# What's the meaning of your userne? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398 "2014-02-03T03:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/61 "2014-02-03T15:23:05Z")
Doyle Hargraves from Slingblade. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/62 "2014-02-03T15:27:55Z")
One of my hero-models, perhaps the one I feel the strongest kinship with, and in whose realm I have dabbled professionally with the aim of becoming a professional dabbler therein, occasionally (and fairly accurately) described himself thus in letters and on calling cards. Sir Richard Francis Burton It has nothing to do with Robert Howard, Gor, Thundarr or any other present-day association of the latter word. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/63 "2014-02-03T15:27:58Z")
For about 20 years, I was an unlikely accident waiting to happen. This was a particular nickname given to me by a close friend. Along with Accident Prone Man, Booboo Bear, and many others. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/64 "2014-02-03T15:34:21Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > Doyle Hargraves from Slingblade. Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/65 "2014-02-03T15:42:14Z")
Alpine spelled backwards. Alpine was the name of my dog, and I live in the mountains. Alpine as a user name was already taken. So I just spelled it backwards. And it’s kinda odd, Alpine (the member here) and I have the same somewhat obscure jobs in government and both live up at altitude in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/66 "2014-02-03T15:51:30Z")
Species name for American Crow (_Corvus brachyrhynchos_). ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/67 "2014-02-03T15:55:04Z")
Okay, I originally joined this message board in order to try to better learn how to debate and persuade. So I thought it was kinda archetypal if my name was gateway because it is sort of like, “if you listen to my opinion and I persuade you, you are stepping through the gate and coming out the other side.” That was pretty much the idea. I thought it sounded cool and mysterious too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/68 "2014-02-03T15:55:06Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > One of my hero-models, perhaps the one I feel the strongest kinship with, and in whose realm I have dabbled professionally with the aim of becoming a professional dabbler therein, occasionally (and fairly accurately) described himself thus in letters and on calling cards. > > Sir Richard Francis Burton > > It has nothing to do with Robert Howard, Gor, Thundarr or any other present-day association of the latter word. Very interesting. I’m a big fan of RFB, and never knew this. But I’ve re-read his books many times, and have a complete set of his Arabian Nights. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/69 "2014-02-03T16:51:48Z")
Mine is obvious, just a nickname I picked up as a kid. Badger, funny thing was I only recently found out where the name came from when I was visiting with some old grammar school friends. I always thought they called me badger because I was scrappy. One of the kids told me that his dad actually stuck that name on me after a camping trip when he saw me trying to dig animals out of their holes with my bare hands. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/70 "2014-02-03T16:56:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Very interesting. I’m a big fan of RFB, and never knew this. But I’ve re-read his books many times, and have a complete set of his Arabian Nights. One of my “Four Fond Interests” that do not get enough of my time these days, between a need to do some income-producing work in any given week and devoting as much time as possible to a less Fond but more significant project. The Burton project is probably beyond my remaining lifespan’s ability to complete but I refuse to box it up yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/71 "2014-02-03T17:03:54Z")
Tim Toldrum’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/72 "2014-02-03T17:06:24Z")
Whenever my brother greets me, he tries to imitate Homer’s friend Barney(?) from _The Simpsons_ and says “Hey Homie!” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/73 "2014-02-03T17:08:24Z")
When I registered, I was in the middle of reading Ellis Peters’ _Brother Cadfael_ mystery novels. _(Brother Cadfael is a 12th century monk, who suffers from Jessica Fletcher’s disease: people seem to die mysteriously whenever he’s around.)_ ---
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/74 "2014-02-03T17:15:30Z")
Wanted something unique to this message board that I could easily remember. I could really not care less if anyone else remembers my username. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/75 "2014-02-03T17:47:38Z")
My username means I do, in fact, gno it all. Including the fact that [there’s an earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471828) on the same topic, for more insights. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/76 "2014-02-03T18:55:51Z")
Ambivalent invalid (with a heavy dose of sarcasm). ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/77 "2014-02-03T18:56:44Z")
Another literary type here. Seldom Seen Smith is a character from the Edward Abbey novel, _[The Monkey Wrench Gang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey_Wrench_Gang)_, always a favorite of mine. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/78 "2014-02-03T19:04:57Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Ambivalent invalid (with a heavy dose of sarcasm). Crap. You’re not ambidextrous? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/79 "2014-02-03T20:07:52Z")
It’s from the novel of the same name by Sybly Whyte. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398/80 "2014-02-03T20:20:38Z")
A character from the [Incal graphic novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incal) series. In more general terms it represents the duality of the Fool, the Jungian thing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-your-userne/680398.md?page=5)