# What does your user name mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158 "2003-11-14T02:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/61 "2003-11-14T23:18:32Z")
Hello Again is my horse’s show name. Her “barn name” or name for everyday use is Holly. ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/62 "2003-11-14T23:56:53Z")
Now, if I was to reveal the meaning behind my user name, where would the mystery be? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/63 "2003-11-15T00:12:18Z")
What would be really really cool is if someone created a database and within the database would be links to relevant sources for particular usernames. For example, **More Cowbell** ’s name could have the brief description and maybe a link to the skit. ---
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/64 "2003-11-15T02:19:12Z")
These people are crazy! Ptahlis: did you ever meet Ptennisnet? habs: How do you get that from “Montréal Canadiens”? Maladopteryx: badly adopted bird? Maybe a cuckoo’s offspring? Noone Special: In World English that looks like a cheap lunch. 😉 Lars Aruns: Sounds Swedish. big\_yellow\_kingswood: Maaaaaaate! Owyergoan? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/65 "2003-11-15T02:22:25Z")
boofy\_bloke: habs comes from Les Habitants ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/66 "2003-11-15T04:06:57Z")
Explanation [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105572&highlight=brief+explanation+handle). 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/67 "2003-11-15T04:10:05Z")
My username is simply my first name. ---
**Author:** ![Magnolia\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Magnolia\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magnolia_B)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/68 "2003-11-15T04:49:50Z")
It’s my dog’s name. You can see her here. [http://www.geocities.com/ali531/pictures.html](http://www.geocities.com/ali531/pictures.html) ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/69 "2003-11-15T04:54:41Z")
The first part of my username is pretty straightforward. You can take me out of the city, but you can’t take the city out of me. 😃 The “boy” part is purely a gender reference. I’m not actually underage. And the number is just for grins. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/70 "2003-11-15T05:47:14Z")
I used the handle “Monolith” on Usenet, after a hidden character in Pong Kombat. The first time I went on IRC, “Monolith” was taken, but there’s a monolith in _2001: A Space Odyssey_… ---
**Author:** ![Forty-Six\_Two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Forty-Six\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forty-Six_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/71 "2003-11-15T11:45:51Z")
It’s an obscure theory related to evolution that’s basically untrue, but it’s a fascinating theory anyway. Maynard James Keenan (of Tool and A Perfect Circle) seems fascinated with the theory too… Tool has a song by this name as well. Basically, Forty-Six&Two can be taken to mean “a great change”, or evolving to the next step. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/72 "2003-11-15T12:25:56Z")
Ha ha **big\_yellow\_kingswood** , nice username. I had a big old bucket of crap, namely a HG belmont, if i followed your example my username would be white\_ruststreaked\_HG\_belmont\_with\_a\_dent\_in\_the\_door\_and\_fluffy\_dice\_hanging\_off\_the\_mirror. Memories of mammaries that i associate with that old piece of shit. G’day **Boof head** , sorry, **boofy\_bloke** 😃 Me…i lurk…from work. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/73 "2003-11-15T14:14:52Z")
Well, I was always a bit of a hippie and my mom lways called me flowerchild, so here i am. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/74 "2003-11-15T17:20:32Z")
Firstly 'cos I’m shy. 😉 Secondly 'cos at the time of registering I was losing weight, and violet was my favourite colour. If I were registering today, I’d probably be Bloating Emerald. 😃 Julie ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLivia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@AnnaLivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLivia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/75 "2003-11-15T18:04:42Z")
I’m an easy one. Not like that! Wee filthy-minded… AL ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/76 "2003-11-15T19:42:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by godzillatemple \* > \*\*Well, in all fairness, I seem to remember starting an identical thread when I was a newbie here as well. We were all newbies once. Some, more than others… > > As for my username, [all will be explained herein](http://www.godzillatemple.com). > > Barry \*\* this i cool…ive been to your site when i was needing some answers to some godzilla questions i had whilst watching a scifi channel marathon…awesome site you have btw…also i was trying to find the mothra song and low and behold i found it on your site…thanks for that back on topic my name is just a goof on brad pitts nothing more noting less…kinda pittiful huh 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheauvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Cheauvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheauvan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/77 "2003-11-16T05:46:48Z")
I always figured there was this total sexist bastard that other sexist bastards emulated. He must have been a french guy named, “Cheuvan.” I’m not much of a sexist, and ma denies I am a bastard. Cheauvan was a paladin I played in D&D back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/78 "2003-11-16T07:10:33Z")
Jeez, you people are SO much more creative than I am! I think this is the third time for me, but my name is what I came up with when trying to think of a username for my first e-mail account. I took my job (obvious) and combined it with the airplane I was flying at the time (the [C-141](http://www.airliners.net/open.file/190536/L/) ). I’ve moved on to fly other aircraft, but the username stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/79 "2003-11-16T07:25:09Z")
Mr. Babbington is a Midshipman on the Sophie, Captain Jack Aubrey’s first ship. ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/80 "2003-11-16T07:26:14Z")
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