# What does your user name mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/101 "2003-11-18T00:15:13Z")

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I’ve said it before, it’s my Hobbit name gleaned from a hobbit name generator (I forget the URL) A lot of people think it’s OverKILL for some reason …

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**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-user-name-mean/213158/102 "2003-11-18T00:19:20Z")

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Sky: The expanse of air over any given point on the earth; the upper atmosphere as seen from the earth’s surface.

Bum: One who is devoted to a particular activity or milieu: _a beach bum_.

SkyBum: One who has tasted flight, and has since walked the earth with eyes turned skyward, for there I have been, and there I long to return. (modified Leonardo Da Vinci quote)

Short answer: I freakin’ LOVE skydiving. 334 jumps and counting…

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