# What does your nic mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074 "2003-12-15T05:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/21 "2003-12-15T09:17:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*Double shot of Canadian Club whiskey with a glass of water on the side. \*\* Ohhhhhh. I always thought there was something either considerably more racist or considerably more ethnic, or both, about your nick. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/22 "2003-12-15T09:18:29Z")
Its badger, with all the vowels removed ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/23 "2003-12-15T09:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > **Oh, hey – don’t sweat it, wendyrules, honestly! These threads pop up from time to time – and because we get new posters all the time, there _are_ differences. I just linked that tp here for an FYI, that’s all. 🙂** OK Ice Wolf… I just wasn’t sure whether you were having a go at me or not! That tp was active before I joined this wonderful place, so I never saw it! But thanks so much for that! I read and enjoyed! Actually, thanks to everyone for posting. I am so enjoying reading all about your nics and the stories behind them. Keep 'em coming! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/24 "2003-12-15T10:35:56Z")
Uh … heh. “tp” is a typo for “to”, as in what I _meant_ to type, 'cept my Kiwi fingers got all a-tangle: “I just linked that to here for an FYI, that’s all.” Don’t worry, I wasn’t slinging new jargon at you, there. Just me bein’ klutzy. 😉 And **wendyrules** – I’d not have a go at you. Whatever for? Fellow Australasian! Take care, mate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/25 "2003-12-15T11:29:02Z")
For any confused non-Brits [http://www.clangers.co.uk/](http://www.clangers.co.uk/) Mmm… blue string pudding ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/26 "2003-12-15T11:36:02Z")
For a while I was a member of an on-line chess playing website, and I used the tag line from that site when I arrived here. Was pure laziness, at the time I did not want to have to remember another username and password. Karpov was World Champion 1975-1985. The idea was to give the impression I was a reasonably good player but… ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/27 "2003-12-15T12:35:31Z")
I like rats. _shrug_ 😃 **Gmork** , I actually screamed out loud when I read your post. I had no idea that wolf had a name. It terrifies me to this day, and whenever I see _The Never-Ending Story_, I always debate about whether or not to just shut my eyes until the scene is over. (I can’t watch the scene with Artex in the swamp, either; I’m such a wuss.) ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/28 "2003-12-15T14:19:05Z")
I have a nic I routinely use on other boards, but the SDMB didn’t like it. It also didn’t like the next eight choices I tried, including my real name. It finally accepted “wang-ka”, which I plugged in more due to desperation than anything. I later added the “master” partly to jack up the pun content, and partly to celebrate certain recent educational achievements, and partly due to having seen John Belushi’s old “eighteen-year-old Perfect Master” comedy routine… ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/29 "2003-12-15T15:47:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fetus \* > \*\*Ohhhhhh. I always thought there was something either considerably more racist or considerably more ethnic, or both, about your nick. \*\* I’m far from racist, I have friends from all over the world. People that consider themselves liberal in the race department look like Klan members next to me. HA!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/30 "2003-12-15T17:29:46Z")
I came across it while doing a project on elephants. The congodwarf was supposed to be an African elephant which never passed 5’ in height. Being an elephant lover (not to mention short) I felt it fit. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/31 "2003-12-15T17:40:05Z")
I am very interested in space and women. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/32 "2003-12-15T17:43:51Z")
my nic means I am not creative. My name is Misty. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/33 "2003-12-15T18:57:43Z")
I’m dead sexy, and also incredibly stupid. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/34 "2003-12-15T19:07:19Z")
Colonel Dax was the character played by Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kubrick’s ``Paths of Glory,’’ very possibly my all-time favorite movie. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/35 "2003-12-16T00:10:13Z")
Well, I’m an animist, and I’ve always been very interested in snakes/dragons/dinosaurs, and animistdragon has a better beat than animistsnake or somesuch. And my old SN used to be VoodooDragon, so I stuck with the layout. ---
**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/36 "2003-12-16T00:41:38Z")
The fear of beautiful women. I used to have it. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/37 "2003-12-16T00:49:42Z")
It means I can’t spell and couldn’t have been bothered to look it up in LOTR:FOTR. I was close… ---
**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:** [December 16, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/38 "2003-12-16T02:40:11Z")
I’ve told it before, but what the heck – new folks pop up all the time, as **Ice Wolf** says. So: I chose my user name for [these guys](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784357). Even though I am not [orange, feline, or male](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784355). I do share their [appetites](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784358) in some respects, however. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/39 "2003-12-16T02:58:18Z")
it’s an affectionate term my hubby uses for “tree huggers” or just someone who likes “natural” things ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/40 "2003-12-16T04:43:01Z")
**earthpuppy** is cute! Never heard of it before. Mine reflects aspects of my life… very love/hate. I love the color sanguine and I hate spiders. My life’s been in the love/hate mode for awhile now and it seemed to roll off the tongue. Not that you asked for this part but my new sig line is just super duper cool compared to my old sig line. I’ve got Nordic/Celtic ancestry and it was sort of a joke on the epic poems of Norse tradition. I could have made it longer but I’m NOT one for overkill. No, not me… never. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074.md?page=3)