# What is the origin of your SDMB name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810 "2020-09-04T14:08:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/202 "2020-09-11T02:10:47Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > so try that if you ever get a chance! Will do, next time I get to a big city. Course if you draw my name in The Great Annual Shot Glass Exchange you will know what to get me. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/203 "2020-09-11T03:38:44Z")
There is a small chain of burrito joints scattered throughout metro Chicago called **El Famous Burrito**. I’ve probably only been a half dozen times in 15+ years. While the burritos were fine, the real impression on me was the amusing name. (And time/maturity hasn’t changed my position one bit; it’s still a funny name.) ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/204 "2020-09-11T05:39:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > No, you got the profession right. I hadn’t thought of that interpretation of LSL before; very creative of you. Over the years several folks have asked me via PM with the usual guess being I was an alumni of some college usually abbreviated as “LSL” which they couldn’t think of. Huh. Whenever I see your username, I see a classical assembly language mnemonic, “Logical Shift Left", which moves the bits in a binary number upward (leftward). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/205 "2020-09-11T06:03:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Huh. Whenever I see your username, I see a classical assembly language mnemonic, “Logical Shift Left", which moves the bits in a binary number upward (leftward) And whenever _I_ see LSLGuy, being a manufacturing engineer, I think, “Lower Specification Limit? Is there a USL Guy around here somewhere, too?” ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/206 "2020-09-11T06:11:40Z")
[Banksias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia) grow in our part of the world. The [Big Bad Banksia Men](https://maygibbs.org/characters/big-bad-banksia-men/) terrorised Snugglepot and Cudlepie and the other Gumnut babies, and gave children nightmares (_warning - sounds of the Australian bush_). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/207 "2020-09-12T14:45:03Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > No, you got the profession right. I hadn’t thought of that interpretation of LSL before; very creative of you. Over the years several folks have asked me via PM with the usual guess being I was an alumni of some college usually abbreviated as “LSL” which they couldn’t think of. > > Huh. Whenever I see your username, I see a classical assembly language mnemonic, “Logical Shift Left", which moves the bits in a binary number upward (leftward). S/370 assembler is the gift of acronyms that keeps on giving. Goode Tymes those were. > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > And whenever _I_ see LSLGuy, being a manufacturing engineer, I think, “Lower Specification Limit? Is there a USL Guy around here somewhere, too?” Who knew my name was such an occupational Rorschach test? 😉 Funny enough, in aviation I’m not aware of any LSL acronym. There is a tiny airport in Costa Rica that uses LSL as the IATA identifier, but beyond that I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/208 "2020-09-12T16:37:46Z")
Lake St Louis? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/209 "2020-09-12T17:30:34Z")
I was thinking Lower St. Louis. Like one of those trendy hip neighborhoods in San Fran or NYC, excerpt LSL would be full of barbecue joints and Mississippi Delta Blues clubs. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/210 "2020-09-12T17:54:28Z")
I want to go to there! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/211 "2020-09-12T18:37:43Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Well, _duh._ _I_ got it. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/212 "2020-09-12T20:08:06Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > Huh. Whenever I see your username, I see a classical assembly language mnemonic, “Logical Shift Left", which moves the bits in a binary number upward (leftward) > > And whenever _I_ see LSLGuy, being a manufacturing engineer, I think, “Lower Specification Limit? Is there a USL Guy around here somewhere too?” Whereas _I_ see it and think “Psychedelic drug fan! Oh, wait, no, that says _LS **L** _…” ---
**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, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/213 "2020-09-12T20:13:10Z")
Well, we do have a member who goes by EllisDee – make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/214 "2020-09-13T02:28:40Z")
Because I am so Glorious. ---
**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 13, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/215 "2020-09-13T10:41:10Z")
I was on another board for a while and came up with my original name just on a whim, without any thought. When I signed up here, then I just reused it. Later, as I’m really quite a boring guy then I changed one letter to reflect that. I’m not longer in Japan and have thought about getting a new name with no connection to there. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/216 "2020-09-13T17:01:37Z")
I really like _Futurama._ > **[Spice Weasel](https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Spice_Weasel)** > > The Spice Weasel is a type of animal similar to a weasel. Used in the preparation of food, particularly Neptunian food. It grunts and releases a cloud of spice when squeezed. The shape of the cloud from the weasel's nose is heart-shaped, though Elzar... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/217 "2020-09-13T17:10:21Z")
I got doxxed on a Prodigy board around 1990, 1991, realized internet anonymity isn’t a real thing early on, so I just registered as first name, last initial. ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/218 "2020-09-13T17:11:16Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > ### [Spice Weasel](https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Spice_Weasel) > > The Spice Weasel is a type of animal similar to a weasel. Used in the preparation of food, particularly Neptunian food. It grunts and releases a cloud of spice when squeezed. The shape of the cloud from the weasel’s nose is heart-shaped, though Elzar… Did I just get whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/219 "2020-09-13T17:16:22Z")
What are you talking about? There was a cite and everything. ---
**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 13, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/220 "2020-09-13T17:27:53Z")
I remember a poster called Spice Weasel. As I recall, she was a mod for several months. You must be someone else, otherwise you would not be “Guest”. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/221 "2020-09-13T17:29:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I remember a poster called Spice Weasel. As I recall, she was a mod for several months. You must be someone else, otherwise you would not be “Guest”. - I would advise caution. There were rumors that a pair of sparkly jackboots were never turned in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810.md?page=12)