# What does your username mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069 "2018-09-09T21:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/181 "2018-09-12T03:32:06Z")
I am not, nor have I ever been, S.N. Faulkner, although certainly not for lack of trying. Elendil was a wise and heroic King of Men in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. I’d be honored to be his descendant, if he weren’t, y’know, fictional. For more: [Elendil | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom](http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Elendil) ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/182 "2018-09-12T03:36:59Z")
University of Cincinnati Bearcats, my Alma Mater ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/183 "2018-09-12T03:39:05Z")
> [@UCBearcats](#): > > University of Cincinnati Bearcats, my Alma Mater What are bearcats and why do they have their own university?😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/184 "2018-09-12T03:39:52Z")
I took my real name, S. N. Faulkner, written in Japanese, then ran it through a Japanese to Russian translation and back. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/185 "2018-09-12T04:13:43Z")
Cool Hand Luke. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/186 "2018-09-12T04:18:23Z")
> [@blob](#): > > What are bearcats and why do they have their own university?😉 [Bearcat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Stutz_Bearcat.jpeg)s are awesome. ISTR that I had one as a young lad. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/187 "2018-09-12T05:43:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am so sorry, but I have some sad news for you … Don’t you know, **eschereal**? Once a Marine, Always a Marine. See **kenobi** , he gets it. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > But I’ve always heard that there’s no such thing as an ex-Marine! 😃 Marines don’t die. We just go to heaven and regroup. ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/188 "2018-09-12T05:54:34Z")
I’m from Essex. I went through a fascination with peerage a few years back, and Malden and Capell are associated with the Earls of Essex. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/189 "2018-09-12T05:58:53Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Marines don’t die. We just go to heaven and regroup. They can’t go to hell, because the “I don’t see no horns on you” line doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/190 "2018-09-12T06:07:26Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > They can’t go to hell, because the “I don’t see no horns on you” line doesn’t work. Also, I have it on good authority that God has a hard on for marines. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/191 "2018-09-12T06:17:05Z")
Actually the line is supposed to be… Marines don’t die. We just go to hell and regroup. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/192 "2018-09-12T06:20:33Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Once a Marine, Always a Marine. See **kenobi** , he gets it. To be fair, I never served, but I have several friends who are Marines, and who have explained the concept to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/193 "2018-09-12T06:34:54Z")
My wife suggested it. I don’t think it has any true meaning, just catchy. What do the guys here think? Mowell ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/194 "2018-09-12T06:43:30Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Actually the line is supposed to be… > > Marines don’t die. We just go to hell and regroup. Semper Fi… ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/195 "2018-09-12T06:47:58Z")
> [@Sloe\_Moe](#): > > My wife suggested it. I don’t think it has any true meaning, just catchy. What do the guys here think? Your names’ Moe, and you’re fond of fancy gin? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/196 "2018-09-12T07:02:33Z")
Well, obviously Moe is the bar owner. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/197 "2018-09-12T08:37:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, obviously Moe is the bar owner. hic ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/198 "2018-09-12T08:53:40Z")
Mine’s a bit convoluted, but I originally tried to join with the name UpperKumbucktaWest (Aussie posters will get the reference). Anyway, somehow I stuffed up my original registration, and upon doing it again, found UKW was taken already (by me of course). But I couldn’t go back to that name, and nor would the board let me use Kumbuckta because, reasons I guess. So I tried kambuckta, and here I am. 😃 (If you’re really curious, google, ‘Hey Hey it’s Saturday’…wishing now I had picked Dickie Knee). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/199 "2018-09-12T09:24:49Z")
Mine is an allusion to (what I believed to be, when I created the moniker) my broad gustatory tastes (Mange Tout = “eats everything”). No, it really isn’t _Man Get Out_ and it never was. **snfaulkner** will back me on this, I feel sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/200 "2018-09-12T09:43:30Z")
I just used my real name (Dratsum Naem) spelled backwards. mmm\* \*(also spelled backwards) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069.md?page=11)