# What short version of your username do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216 "2008-12-30T15:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/1 "2008-12-30T15:30:46Z")
Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499442) thread, in which people are generally saying they’re okay with a board nickname, but express a preference for one version over another. Me: I prefer **twicks** as making my periodic vanity searches easier. 😃 **twick** also works for that, since I search for twick\*, but it seems less “me” than twicks. I don’t like **twix** , because if I do a vanity search on that I end up either with references to candy bars or in the middle of one of **sampiro** ’s stories (he’s inordinantly fond of the preposition “twixt”). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/2 "2008-12-30T15:47:16Z")
Dropping the 01 is fine. I’d rather it not be shortened beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/3 "2008-12-30T15:50:00Z")
Huh. I like “Twix”–twix is for kids. “PRR” is short and convenient, but “that irritating asshole” will do if you can’t remember the whole latinate construct. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/4 "2008-12-30T15:52:02Z")
Rebo for me. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/5 "2008-12-30T15:52:55Z")
Since I probably have the lowest shoutouts-to-postcount ratio of any Doper alive, it barely matters, but FWIW I prefer **Knead** to **KTK** , **KtK** , **K2K** or other variants. 🙂 **Knead** Won’t someone think of the vanity searchers? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/6 "2008-12-30T15:58:53Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Rebo for me. Haaaaa!!! Ok, Rebo. I like it. I don’t care what you folks call me, just don’t call me late for a trainwreck. I’m always late for those, come strolling in about page 12. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/7 "2008-12-30T16:00:07Z")
I like **Mossie**. My username is actually a nickname for my camp nickname, **Mosquito**. Some of my friends regularly call me **Mossie** , so it seems pretty natural to me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/8 "2008-12-30T16:02:07Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Huh. I like “Twix”–twix is for kids. “PRR” is short and convenient, but “that irritating asshole” will do if you can’t remember the whole latinate construct. Heh. I actually think of you as “pseud” – it works on so many levels. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/9 "2008-12-30T16:06:23Z")
Staud or Staudy rather than Stauder or SH or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/10 "2008-12-30T16:06:50Z")
**ko** ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/11 "2008-12-30T16:06:53Z")
I don’t mind **FCM** , except for that 3-letter search issue. In the MMP, some refer to me as \*\*Moooom \*\*(not sure of the \*o \*count) which cracks me up. But I don’t particularly like Fairy. Don’t know why, just don’t like it. And interestingly, searching for\* fairy\*\* brings up a lot of religions debate threads. Go figure… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/12 "2008-12-30T16:10:52Z")
Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius Esq., if you please. What? Okay, if you must shorten it, Wile is fine. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/13 "2008-12-30T16:25:05Z")
No one speaks about me anyway so it doesn’t matter but I prefer **Joph**. Luckily, on forums where people _do_ occassionally have cause to reference me, that’s what they use. A few oddballs use **Jo** but that femininizes the name even worse than usual. I already have enough people assuming I’m a skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/14 "2008-12-30T16:26:22Z")
Part of the reason I settled on **Bosstone** as a general internet name is because folks tend to shorten it to **Boss**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/15 "2008-12-30T16:29:02Z")
I’m fine with either **Unconquered Lord of the Seven Climes** OR **Lord of the Fortunate Celestial Conjunction** ( or some minor variants thereof ). I can also tolerate **Tam**. But it’s not optimal ;). ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/16 "2008-12-30T16:33:51Z")
I like **3acres**. No offense intended towards the truck…it just kind of feels like a first name to me. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/17 "2008-12-30T16:48:52Z")
Well, sure you can call me **Worm** , it’s just so much not like me. I’ll roll (or squirm) with it though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/18 "2008-12-30T16:51:36Z")
I don’t think anyone ever shortens mine! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/19 "2008-12-30T16:51:56Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > No one speaks about me anyway so it doesn’t matter but I prefer **Joph**. Luckily, on forums where people _do_ occassionally have cause to reference me, that’s what they use. > > A few oddballs use **Jo** but that femininizes the name even worse than usual. I already have enough people assuming I’m a skirt. But… are you sure it’s because of the name? To answer the question, I prefer Valerie or V or even VB. Not a fan of Val IRL or here, but I’m not going to flip out if someone uses it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216/20 "2008-12-30T16:55:57Z")
Rhiannon or Rhi works for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-short-version-of-your-username-do-you-prefer/479216.md?page=2)