# What does your username mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195 "2002-12-21T06:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/1 "2002-12-21T06:20:09Z")
**SmileyDeath** Means to me the death that comes for smileys. Like:“I have come for you, winking smiley.” Or something like that… ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/2 "2002-12-21T06:22:36Z")
😉 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/3 "2002-12-21T06:25:05Z")
Mine isn’t very imaginative, unfortunately. Clue: My name is Sam Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/4 "2002-12-21T06:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*Mine isn’t very imaginative, unfortunately. > > Clue: My name is Sam Armstrong. \*\* Let me think… Hmm… Is it something to do with the famous metroid hunter samus aran? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/5 "2002-12-21T06:28:40Z")
Aesir’s the name of the gods of Norse mythology and I always thought it looked cool. When I originally tried to register it, it was taken so I added the two last letters to the name 'cause… uh… well… 'cause it looks cool. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/6 "2002-12-21T06:35:51Z")
My real, actual, parents-given first name is Antares. The first letter of my middle name is J. The first letter of my last name is B. Hence… AntaresJB. Clever, eh? Riiiight. I am so uncreative. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/7 "2002-12-21T06:58:44Z")
It means that manatees are the coolest of all marine mammals. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/8 "2002-12-21T07:10:57Z")
An explanation of my handle can be found [/here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105572&highlight=Friends+Laughter+Music). 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AbsolutelyStark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@AbsolutelyStark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbsolutelyStark)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/9 "2002-12-21T07:17:21Z")
It’s short for “absolutely stark naked”. ---
**Author:** ![indyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@indyz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indyz)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/10 "2002-12-21T07:24:49Z")
Boring story here… About five years ago I needed a username for an ISP I was signing up for, and anything having to do with my real name was already taken. Indyz is just jibberish that I made up because I wanted a short username that sounded enough like a real word to be easily remembered. Since then I’ve signed up for a bunch of web boards and other things that need a username, and it just sort of stuck. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/11 "2002-12-21T07:32:00Z")
Just a very simple play on words regarding a well-known song. And I love going to Lost Wages. ---
**Author:** ![Kezermezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kezermezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kezermezer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/12 "2002-12-21T07:46:08Z")
Nothing. No, really. If someone posts “Well, Kezermezer actually means…” it will be news to me and therefore coincidental. Except for the ‘K’, which is the first letter of my real name. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/13 "2002-12-21T08:02:53Z")
Mine refers to plants that live in the warm and gloriously sunny regions of the world…several groups of them look like rocks or stones. One of my interests are xeriphytic plants…meaning plants with very low water requirements. Gee, I think I liked the name better before I explained it. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/14 "2002-12-21T08:06:59Z")
Hmm… well mine is actually the title of a book I liked (Obsidian Butterfly) but Flutterby is what I call Butterflies, and Obsidian just works for me… my mind is dark sometimes like Obsidian and flits around like flutterby’s do… so there you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/15 "2002-12-21T08:11:29Z")
There was this fellow named Darwin. I am his finch. Which is much better than being his bitch, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/16 "2002-12-21T08:29:14Z")
I’m mean. I’m old. I’m a lady. Very simple… wait, I’m not old. Well two outta three ain’t bad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/17 "2002-12-21T08:56:04Z")
Goddess of memory. I thought it might help me with my crappy memory. It didn’t. Oh well. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/18 "2002-12-21T08:58:52Z")
It’s my name. But I’ve been thinking of switching to either “birefringence2” or “atomic badger racing.” ---
**Author:** ![maybelze05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@maybelze05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maybelze05)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/19 "2002-12-21T09:01:25Z")
Originally maybeme5… long story there though **contemplating on whether i should go into or not** Eh im bored, what the heck. Was riding the school bus home one day and i noticed some graffiti. But what stuck out to me was just the word ‘maybe’ and nothing else… i remembered reading somewhere that taggers usually write their names, or nicknames whatever… so i’m just sitting there thinking, “maybe who?”… maybe me! hehe i later realized there’s another meaning i could use for my s/n, but that would go into my real name blah blah blah. oh and my favorite number is 5 sooo there… oh wait, maybelze is just a variation of that except lze is my own little nickname (pronounced lizzie) ---
**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195/20 "2002-12-21T09:01:38Z")
GOM = Grumpy Old Man (Except I’m not really old, or grumpy!) 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/144195.md?page=2)