# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/62 "2020-09-04T20:47:43Z")
My father in law was a singularly unpleasant man. He rarely referred to my by name. He called me “That long haired son of a bitch my daughter married” I married the Incomparable Sunflower in May of 1975. When I needed a handle for my first AOL account, it just seemed right ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/63 "2020-09-04T20:54:00Z")
My SDMB name’s origin is pretty simple. When I first signed up with AOL, every screen name I wanted was already taken and AOL “helpfully” suggested adding some ridiculous number after it to “make it unique” (How is “xyz9347” unique?). I was stationed in Monterey, California at the time and my favorite board game is Go. I went with montereygo as the screen name. When these forums were on AOL back then, other posters referred to me as “Monty”. When the forums moved to their own site, I stuck with that for the SDMB. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/64 "2020-09-04T21:45:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > In the early 90s, I signed up for AOL. My name is Andy and that was obviously taken, but I didn’t want to be Andy4256. So I thought it might be cool if my name was framed by capital I’s, which with serif looked to me like Roman pillars. Originally on AOL I was IIIAndyIII (3 I’s on each side). At some point I lost my password, so I recreated it as IIAndyIIII. Then, at some point, I stopped capitalizing. But I’ve stuck with it ever since. I always thought you were a dude named Andy who was always putting on and taking off his glasses (two eyes to four eyes). ---
**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:** [September 4, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/65 "2020-09-04T21:56:17Z")
Better than Meathead, but I’m guessing Archie Bunker was his kind of guy? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/66 "2020-09-04T22:34:47Z")
Mine is the name of the starship in my book. I have a picture of the probe since it is better than nothing. My name has nothing to do with Star Trek. I only watched one season of Voyager anyhow then gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/67 "2020-09-04T22:39:57Z")
Mine has nothing to do with Iggy Azalea or Iggy Pop… I was living in Grand Cayman where a treasured and endangered endemic species is the Cayman Blue Iguana. Coincidentally, Iggy Pop has a home in the rural neighborhood where I lived and spent quite a lot of time in Cayman’s East End. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/68 "2020-09-04T22:46:15Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Mine is the name of the starship in my book. I have a picture of the probe since it is better than nothing. Heh, my avatar is a close-up of a picture I drew of a main character from my books. (A robot, specifically.) Look deeeeeeep into his eyes… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/69 "2020-09-04T22:51:21Z")
I’ve been known as “Spoons” for many years; certainly longer than I’ve been here on the SDMB. Why? Because I can play the musical spoons. They’re used in Bluegrass, Celtic, Appalachian and Maritime music, among other genres. I’ve played with some well-known names on occasion, but mostly with bar bands. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/70 "2020-09-04T22:56:05Z")
I have a nickname that begins with a p. Some friends and I were big fans of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and the Puppet Band would call him P-man (as in “hey P-man, have you heard, what’s today’s secret word”. ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/71 "2020-09-04T22:56:47Z")
I’m still computer-illiterate, more or less, and pretty much always the last person to jump on a trend or technology. (Still don’t use Instagram or Twitter, for example.) Back when people used that metaphor, I always said that on the Information Superhighway, I was the one with the “Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle” sign. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/72 "2020-09-04T23:13:32Z")
I worked part-time at a Ace Hardware in high school. They used to advertise Ace is the Place with the helpful hardware folks. My buddies kidded me about my part time job. Ace became a nickname for quite awhile. I haven’t used it in real life in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/73 "2020-09-04T23:34:43Z")
Camping nickname. I used to camp with a bunch of folks and everyone had to have a nickname, and I was christened blondebear because I have hairy arms. I don’t camp with those guys anymore because they turned out to be really noisy and obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/74 "2020-09-04T23:40:02Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > for Father’s Day, I got this shirt: > [https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST\_1d263fa2-db9b-4fe2-be51-420b3193ae5d?wid=325&hei=325&qlt=80&fmt=webp](https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_1d263fa2-db9b-4fe2-be51-420b3193ae5d?wid=325&hei=325&qlt=80&fmt=webp) Hi, I’m Dork Vader and I approve this message😉 Now, how to get one of the sithlings to buy one of those for me… ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/75 "2020-09-05T00:18:28Z")
saje is the first two letters of my first name + the first two letters of my last name. Sort of like SAlly JEnkins … but not quite 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/76 "2020-09-05T00:58:47Z")
I rarely complain about anything. Mona Lott seems to be the opposite of my nature, so I went with it. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/77 "2020-09-05T01:06:33Z")
Stolen from a Jack Vance novel. Shimrod had been disguised as Dr. Fidelius, charlatan and mender of sore knees. It amuses me. ---
**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 5, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/78 "2020-09-05T01:08:07Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > …for Father’s Day, I got this shirt: > [https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST\_1d263fa2-db9b-4fe2-be51-420b3193ae5d?wid=325&hei=325&qlt=80&fmt=webp](https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_1d263fa2-db9b-4fe2-be51-420b3193ae5d?wid=325&hei=325&qlt=80&fmt=webp) Fans of _Game of Thrones_ will likewise appreciate this: [http://www.pmslweb.com/the-blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/25-funny-Stannis-number-one-dad-mug.jpg](http://www.pmslweb.com/the-blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/25-funny-Stannis-number-one-dad-mug.jpg) > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m still computer-illiterate, more or less, and pretty much always the last person to jump on a trend or technology. (Still don’t use Instagram or Twitter, for example.)… My grandfather liked to quote Jerome K. Jerome: “Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.” ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/79 "2020-09-05T02:14:53Z")
[quote=“ZipperJJ, post:17, topic:919810, full:true”] Squirrel Nut Zippers were my favorite band at the time…[/quote] Squirrel Nut Zippers were among my favorite candies as a kid - never heard of the band (sorry). My moniker is pretty straightforward - I paddle my kayak while fishing the back-bays of the Gulf. If I ever wonder about the origin of Doper names I just figure it’s some Tolkien, Dr. Who, or other sci-fi reference that I won’t get without investing more time than it’s worth 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/80 "2020-09-05T02:21:35Z")
I laughed out loud when our late great troll Charlie Wayne called you Elendils Hair. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/81 "2020-09-05T02:27:29Z")
I love these threads. 🙂 I was trying for [Alpenglow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpenglow), a phenomenon that I adore but rarely have the opportunity to see these days. An unfortunate slip of the finger made me Aspenglow instead. Durrr. I couldn’t be stuffed to ask the mods to change it since it would count as my one SDMB name change, and now I’m used to Aspenglow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810.md?page=5)