# What do you call your SO on the boards? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260 "2001-08-27T01:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/1 "2001-08-27T01:16:31Z")
What do you call your SO in relation to your screen name? For instance, I could call mine **FireUnderpantsBoyfriend**. (Alternately, I could call him **Loverboy** because he’s registered here.) But I’m more interested in seeing how you all can change your own screen names. Be creative! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/2 "2001-08-27T01:27:39Z")
I don’t _have_ an SO, but I did during my earlier days on the board. I never talked about him, so I never had to call him anything. If I had an SO now, I’d probably never talk about him. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/3 "2001-08-27T01:46:30Z")
I’ve called my SO “Mr. Boscibo”, but we’re not married. Usually it’s just “my boyfriend”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/4 "2001-08-27T01:47:31Z")
Hubby and I call the kid, “kidsthrnaccent”. ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/5 "2001-08-27T01:52:09Z")
Well, I usually refer to him as my husband, and in my LiveJournal I call him by his first name. But since you said to be creative, I could always call him Okie’s Pokie…and let imaginations run wild. 😃 I think I shall retire early tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/6 "2001-08-27T01:52:25Z")
I don’t have one either, though if I did he’d have to be known to Dopers as Ko-Ko, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone familiar with _The Mikado._ 😉 (Likewise, at the board where I use the handle Iolanthe, he’d be the Lord Chancellor.) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/7 "2001-08-27T02:04:35Z")
I call mine **Gunslinger.** If I wasn’t with a guy with his own SN here, I’d call him racinhotti or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/8 "2001-08-27T02:04:52Z")
**racinchikki**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/9 "2001-08-27T02:12:32Z")
As a married woman, I have never had the pleasure of my husband “taking my name” so his name here is **Mr. Ruby** , of course. [sup]aaahhh, the power! Yikes, I think that was a testosterone surge :D[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/10 "2001-08-27T02:13:22Z")
How’s that for a simulpost, eh? ---
**Author:** ![gorewonfla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@gorewonfla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorewonfla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/11 "2001-08-27T02:20:36Z")
Another vote for Mrs. [handle]. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/12 "2001-08-27T02:23:48Z")
I refer to my SO as **Spider Woman** , and she calls me dork. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/13 "2001-08-27T02:29:18Z")
My SO isn’t on the board, so I’ve just referred to her as “GrizzWife”. But the better related handle goes to my son, who is “GrizzCub”. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/14 "2001-08-27T02:37:04Z")
“right hand” ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/15 "2001-08-27T02:44:12Z")
Mrs. BDGR, or Mrs. Badger when I’m tired and I don’t remember that I wasnt able to use my normal handle. What sucks is that the person who has Badger registered, has never used it. Ive been using badger since 1980 or so. It even spilled over into the real world and most people call me that IRL(including Mrs. Badger), even those who don’t own a computer. Hell, some of my friends call my wife Mrs. Badger in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/16 "2001-08-27T02:55:44Z")
I refer to my husband as Mr. Silky on the boards, since he’s not registered. He just _has_ to adore that moniker. \ Slightly reminiscent of _Reservoir Dogs_, if not actually a color. His name is Mike, FTR. I guess I could call him that. He answers to it. That and a few other choice names. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/17 "2001-08-27T03:01:09Z")
The wife is Mrs. (Or Madame) Mercotan, the girls are the Mercotettes ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/18 "2001-08-27T03:03:13Z")
Quietgirldownthehall is pretty much universally referred to as quietgirl, although I’ve called her Jennifer and all derivations therof on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/19 "2001-08-27T03:08:05Z")
My SO in invariably referred to as **Mrs. RickJay**. I’ve mentioned her a thousand times. Her real name is Sharron (yes, two R’s) and in RL I call her “Hon,” “Babe” and “Snaby” (don’t ask.) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/20 "2001-08-27T03:18:55Z")
The lovely future Mrs. Montfort is aka **Anniz** here on these humble boards. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260.md?page=2)