# What screen name would you swap for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527 "2000-07-04T04:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/101 "2003-03-23T02:48:08Z")
I like the name **Anita Vacation**. Made me giggle. And I’d chane mine to **LindsayWithany**. “Lindsay With An ‘E’”. Because Lindsay is spelled with an ‘A’. Never mind. It’s not funny when you have to explain the joke. ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/102 "2003-03-23T04:22:30Z")
**LunaSea**. I like most of the pun names, but this one seems to fit me the best. Or maybe I’d go with **HelloKitty** , since it’s supplanted “Wednesday” (as in Addams) as my primary nickname at work. Oh well, at least I’ve got my [hellokitty.com](http://hellokitty.com) e-mail address. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/103 "2003-03-23T17:03:03Z")
I really like **The Great Zamboni** myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/104 "2003-03-23T18:25:56Z")
Is there a **Vimes** or **Sam Vimes** or **Commander Vimes** or **Old Stoneface** on the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/105 "2003-03-23T20:58:52Z")
I considered **once in a pig eon** as a name, but decided it was too long to bother with. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/106 "2003-03-23T21:09:40Z")
why? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/107 "2003-03-23T22:48:46Z")
Why what? Why a duck? Why are fence? WHYY Philadelphia? ---
**Author:** ![Trancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Trancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/108 "2003-03-24T01:02:27Z")
I want my friends “No Disguise” I love that nickname… or my other friend’s screen name is pretty good “angrygerbil” or “frustratedfetus” ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/109 "2003-03-24T04:18:50Z")
I’d just love to have a name with more than three characters these days (_sobsob_ no vanity searches for **moi** ). I think I’d be a firefly name, if not for the already well-known RTFirefly, or something **cat** ty. Though I do love showing up in threads where folx have unwittingly said “moi” and being able to use my username smoothly in a sentence. ---
**Author:** ![summerbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@summerbreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerbreeze)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/110 "2003-03-24T05:06:49Z")
I like being summerbreeze ‘cause it makes me feel fine, blowin’ thru something something I’ve had a few drinks ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/111 "2003-03-24T12:01:45Z")
**moi** : you can do vanity searches on your name by using wildcards: _moi_ . Which, if you’re anything like me, may still not produce any results, but at least it won’t be due to word length… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/112 "2003-03-27T03:16:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Why what? Why a duck? Why are fence? WHYY Philadelphia? \*\* why **once in a pig eon**? Just curiouous. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/113 "2003-03-27T03:18:33Z")
**jr8** does that method work for all 3 letter words? or just usernames? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527/114 "2003-03-27T13:10:25Z")
**once in a pig eon** was the result of a (very small) personal joke about how the word “pigeon” divides into “pig eon” and wondering how long a “pig eon” is (is it like “donkey’s years”?). And as far as I know you can use wildcards (\*) in any search, although if you use them in letter combinations that occur in common words, you’ll get a lot of irrelevant hits (so _moi_ will pick up the poster’s name, but also “moisture” and the like). Fortunately for me, “jr8” doesn’t occur anywhere else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-screen-name-would-you-swap-for/24527.md?page=5)