# What does your username say about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287 "2009-11-20T14:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/61 "2009-11-21T00:17:01Z")
I’m a kitemaker, and my real first name is Chuck. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/62 "2009-11-21T00:26:16Z")
I read the wrong translation of _Cyrano de Bergerac._ And will you still need me? Will you still feed me? ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/63 "2009-11-21T00:36:36Z")
My username is the name of a character I had in high school. Sooooo…I’m a Mary Sue? ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/64 "2009-11-21T00:49:57Z")
I wanted to join as just plain Pabst, but there was problem with trademark stuff. So I figured Pabstist would give a regal sound to a common beer drinker. It’s also ironic, since I’ll spend an entire day and lots of money making my own home brewed beer. I even grow my own hops. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/65 "2009-11-21T00:53:40Z")
> [@glee](#): > > You are not alone… Your last name is ee? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/66 "2009-11-21T01:00:23Z")
I’m an astrophysicist. Nah, I’m actually a philosopher. I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/67 "2009-11-21T01:01:48Z")
I was not feeling too creative when I signed up, so I went to my bookshelf, pulled a random book off the shelf and took my username from it. Khadaji is the main character in _The Man Who Never Missed._ ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/68 "2009-11-21T01:30:42Z")
> [@pabstist](#): > > I wanted to join as just plain Pabst, but there was problem with trademark stuff. So I figured Pabstist would give a regal sound to a common beer drinker. > > It’s also ironic, since I’ll spend an entire day and lots of money making my own home brewed beer. I even grow my own hops. Nothing regal about pabst. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/69 "2009-11-21T01:52:32Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > Nothing regal about pabst. 😉 True enough; but just like a bus vs a stretch limo: it’ll still get you where you need to be when funds are limited! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/70 "2009-11-21T01:57:13Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > True enough; but just like a bus vs a stretch limo: it’ll still get you where you need to be when funds are limited! 😃 If I can’t take a limo, I’ll walk. 😃 I’m just like **kitemaker\_chuck**. Except I don’t make kites and my name’s not Chuck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/71 "2009-11-21T02:10:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I read the wrong translation of _Cyrano de Bergerac._ > > And will you still need me? Will you still feed me? Is that line not in the book? I haven’t read it, but Depardieu says “mon panache” at the end of the film. Mine’s pretty straightforward. I was raised Catholic. I stopped liking chanting in unison. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/72 "2009-11-21T02:28:18Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > (Not sure if here or GQ or someplace is is the best place for this, mods can move if they want) > > I’m sure there’s been a thread on this, but I couldn’t find one, nonetheless this could be very helpful for those new to the board such as myself. > > Almost everyone here uses a username that, to the best of my knowledge, isn’t related to their real name at all. (I of course, being an odd man out, as my username is merely my first and middle initials, followed by my last name). I’m wondering what is the story behind your user name, and why did you choose it? (There’s several interesting sounding ones out there I’m dying to know about!) Darryl Hall Kendall, my old nemesis, we meet again! GyllenHaal Ardester. ---
**Author:** ![StoutHearted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/73 "2009-11-21T02:59:31Z")
I love stout beers, hence, StoutHearted. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/74 "2009-11-21T03:09:12Z")
I will walk out if I have to… ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/75 "2009-11-21T03:21:10Z")
I left the USA eight years ago because I could not get health insurance. Since then I have not really had a permanent home, but have been living in various places around the world, mostly in the Middle East. This year will be one of the first in a long time that I have not spent Christmas in a Muslim country… I am going to miss it by 25 minutes. You can usually find me wandering around deserts. Last month it was Arizona, next month it will be Sudan. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/76 "2009-11-21T03:34:29Z")
Not a damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/77 "2009-11-21T04:07:23Z")
Oh, hey, maybe that I’m three dimensional. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/78 "2009-11-21T04:09:20Z")
When, on a whim, I wrote my one and only movie review at IMDB, I decided to play on “Pauline Kael” for my user name. I generally pick a new handle for each internet site but they had begun to be hard to remember so I recycled one for this place. I didn’t remember exactly how I had spaced or apostrophized it there, though, so there is one more user name to remember after all. I’m Gaelic enough and appalling enough, but I wouldn’t say those are my outstanding features. ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/79 "2009-11-21T04:09:51Z")
I think my username says that I am not very creative. I’m of German heritage and am aspiring to be a crazy cat-lady. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287/80 "2009-11-21T05:34:16Z")
Clothahump is the name of the elderly Turtle Wizard in Alan Dean Foster’s Spellsinger novel series. I’m old and I’m smart. But I’m not green with a shell. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-say-about-you/518287.md?page=5)