# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/41 "2004-08-09T07:09:57Z")
Oddly, mine isn’t as obvious as it seems. When I was picking my username I was listening to a song by my favorite singer, Jason Mraz and the song was [Dream Life of Rand Mcnally](http://www.jasonmraz.com/Lyrics/DreamlifeOfRandMcNally.html). Now, it is the name I use for everything. Also, it’s from a Simpson’s joke. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/42 "2004-08-09T07:16:51Z")
My name combines two interests of mine into one name: I’m a rather diehard anime fan, or in the parlance, an Otaku. As for Loki, he is the Norse trickster god, and I find I enjoy trickster motifs in myth, legend, and religion. So, I’m a trickster who likes cartoons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/43 "2004-08-09T07:18:35Z")
> [@Master Control](#): > > Wow, somebody else with that name, cool. Yet, another example of how my name is becoming [more and more common](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268798) > I don’t know, having all three names start with the same letter seems kind of cool to me. If my grandmother on my mother’s side went by her maiden name, her intials would be M.M.M. Mary Miles Minter?!? ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/44 "2004-08-09T07:19:23Z")
It’s in the corner of my computer it says START… ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/45 "2004-08-09T07:21:41Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > It was because of the zymolosely polydactile tongue. Polydactile wanna cracker? Being very caucasian, I think I qualify as a cracker. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/46 "2004-08-09T07:22:57Z")
If my last two posts didn’t give insight into my username, nothing will. ---
**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, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/47 "2004-08-09T07:24:20Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > It was because of the zymolosely polydactile tongue. I still don’t get it. Anyone else that doesn’t speak latin able to clarify? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/48 "2004-08-09T07:40:26Z")
I knit. A lot. I used to be MadamDeFarge some places, because she’s a character famous for knitting. A had a problem with that, though, because I really, really, HATE Dickens. A lot. I was looking for a new username and someone in a chatroom somewhere suggested MinniePurl. It amused me at the time because I was running into a lot of people who seemed to think that being from Colorado automatically made me a hick. Of course, these are the types of people who think that anyone who isn’t from wherever they are from is automatically a hick. So I liked the play on the hickish character of [Minnie Pearl](http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/inductees/minnie_pearl.html). (You know, price tag on hat, “HOWWWDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”, and all that.) ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/49 "2004-08-09T07:54:25Z")
No exciting story behind mine, just a shortened version of my real name. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/50 "2004-08-09T10:53:12Z")
Great thread, as I always wonder why people chose the usernames they did. I usually use the same name everywhere–dareva–which is part of my messenger IDs, but I was a little bored with it. So I took “Harimad-sol” from one of my favorite books, _The Blue Sword_ by Robin McKinley. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/51 "2004-08-09T11:16:05Z")
I was Uncle Vinny on the radio for 8 years (KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston, Texas, “well geez kids, this is your old pal Uncle Vinny doing it for ya one mo’ 'gin”) and then I actually became an uncle so I really am Unclviny. Actually the kids call me Coco because I am filled with chocolatey goodness Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/52 "2004-08-09T11:17:24Z")
It’s simple enough. When I first joined up here, I used something a little too close to my real name for comfort. As time went on, I started using CJ more and more often in real life, and when I yielded to paranoia or common sense, depending on who you ask and decided to change my handle, “Siege” was the obvious choice. I like the idea that it also reflects part of my personality as well as being more or less gender neutral. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/53 "2004-08-09T11:35:37Z")
Maastricht is the city I moved to 10 years ago. I love this city, the oldest in the Netherlands. Many people who visited it, or have lived here a while, have good memories of it, as they told me on this very board. Maastricht is big enough for there always to be something interesting going on, but the pace of life is relaxed, and at times it’s like a village in its atmosphere. Also, Maastricht is located in a corner of Holland, far away from busy drone of the main cities. I like that, as I like living in inconspicuous corners. It allows you to do your own thing. 🙂 And like **Siege** , I wanted a gender-neutral name. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/54 "2004-08-09T11:39:16Z")
Small, pink, inquistive. And my dad was a Major. I grew up with The Clangers. You guys have seen [The Clangers](http://www.clangers.co.uk/w1.htm#small_clanger) haven’t you? BTW that’s not a very flattering picture. ---
**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, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/55 "2004-08-09T11:52:42Z")
Again, great stuff all. I am reading these and love it. I need to ask another time, though, waht the hell was **QtM** saying? And ? I still don’t get the food reference. Or was I right on the mange-disease thing? 😕 ---
**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, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/56 "2004-08-09T11:54:01Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Again, great stuff all. I am reading these and love it. I need to ask another time, though, waht the hell was **QtM** saying? \*\*And ? I still don’t get the food reference. Or was I right on the mange-disease thing? \*\* 😕 Argh! That was supposed to have **mangetout** in there somewhere. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/57 "2004-08-09T12:00:25Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > . . .waht the hell was **QtM** saying? Sorry can’t help there. > [@](#): > > And ? I still don’t get the food reference. Or was I right on the mange-disease thing? 😕 It’s French. Sort of ‘eats all’. Also a type of pea, aka snow pea ar sugar snap, tho’ I think that’s beside the point 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/58 "2004-08-09T12:05:21Z")
Add me to the lot of “What was **QtM** on about?” My name comes from the Who song, not a Harry Potter reference. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/59 "2004-08-09T13:32:26Z")
As for me: > [@me](#): > > Take a funny first name: Bambi > Take a funny last name: Hassenpfeffer > Note that they have a good meter when spoken together, and that they have no relation whatsoever to my real name nor my gender. > [@MinniePurl](#): > > I knit. A lot. I used to be MadamDeFarge some places, because she’s a character famous for knitting. A had a problem with that, though, because I really, really, HATE Dickens. A lot. Um, that, and Madame DeFarge is kinda creepy, non? I mean, you weren’t knitting up an enemies list or anything, were you? If you were, can I give you some names to add to it? I now have an odd image of you in my head – sitting in a rocking chair, with a big straw hat, knitting names into a blanket in a cold fury, silent except for an occasional warning to anyone who dares bother you: “HOWDEEEEE…” ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958/60 "2004-08-09T13:52:31Z")
Hm. It was Netflix, or Ain’t-It-Cool-News, where I first hit upon this handle. I like puns, you see. And I wanted something movie/TV-related. This was the first good one that popped into my mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-or-why-did-you-choose-your-doper-name/258958.md?page=4)