# What is the origin of your SDMB screen name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131 "2024-08-02T02:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/181 "2024-08-05T16:34:11Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Agree w @thorny_locust: it’s one of the few gender-conjugated adjectives in US English. > > I’m blond that’s now mostly gray. My GF is blonde. Not to belabour (or, possibly, “belabor” 😉 ) this sidetrack, but as I said, the blond/blonde choice is a stylistic tradition rather than a grammar rule, though most of the time writers do choose to have it conform to the gender of the noun it’s modifying. But even as august and stylistically rigorous a publication as the _New Yorker_ is pretty nonchalant about it, like f’rinstance here – and right in the title, no less: > **[Eccentricities of a Blond-Haired Girl](https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/eccentricities-of-a-blond-haired-girl)** And that’s probably enough about that! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/182 "2024-08-05T16:41:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Never woulda guessed that. At one point my gf worked on their advertising! _Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man_ has been a very successful ad campaign since the 80’s. It’s kept the stores open when HD and Lowes grabbed the market. ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/183 "2024-08-05T16:48:56Z")
Similar vibe! “Nine” has been “my number” since high school. Most of my internet handles have included or been some variation upon the number nine - and all my friends just call me Nine. It’s got to where I only hear “Samantha” at work and among my immediate family. In adolescence I wrote a (no doubt terrible) script for a comic book about a superhero monk. The idea was that there was an Abbot and nine acolytes in this monastery, a sect dedicated to total nonviolence and noninterference in the world. One night, the youngest monk, the Ninth Acolyte, is restless and wandering the darkened monastery… When a costumed superhero, one of the big-league Superman-level heroes of the setting, smashes through the wall and lies there bleeding out. Big reveal: It’s the Abbot, who passes on his powers to the young monk before he dies. So now this poor kid has to figure out whether to keep the Abbot’s secret, whether to keep to his vows of nonviolence and seclusion, whether to use his new powers at all, etc. I thought this story was hot shit at the time, and I’ve been using “NinthAcolyte” in a lot of places for half my life now. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/184 "2024-08-05T17:57:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > it’s one of the few gender-conjugated adjectives in US English. Along with fiance/fiancee. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/185 "2024-08-05T17:59:16Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Along with fiance/fiancee Except for the part where those are nouns. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/186 "2024-08-05T18:00:03Z")
Picky, picky, picky… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/187 "2024-08-05T18:00:07Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > > Along with fiance/fiancee > > Except for the part where those are nouns. You’ve clearly never been fianceed ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/188 "2024-08-05T18:00:43Z")
“Affianced”, my dear, “affianced.” ---
**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:** [August 5, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/189 "2024-08-05T18:03:01Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > picky, picky… Now, _that_ is an adjective! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/190 "2024-08-05T18:03:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I briefly worked at a Ace Hardware store one summer in high school. We custom cut plate glass, wood, and pipe for customers. Mixed paint and stocked shelves. Helped customers carry out and load their trucks. I love a good hardware store, and the Ace near me is great. You can build most anything from parts you get at a well stocked hardware store. Ace has picked up their game in recent years. A report not long ago showed they were outperforming the big box stores like you-know-who and you-know-who-else. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/191 "2024-08-05T18:06:04Z")
The Ace by me is great. The people there know their shit way better than Home Depot. My username is an acronym that spawned from an acid trip in the 80s. I’ll leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Honolulu\_Lulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/192 "2024-08-05T19:14:49Z")
I went to Hawaii on my honeymoon. My father-in-law was a big fan of Jan and Dean and gave me that nickname when we returned. My name’s not even Lulu. I’m just glad he didn’t call me the Little Old Lady from Pasadena. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/193 "2024-08-06T21:00:36Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > > Along with fiance/fiancee > > Except for the part where those are nouns. Hmmmm …where do we stand on né and née - are they used in US English? I mean, they’re part of the verb naître but… j ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/194 "2024-08-06T21:04:55Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > where do we stand on né and née - are they used in US English? Not frequently, in my experience, and they are pretty much only ever used in the context of indicating a birth name (e.g., “Jane Doe (née Roe)”). I don’t know how often usage of it is done correctly, from a gender standpoint, either. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/195 "2024-08-06T23:56:59Z")
I’ve always kind of liked the phrase but my username is specifically in homage of this: > **[Life in Hell Archives](https://www.tumblr.com/lifeinhellarchives/114442454997/the-law-of-the-briny-deep-january-1-1990)** > > The Law of the Briny Deep - January 1, 1990 ---
**Author:** ![truthseeker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@truthseeker3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthseeker3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/196 "2024-08-07T17:45:24Z")
I’ve been surprised to see how many people are using their real name; I don’t want every axe murderer, sex offender and scam artist on the internet to know who I am. For that matter, I’m not sure I want all the Smart People to know who I am. Like most Americans, I was schooled in “world” history but remain embarrassingly ignorant of anything east of St Petersburg and/or south of the Rio Grande. (And if I’m being completely honest, my knowledge of the north and west is such that I tend to picture Alaska as adjacent to Hawaii and approximately the same size.) Now and then, I try to correct that, but life always seems to have other plans. For example, I checked out a thick book on Chinese history a few years ago but only managed to make a very cursory study of the first couple of multi-century dynasties before the library started pointedly reminding me that they like to get their books back, so I didn’t read about anything beyond about 500 BCE (other than the author’s occasional complaints about the destruction wrought by the - spoiler alert! - Cultural Revolution). Anyway, I was impressed by the poster who has read and developed an appreciation for the works of the brilliant but sadly overlooked Ethiopian poet-philosopher Solost (pronounced either “soulest” - having the greatest soul - or “solaced” - provided solace) and felt that I should make more of an effort to expand my horizons. But apparently, it’s just as well that I never got around to researching this illustrious personage because I would have been so lost. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/197 "2024-08-07T17:58:55Z")
> [@truthseeker3](#): > > Anyway, I was impressed by the poster who has read and developed an appreciation for the works of the brilliant but sadly overlooked Ethiopian poet-philosopher Solost Having a bit of a laugh, are we? I actually googled this to see if it was true (being a bit of a truthseeker myself). If so, maybe I’d have a better screen name origin story the next time the question gets asked! 😉 But alas, the closest I can find is this. Maybe he went by ‘Solost’ as a nickname, but I can’t find any evidence of that: > **[Solomon Deressa, a towering literary figure and an exiled poet dies at 80 -...](https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2017/11/02/iphone-6s-the-10-most-exciting-new-features/)** > > The renowned Ethiopian poet, screenwriter, journalist and essayist, Solomon Deressa, who settled in the United States in the early 1980s, died on Thursday in Minnesota, his family announced. He was 80. Solomon, born in Wellegga, western Ethiopia, has... ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/198 "2024-08-07T21:37:10Z")
I love bicycles and cycling, hence “velo” and I used to love Montreal, hence the “mont” ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/199 "2024-08-07T23:13:38Z")
It’s an extremely unpopular Frank Zappa album. If I’d known I was going to stick around for 20+ years when I signed up, I’d have given it more than a few seconds thought. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/200 "2024-08-07T23:42:20Z")
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