# What's the meaning of, or why did you choose, your Doper name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958 "2004-08-09T01:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/1 "2004-08-09T01:05:27Z")
Mine should be obvious. I love to golf. (If this has been done before, could someone link the thread?) If not, let’s here it. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/2 "2004-08-09T01:10:57Z")
I found one that’s about a year old. It’s [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=176878&highlight=username), but rather than resurrect it, I’ll put my explanation here. I have terrible penmanship. It’s better than it was when I was younger though. In about 6th/7th grade, I was teased by the other kids because when I wrote my name (Laura), it looked like I was spelling it Lsura. So, I ended up using it as my username. That’s it. Simple, basic explanation. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/3 "2004-08-09T01:13:31Z")
Like Batman, Darkman, Spiderman, and other mans, I prefer to keep myself shrouded in mystery. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/4 "2004-08-09T01:15:06Z")
Mine’s phonetic. First initial, last name. I own dnooman@(almost every webmail client) since it’s not common. It came about when hotmail rejected the ten thousandth freaking user-name I had tried. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/5 "2004-08-09T01:16:24Z")
My explanation can be found in post #59 of [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252045&page=2&pp=50&highlight=Kate+Starbird). Don’t feel bad about bringing up the subject, though, **duffer** – there are always new posters, old ones who change their screen names, and veterans who missed previous opportunities to enlighten their kindred spirits of the **SDMB**. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/6 "2004-08-09T01:25:08Z")
Tears For Fears, my friends. [Tears For Fears](http://www.tearsforfearsfans.com/). Roland Orzabal is the greatest musical genius of the 20th century (with a distant second going to Thom Yorke), and I use this username on every board I post to in hopes of spreading the joys of TFF. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/7 "2004-08-09T01:30:16Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > …I always name myself after mythological figures and Aesir is the name of the principal Norse gods. Since Aesir by itself is usually taken and I hate using numbers in my user names, I added “-on” to the end to make the name my own. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3714042&postcount=79](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3714042&postcount=79) ---
**Author:** ![NorwegianBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NorwegianBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NorwegianBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/8 "2004-08-09T01:38:20Z")
Of course for me it was the Monty Python Dead Parrot. _Beatiful Bird that Norwegian Blue…Lovely plumage!_ ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/9 "2004-08-09T01:45:40Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > If not, let’s **here** it. hear. hear! DAMMIT, HEAR!!! :smack: Thanks for going with this thread, I noticed the linked one was only a few months ago. **Mangetout**. I always thought you were touting the affliction of mange. Liking food went right over my head. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/10 "2004-08-09T02:00:48Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > (with a distant second going to Thom Yorke) And that is the origin behind my name. The Radiohead album, Kid A. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/11 "2004-08-09T02:09:52Z")
duffer, I thought your name referred to someone who works on a movie set. Mine, which started as vanillanice was a nod to my favorite song Ice Ice Baby. I dropped the nice. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/12 "2004-08-09T02:12:25Z")
I was **roxx222** for a while because my imagination was on break the day I signed up for the SDMB and I just used something I would remember. Once I knew I’d be here a while, I went for a name change. It took me a while to decide, and I came to the boards for a little help, but I finally settled on **Antigen**. Why? My friend had a baby, and because her parents have no brothers or sisters, I was appointed as her “Auntie Jen”. Being a science student and all, I couldn’t help hearing that as “Antigen”, and I liked it. Short, sweet, easy to remember, and it relates to my field of study. Voila! my new SDMB username, **Antigen**!. Am I causing any immune responses yet? 😛 For added fun, I now call the baby my little antibody (because she grabs onto me, see?). ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/13 "2004-08-09T02:18:35Z")
I used Idlewild as a character name in an MMOG. I picked it up from the old name of JFK airport in NY. It always struck me as exceedingly pretty. When I changed characters, I decided to stick with this as my general messageboard user name. I’ve been using it since 1999, and it’s pretty comfortable. Additionally, I don’t mind at all that it’s fairly gender-neutral. I used to have very feminine messageboard usernames, but I grew tired of the teenage male gamer effect. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/14 "2004-08-09T02:29:58Z")
At first, I went on here by my user name, Joel. Then, I decided to use a handle, so I tried one I used when I use to be on local BBS’s (before the Internet phased them out) Maverick, which I got from the movie will James Garner, Jodie Foster, and Mel Gibson. However, even though I don’t think I’ve seen a single post under that name, I was told that the name was taken. So, after trying to think of another name I liked equally as well, I decided to stick with movie characters, and thought my current name sounded better than any others I could think of. Plus, I thought it was kind of cool to end all my posts with the sig “End of Line.” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/15 "2004-08-09T02:33:05Z")
_At first, I went on here by my user name, Joel_ should read _At first, I went on here by my real name, Joel_ ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/16 "2004-08-09T02:37:53Z")
It’s a shortened version of my first and middle names. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/17 "2004-08-09T02:48:24Z")
> [@Master Control](#): > > _At first, I went on here by my user name, Joel_ should read _At first, I went on here by my real name, Joel_ Huh, I’d wondered where you went. “Joel” always drew my attention because it’s my brother’s name. I’m C3 because those are my initials…C.C.C. Pretty boring, I know. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/18 "2004-08-09T02:53:40Z")
It was because of the zymolosely polydactile tongue. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/19 "2004-08-09T02:58:13Z")
I’m a musician, and these days I’m very much into bluegrass and porch pickin’. Simple enough, and I was surprised that the name wasn’t already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/20 "2004-08-09T02:59:42Z")
From the ELO album, _Out of the Blue_. I wanted to have an ELO-based name and the other two “Mr.” choices were: Mister Radio - didn’t want to mislead anyone into thinking I was in the radio biz Mister Kingdom - I use this on a DVD authoring board. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958.md?page=2)