# What's the story behind your username?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-username/63492>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-username/63492 "2001-04-27T03:13:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-username/63492/61 "2001-04-29T09:21:21Z")

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\<singing\>  
_The answer, my friends, is on another thread,  
Another, rather recent thread_  
\</singing\>

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**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-story-behind-your-username/63492/62 "2001-04-29T10:41:06Z")

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mine was given to me by a friend at work because whenever a new gadget came out I the first to “ooh” and “ahh” over it. Power tools mostly.

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