# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 166
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131/166 "2024-08-04T23:45:21Z")
Let’s see whether this will correctly link to the explanation I gave in the older thread. – not only did it work, according to the preview, but it looks like much (not all) of the explanation shows up in this window. ETA: in the other thread there was some discussion. I meant black locust, not honey locust. In other words: definitely thorny, but not _that_ thorny. > [@What is the origin of your SDMB name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-name/919810/145): > > Thorny locust is a tree. It’s a very stubborn sort of tree; once it gets its roots down somewhere, it’s really hard to get rid of. It’s definitely a member of an invasive species. And it’s thorny. A lot of people don’t like it. It also makes fantastic fence posts; untreated wood lasts many years even in wet ground. And it makes extremely good firewood; will keep you warm all night and all winter. And it’s arguably a nitrogen fixer, feeding other plants around it. So: not to everybody’s taste.… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-your-sdmb-screen-name/1005131)._