*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…
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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).
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.
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!
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…)
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!
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.