# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/242 "2020-09-18T03:06:19Z")
I’m a guy and didn’t think about my nick being a girl’s name until someone in a thread assumed I was a girl. didi is based on KPop idol Park Xiyeon’s (former Pledis Girls/Pristin) nickname Ddi ddi. (pronounced like Deet Dee) because I was thinking about her when I came up the nick. 44 is another bit of silliness because in many Asian cultures, 4 sounds like the word for die and doubling the number is extra bad. Die Die! I would never use Ddi Ddi 44, but but didi44 seems okay. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/243 "2020-09-20T15:40:25Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’ve been meaning to update it for almost 20 years. We just changed boards, along with that whole, “do you want/need your name changed?” hullabaloo. That might have been a good time. . .just saying. As for my name, well, it was inspired by a MST3K riff. At one point, Mike (I think) remarked about a particularly bland performer, “This face intentionally left blank” - which was a riff on the blank pages left at the beginning of a book. I liked this, and when I needed a name shortly thereafter, I remembered it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/244 "2020-09-20T17:37:56Z")
Really boring: i needed a user name for something, maybe editing Wikipedia. And i couldn’t think of anything, so i asked my husband for suggestions. He suggested “PuzzleGal”, and it seemed good enough, so I’ve kept it. It’s not the only name I use on line, but I’ve used it in other places. I’m a gal who likes puzzles. ---
**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 20, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/245 "2020-09-20T18:26:14Z")
I like puzzles too! Solid name. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/246 "2020-09-20T19:28:01Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’ve been meaning to update it for almost 20 years. Send me an email if you want it changed. [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/247 "2020-09-26T22:57:01Z")
We get this kind of thread every few years, and I just scrolled through all 245 posts to see if I was already here. Nott is the 1st part of my real name, and it’s what people at work called me. As a boy, I read dictionaries and Popular Science for fun, so my head is stuffed with useless facts and obscure words. When friends needed info or spelling, it was, “Ask Nott.” It’s also a wordplay on JFK’s famous line, which his speechwriter probably lifted from somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/248 "2020-10-10T18:09:06Z")
During Christmas break (December 2004 - January 2005), I finally decided to sign up with snopes and had some discussions with my husband, who also signed up with snopes. We had already been living in the German-speaking part of Switzerland for a number of years. He, being an electrical engineer, took some electrical name with the masculine definitive article in German, Der. As I am female, I decided to use the female definitive article, Die (pronounced dee, not die). And the electrical name started with Capacitor. But because I am female, I went with the -trix ending. So I am Die Capacitrix. In previous searches I had found another one, which was a character in a webcomic. But the character was first mentioned in the webcomic after I had registered with snopes on January 3, 2005. I am signed up with one other message board without the Die, but I am no longer active there. Any other Capacitrix is not me. And my avator is McCaig’s Folly from Oban, which we had visited a few years previously. I had taken the picture using black and white film which was processed using color processing (T400CN). ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/249 "2020-10-10T20:36:46Z")
I’ve been going to El Famous on Clark since the mid 1980s. I still make the half hour trip to get their red salsa which is the finest eating with a chip salsa I’ve ever found. All the other locations use a different vastly inferior recipe. In fact I think I’m going to head over there in a bit to buy some today- thanks for the reminder! ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/250 "2020-10-10T20:37:31Z")
Oh and my name I got from this awesome crazy lady in Chicago. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/251 "2020-10-10T22:46:46Z")
It could have been amusing to go with “Die Lectrix”, which goes in all kinds of different direction – but it might have been too polarizing. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/252 "2020-10-10T22:49:00Z")
There would’ve been resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/253 "2020-10-10T23:15:23Z")
The only problem is that I always read it as “puzz legal” and it mystified me. You really should change it to PuzzleGal. Or puzzle\_gal. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/254 "2020-10-10T23:34:46Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The only problem is that I always read it as “puzz legal” and it mystified me. You really should change it to PuzzleGal. Or puzzle\_gal This way it’s more of a puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/255 "2020-10-11T00:40:35Z")
Can i change it? I’d be okay with PuzzleGal. I was just lazy when i entered it here. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/256 "2020-10-11T00:57:07Z")
In your case, you can actually change it yourself, you don’t even need to bother ECG. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/257 "2020-10-11T01:02:34Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The only problem is that I always read it as “puzz legal” and it mystified me. You really should change it to PuzzleGal. Or puzzle\_gal. Ah, the “ **mangetout** ” phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/258 "2020-10-11T01:06:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Can i change it? I’d be okay with PuzzleGal. I was just lazy when i entered it here And lose the mystery? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/259 "2020-10-11T02:29:38Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > Can i change it? I’d be okay with PuzzleGal. I was just lazy when i entered it here > > And lose the mystery Indeed. Embrace the ambiguity. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/260 "2020-10-11T02:52:20Z")
And, of course, I’m calling you Puzz le Gal from now on (in my mind, with a french accent) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/261 "2020-10-17T00:58:10Z")
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