# What is your favourite username?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328 "2008-09-06T12:03:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/1 "2008-09-06T12:03:18Z")

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Try to ignore how much you know them!

**Stranger on a train**

**Nine to the Sky**

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### Author: ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/2 "2008-09-06T12:18:08Z")

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Don’t know a darn thing about him, but I’ve always gotten a kick out of the name **Big Bad Voodoo Lou**. And, in my mind, I always hear **I Have Hippos In My Garden** as though it was being shouted out by Ringo, ala the line “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”. No idea why.

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### Author: ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/3 "2008-09-06T12:54:01Z")

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**I love me, Vol. 1** is a good one (not sure of the punctuation)

Most palindromes come off as gimmicky - this one is understated and very cool IMO.

I think there’s a poster called **Cugel**. Best literary allusion I’ve seen, always makes me smile just thinking about the books.

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### Author: ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/4 "2008-09-06T14:26:47Z")

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**LucyInDisguise**

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### Author: ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/5 "2008-09-06T14:28:33Z")

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**Fruedian Slit** always makes me laugh.

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### Author: ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/6 "2008-09-06T14:50:39Z")

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> [@Small\_Hen](#):
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> **Fruedian Slit** always makes me laugh.

**Typo Knig** makes me laugh whenever I see it.

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### Author: ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/7 "2008-09-06T14:54:10Z")

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What was the one I used to see– **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair**? I liked that a lot. There are some really clever ones here, too. **Suedonym** and such.

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### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/8 "2008-09-06T15:04:26Z")

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I’ve always liked **OpalCat**.

There is just something about it(and her) that’s just great.

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### 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 6, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/9 "2008-09-06T15:16:38Z")

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> [@Savannah](#):
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> What was the one I used to see– **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair**? I liked that a lot. There are some really clever ones here, too. **Suedonym** and such.

Seconded. FBMH was my favorite.

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### Author: ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/10 "2008-09-06T15:17:04Z")

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I’ve always liked **Exapno Mapcase** and **Revenant Threshold.**

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### Author: ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/11 "2008-09-06T15:34:46Z")

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**Kneepants Erasmus** -because it is one of the funniest successions of syllables (independent of meaning) I’ve ever seen. No idea about any allusions or references, it just makes me grin.

**You with the face** -because I ‘hear’ it as drunk guy trying to gain someone’s attention, slurring horribly and with the imperious manner known only to the very inebriated.

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### Author: ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/12 "2008-09-06T16:04:11Z")

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I’ve always like **Least Original Username Ever**

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/13 "2008-09-06T16:05:22Z")

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Another vote for **Exapno Mapcase**.

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### Author: ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/14 "2008-09-06T16:45:45Z")

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Doubling some of these mentioned, but adding **Gangster Octopus** and \*\*One Day Fish Sale \*\* come to mind. For the puns, Tequila Mockingbird, Labrador Deceiver, Beware of Doug, etc.

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### Author: ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/15 "2008-09-06T16:55:03Z")

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\*\*Czarcasm \*\*has always been my favorite username.

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### Author: ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/16 "2008-09-06T16:58:00Z")

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**Czarcasm** ’s mine as well.

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### Author: ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/17 "2008-09-06T17:00:55Z")

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**Candid Gamera**. I just love that.

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### Author: ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/18 "2008-09-06T17:06:43Z")

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I am amused by **Left Hand of Dorkness** and **Judith Prietht**.

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### 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 6, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/19 "2008-09-06T18:17:02Z")

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(with search disabled, I’m going from memory here)

**Don’t poke the bear, dad!**

**I’m the cow god moo**

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### Author: ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-username/462328/20 "2008-09-06T18:26:02Z")

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Always liked **Czarcasm** , too.

**Qadgop the Mercotan** has a nice ring to it, I think.

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