# What is your pseudonym? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [January 15, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763 "2011-01-15T23:34:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl) #### Post date: [January 15, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/1 "2011-01-15T23:34:40Z")
I know we all have usernames here, and that’s all well and good, but I want to know which name you’d use to check into a hotel anonymously or similar. Would you use a humorous pun? The name of a person you admire? Something generic like John Doe? A name you heard once and thought “hey, that’s cool, wish I was called that”? An anagram of your real name? Your favourite TV, Film or literary character? Come on- who would you be? ---
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [January 15, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/2 "2011-01-15T23:54:29Z")
A. Nonnimouse ---
### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/3 "2011-01-16T00:53:22Z")
Mark Twain. ---
### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/4 "2011-01-16T00:54:44Z")
J.G Wentworth. ---
### Author: ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/5 "2011-01-16T01:03:29Z")
Taras Bulba. ---
### Author: ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/6 "2011-01-16T01:04:10Z")
Jackson Queenes ---
### Author: ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/7 "2011-01-16T01:06:27Z")
Belvedere Jehosophat. ---
### Author: ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/8 "2011-01-16T01:11:46Z")
_George Kaplan_ signs in to a surprising number of Chicago office building lobbies. ---
### Author: ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/9 "2011-01-16T01:12:14Z")
Gladys McGillicuddy. That’s the name we plan to use at work when someone calls I don’t want to talk to. “Oh, you need to speak to Gladys, but she’s out this week for a ski vacation!” “Oh, yes, you called last week to speak to Gladys. Well, she’s out this week in the hospital. She broke her leg skiing!” ---
### 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: [January 16, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/10 "2011-01-16T01:19:03Z")
Willard R. Biscuit, from a character in [Grump](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835360,00.html) magazine. ---
### Author: ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/11 "2011-01-16T01:27:04Z")
Ophelia Longbottom. ---
### Author: ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/12 "2011-01-16T02:27:21Z")
Sheryl Cooper. ---
### Author: ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/13 "2011-01-16T02:38:13Z")
John Jacob Jinglehiemer Schmidt. ---
### Author: ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/14 "2011-01-16T02:44:44Z")
**Rock Strongo**. Or if the hotel clerk didn’t buy it then **Lance Uppercut**. ---
### Author: ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/15 "2011-01-16T02:52:51Z")
Ratzkywatzky or something. 😉 ---
### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/16 "2011-01-16T03:04:26Z")
Either Mahatma Kane Jeeves or Professor Eustace P. McGargle. ---
### Author: ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/17 "2011-01-16T05:26:17Z")
Mr. Mojo Rising ---
### Author: ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/18 "2011-01-16T05:43:35Z")
Unless I’m trying very hard not to be found, I’d probably check in under a translation of my real name, into French or German. Jacques Leroy, or Jakob Koenig. Or combine that with ‘fictional character that I like’ and go Spanish, taking the current Blue Beetle’s civilian name, Jaime Reyes. If I AM trying really hard not to be found, then I’d just choose a random first name, and a random last name from the phone book. Or go the cliché route and go with ‘John Smith’. ---
### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/19 "2011-01-16T05:43:49Z")
Jonathan S. Tuttle ---
### Author: ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki) #### Post date: [January 16, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/20 "2011-01-16T05:45:14Z")
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