# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/61 "2018-09-10T14:04:36Z")
I’m RTFirefly because I didn’t know I was supposed to be SNFaulkner. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/62 "2018-09-10T14:05:54Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > [LMGTFY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Montoya) > > I would post something witty, but I’m just not in the mood today. A certain S. N. Faulkner Killed my father this morning, he and I have preparations to make. Has six fingers on one hand, does he? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/63 "2018-09-10T14:16:41Z")
I had aphaisa while entering my username, and it didn’t get accepted. I thought typing “node out” would help correct the problem, but there’s that homonym thing. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/64 "2018-09-10T14:29:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Has six fingers on one hand, does he? How do you think he managed to write so many novels? Wikipedia bibliography of S. N. Faulkner: 1. The Epic of Gilgamesh … … … 100000000000) Don Quixote … … … 100000000000000000000000000000) The Lord of the Rings … … … 1000000000000000000000000000000013) Fifty Shades of Grey ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/65 "2018-09-10T14:30:00Z")
I’ve been called a “bad penny” more than once but being Russian/Siberian I figured --------------- And my old biker name (from way before the internet) that I used online earlier was already taken; Lurker. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/66 "2018-09-10T14:31:30Z")
A teammate on a company softball team many years ago called me Shoeless, no doubt due to my (complete lack of) mad outfielding skillz. Or it could be the S in “S. N. Faulkner”. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/67 "2018-09-10T14:38:56Z")
I’m a bass player and I play music that can be described as “Jump Music”, that is, retro swing, rockabilly and dixieland. It’s also an awkward thing to say out loud, but not as awkward as saying “snfaulkner”. (Off subject- I signed in to post this, but now I can’t see anyone’s avatars. I went to the User CP, but can’t find how to turn it on. How do I do that?) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/68 "2018-09-10T14:57:51Z")
What does my user name mean? I’ll think of a really witty answer to that. Two minutes _after_ I’ve posted this. Me all over. j ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/69 "2018-09-10T15:03:24Z")
Mine means "Don’t get drunk and hold a “Rename The Moderator” contest. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/70 "2018-09-10T15:09:25Z")
Nickname I had as a kid because I was a good athlete, but very quiet, given to me by William Faulkner, a distant relative of S.N. ---
**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 10, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/71 "2018-09-10T15:23:07Z")
**Bullitt** , because as a kid I was a fan of the movie and his Ford Mustang (1968 fastback), I lived in San Francisco and have driven on the streets of the chase scene, and because Steve McQueen is a US Marine. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/72 "2018-09-10T15:23:38Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > I forget. I’ll have to check my logs. :smack: I just got this. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/73 "2018-09-10T15:25:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You would go in circles, seeing birds of the day morphing into birds of the night, if I tried to explain my username to you. Nice ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/74 "2018-09-10T16:12:41Z")
I’m alpine spelled backwards. Alpine was the name of my first dog. And, I live up high in the mountains. An alpine environment. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/75 "2018-09-10T16:15:28Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I’m a bass player and I play music that can be described as “Jump Music”, that is, retro swing, rockabilly and dixieland. It’s also an awkward thing to say out loud, but not as awkward as saying “snfaulkner”. Crossed paths now and then with a guy who had an aluminum upright and used to play it while standing on the side and rocking it both literally and figuratively. I always pictured him when I read your name. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/76 "2018-09-10T16:29:17Z")
Tweety Bird I like cats My Girl Scout Camp Counselor name/year ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/77 "2018-09-10T16:49:24Z")
Spanish for hummingbird. I did my thesis research on hummingbirds in Panama. ---
**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 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/78 "2018-09-10T16:51:05Z")
I was gonna use my whole name, but then I would have to kill everyone. The FBI would frown on me, as a witness-protected person, giving out too much info. But it’s because of SNFaulkner, really. Oh, never mind. Shhh! Mums the word. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/79 "2018-09-10T16:52:21Z")
It’s my first name. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/80 "2018-09-10T16:55:15Z")
Obscure character from a Star Wars EU novel (written by SN Faulkner) that hasn’t appeared in any movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069.md?page=5)