:16Z")
evilbeth – I made those same guesses for Jonathan! We should call him Jonathan the Obscure. No wait. That was Jude. ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/113 "2000-08-21T16:57:41Z")
Heh… no mention. Maybe I should just go with trying to remain stealthy-quietlike… ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594/114 "2000-08-21T21:27:03Z")
Hi, I’m **Olentzero**. I have a four-digit post count. Lots of times it’s in here or IMHO, but sometimes it’s up in GQ when I know the answer to something. I’ve never made a Crush or Laminated List, I’ve never been flirted with in a smutty thread, and now I find that nobody thinks my name is original. Must be way too obscure or something. _sigh_ What the hell does it take to impress the people around here?! ☹ Um… gee, who do I think is original? I kinda like **Gaudere** for some reason, probably 'cos it’s Latin-sounding. **ssskuggiii** is kinda cool too, though it reminds me of a pet squirrel whose name was Skugg. **Drain Bead** is up at the top of the list for sure! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-vote-most-least-original/29594.md?page=5)