# What's the story behind your screen name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498 "2012-12-29T17:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/81 "2013-01-01T17:58:28Z")
I got the name from an Iggy Pop album, though coincidently I am an extreme Van Goch fan; so many people think that it comes from the film about him. But the main reason that I chose it is that it reflects my life plan, new experiences, new people and lots of travel. Oh , and I’m a zombie. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/82 "2013-01-01T18:18:07Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > (Although I have no idea how it is properly pronounced.) I always read it as HAH-gee (with the h sound being like the “ch” sound in loch, or Bach.) My user name came to be because I couldn’t think of anything remarkable about me to commemorate in a handle… hence “no-one special.” ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/83 "2013-01-01T21:49:46Z")
Back when I played DAoC, people were throwing around the word “uber” carelessly, using it to both praise and insult other players. Then came the “noob” flames. This naturally lead to “Uber Noob!” I named my character Ubergoober Danoober, and a good time was had by all. Variations of the name stick with me wherever on the net I go. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/84 "2013-01-02T02:20:32Z")
A SCAdian is a member of the SCA. On some forums I use RM1(SS), which was my Navy rate. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/85 "2013-01-02T02:38:41Z")
I’m not a huge cartoon or comeek buff. I used to have anther name here, may have changed it after the AOL departure. Used to love the ABC Saturday morning Cartooniverse. So… I picked the name. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/86 "2013-01-02T23:45:54Z")
My real name is Misty. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/87 "2013-01-03T00:18:11Z")
Cuts glass A girl’s best friend Is worth a lot of money Ooh shiny! Can be found in caves, in sunken ships, and under random places such as bridges. I’ve been lurking the Dope since 2002. I was too shy to participate…until 2005. I’m kidding about the “Diamonds” part. That meaning is super secret. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/88 "2013-01-03T00:23:55Z")
Google me and you will find out the origin (referring to the 1932 version, not the awful 1963 remake). I really wanted to be the Ernst Thesiger character, but Horace Femm doesn’t have the same ring to it (although the way he says it!..) Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Rahne\_McCloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/89 "2013-01-03T00:55:55Z")
My name is from a D&D character I created for a game. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/90 "2013-01-03T01:49:15Z")
In some books, due to the way they’re bound, blank pages are sometimes left in the finished product. To reassure customers that they are not missing part of the book, the phrase, “This page intentionally left blank” is sometimes is printed across the page. I won’t even delve into the philosophical ramifications of the page no longer being blank. \*When watching a [Rifftrax-enhanced copy of The Matrix](http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/matrix), IIRC, Mike was watching Keanu try to emote, and remarked, “This face intentionally left blank.” This line made me burst out laughing. Needing a pseudonym, I remembered this riff and thought it eminently appropriate. \*I actually researched this reply. Previously, I had remembered it as an MST3K riff, though I think the mistake is understandable, given that the guys from Rifftrax were with MST3K. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/91 "2013-01-03T03:06:41Z")
When I was little, I had a talking Caspar the Friendly Ghost doll that was defective. The phrase “I’m a friendly ghost” was garbled, and it sounded to my sisters and me like he was saying “I’m a freckafree.” ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/92 "2013-01-03T04:54:46Z")
I lurked forever, awaiting inspiration. Then I showed the kids “The Truman Show”, and there you are. The benefit of being Truman is that it really is, literally, all about me. ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/93 "2013-01-03T14:21:42Z")
My last name really is “Slaughter”, and I got my username in the summer of 1983 from my little sister. (Looks away wistfully as classic 80’s R&B thumps in…) I was 19, and a few days away from leaving home after having enlisted in the US Army. My 16 y.o. sister and I were talking, and she said to me: “When you go to the army, don’t tell anyone your nickname. You need something cool… Something like, ‘Slaughterhouse’ or ‘Manslaughter’” I made it “Mann Slaughter” and at one point actually went around telling people that my real FIRST name was “Mann”! When I joined The Dope in 2000 I was at the height of my Internet Deathmatch Gaming Phase playing games like ‘Half-Life’, and ‘Unreal Tournament’ where’d I’d been using “Mann Slaughter” for years. It seemed only natural for me to use it here as well. -Slaughter ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/94 "2013-01-03T14:38:49Z")
I’m a batty old bat. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/95 "2013-01-03T14:40:52Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I’m kidding about the “Diamonds” part. That meaning is super secret. 🙂 I’m afraid to speculate. I imagine it would result in me receiving a warning. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/96 "2013-01-04T23:37:34Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Cuts glass > A girl’s best friend > Is worth a lot of money > Ooh shiny! > Can be found in caves, in sunken ships, and under random places such as bridges. > > I’ve been lurking the Dope since 2002. I was too shy to participate…until 2005. > > I’m kidding about the “Diamonds” part. That meaning is super secret. 🙂 Sparkles brilliantly after enduring not only tremendous pressure and immense heat but a carefully placed series of chisel and mallet strikes. ! ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/97 "2013-01-04T23:56:16Z")
I like ridiculously absurd names, and **Marley23** was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/98 "2013-01-05T00:05:29Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Sparkles brilliantly after enduring not only tremendous pressure and immense heat but a carefully placed series of chisel and mallet strikes. > > ! Is this a scientific way of saying she has great cleavage? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/99 "2013-01-05T00:12:16Z")
It’s from the Kate Bush song _Suspended in Gaffa_, and not (as many think) from the gray sticky tape emblematic of my former career as a sound engineer. Note: I have never used the term “gaffa” to describe the tape. That’s a British thing. It was always “duct” or “duck” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498/100 "2013-01-05T00:15:05Z")
Mistwalk + Taolynn (Both old gamer names of mine) = Taomist. And no, it’s not a religious offshoot of anything. Though I’m tempted to answer people who ask what religion it’s from with some kind of cool, plausible-sounding answer. As soon as I think of one. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-screen-name/645498.md?page=6)