# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/41 "2003-12-16T04:59:02Z")
\*When you talk about playground legends, you gotta bring up a guy named Lamar Mundane. I’ve seen him just rain shots from the outside 4, 5, 6 shots in a row. . .When he pulls up from 18 feet, everyone on the side be hollerin’ “Lay-up”, “Lay-Up”. His nickname was “Money” because when he shot, it was like money in the bank. Yeah, dunks are nice, but when a 35 footers comes rainin out da sky - it’ll wire you up… \* A Reebok commercial from the '80’s. I am Lamar Mundane. ---
**Author:** ![Macrophage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Macrophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macrophage)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/42 "2003-12-16T05:12:22Z")
Inmune system cell. Just because. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/43 "2003-12-16T05:46:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*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. 🙂 \*\* LMAO, and I truly DID think that “tp” was some super-trendy term in this forum, but I didn’t want to look stupid and ask what a “tp” was! Ice Wolf, Fellow Australasian straight back at yah, matey! Anyway, thanks to everyone for sharing their stories about their nics. I am so enjoying reading about them. There are so many names in here that I’ve wondered about, as to their meanings, to have you explain them I find interesting. I hope everyone else joins in, as well (even though you’ve probably done it before). ---
**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 16, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/44 "2003-12-16T05:55:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*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!!! 😃 \*\* That’s what I had figured from reading some of your other posts; you had me quite confused for a while 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/45 "2003-12-16T06:12:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fetus \* > \*\*That’s what I had figured from reading some of your other posts; you had me quite confused for a while 😛 \*\* I couldn’t figure out where you came up with the racist idea. Then I thought for awhile, you are in SD, near the Mexican border, so then it finally clicked. Maybe SDMB needs an entry in the user profile to explain your nic? But that would put an end to fun threads like this one, so that’s not a good idea afterall. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/46 "2003-12-16T06:27:22Z")
I adore [Cotton-Top Tamarins](http://www.csew.com/proyectotiti/)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/47 "2003-12-16T06:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*I couldn’t figure out where you came up with the racist idea. Then I thought for awhile, you are in SD, near the Mexican border, so then it finally clicked. Maybe SDMB needs an entry in the user profile to explain your nic? But that would put an end to fun threads like this one, so that’s not a good idea afterall. 🙂 \*\* Please don’t suggest that! I don’t want this thread to end just yet! There are still many more names I hope to see pop up in here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/48 "2003-12-16T06:41:19Z")
I’m Brent Lumkin. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/49 "2003-12-16T08:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wendyrules \* > \*\*Please don’t suggest that! I don’t want this thread to end just yet! There are still many more names I hope to see pop up in here! 😃 \*\* Never fear **wendyrules** , whenever an enhancement is suggested, all we get is an angry glare from the overworked hamsters. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/50 "2003-12-16T08:06:27Z")
My, we all have nice teeth around here don’t we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/51 "2003-12-16T08:25:30Z")
I live in California (CA). I love dolphins. = cadolphin…perhaps it could be CAdolphin. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/52 "2003-12-16T10:58:23Z")
As for our nice teeth?.. Yep, we certainly do, CC!! I’m sure we all brush and floss with great gusto - and I must say, that those overworked hamsters’ teeth are certainly something to strive for! 😃 😃 …anway, who’s next in here!!! 😃 (yet again!) 😃 \*hehehe - just take a look at my “pearly whites”! (:smack: Gonna shut up now, I promise!) ---
**Author:** ![Edlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Edlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/53 "2003-12-16T11:26:02Z")
Opposition to initial force or deception. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/54 "2003-12-16T11:26:58Z")
[…sigh…] Opposition to initial force of deception. (My wife had not logged out.) ---
**Author:** ![Bimble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimble)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/55 "2003-12-16T15:25:17Z")
When I was first introduced to computers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the mists of time (at a work-place that I have long since escaped from!), I was told by the IT department to think of a name “NOW!!!” and the ONLY name I could think of was the name of my (then) driving instructor’s small, wired-haired Dachshund… So I am named after a small, scuffy sausage-dog… 🙂 … and he was CUTE!! (The dog, not the driving instructor…) ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/56 "2003-12-16T18:06:55Z")
Being an impressionable young wench just starting out in the SCA (that’s the Society for Creative Anachronism for you mundane folks, an international Medieval reenactment group), I was introduced to a smooth-headed, tongue-pierced gentleman named Dmitri who happened to be the King of the Gypsies. He might have also been the “Rhino King” at the time, but this was back in '96 or '97, and that title gets passed around a lot so it’s hard to recall… Anyhow, Dmitri the Gypsy King decided to name me as his little sister. Mind you, this was my first war (I think it was Highland in Victorville) and I was still getting used to the whole strapped-in-the-bodice-showing-cleavage thing, so the attention made me a little uncomfortable. But he took me under his wing and began to teach me useful SCAdian Gypsy phrases. The one that really stuck with me was **Yamirskoonir!** , which is pronounced like you’re a Swede, with rising intonation on the 2nd and 4th syllables. This handy word is loudly proclaimed whenever you are a newcomer entering someone’s encampment. Like a secret password, it immediately grants the speaker free access to the camp and ensures friendship and brotherhood of the type commonly shared over booze, since its true meaning is “I’m here! Bring me liquor!” This was an especially useful word for me as I was underage at the time. And it worked. I’m sure the cleavage was a contributing factor. =P To this day it’s still one of my favorite utterances, even though it has no application outside of the SCA. It’s right up there with “Verrrrrrrunsh-KA!” and “EEEEEEEwah!” And it became my nic because the SDMB wouldn’t let me register with my SCA nic (EdanatheRed) when I first signed up. Ach wo! ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/57 "2003-12-16T18:17:18Z")
Mine is just something I like, google it if you are curious. ---
**Author:** ![zig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbe5ce/32.png) [@zig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zig)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/58 "2003-12-16T18:49:26Z")
Zig is short for Ziggy Marley. I nickname I picked up in college because my last name really is Marley. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Matrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Red\_Matrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Matrix)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/59 "2003-12-16T20:15:50Z")
My nicname is a DOS utility used for installing Hard Drives. It tells your computer’s BIOS there is another disk attached. It also allowes you to format the drive. PS: how do you do smilies? 🙂 \<–doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074/60 "2003-12-16T20:52:51Z")
spogga=UK slang for chewing gum, Wrigleys make PK chewing gum, my initials PK, school nickname was erm, right , OK then, guess! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-nic-mean/219074.md?page=4)