# What's Your Username Mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324 "2003-04-12T21:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/101 "2003-04-15T20:24:47Z")
mine is based on the Robert Jordan series of books ‘The Wheel of Time’…Yurian Stonebow was a false messiah who could use this evil- tainted magic that allowed him to kick serious ass…until he went mad and died. I forget whether hje got killed, or was captured, cut off from the Power, and committed suicide. anyway, it’s been my handle on chats/bbs since i got online almost 6 years ago, and i’ve kept it since it’s easy to remember, and i like the sound of it. it’s also the handle i had when i met my wife, and every once in a whle, someone in a WOT chat will go 'omg, you’re THAT stonebow? you met your wife online, right? wow! anyway, there it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/102 "2003-04-15T20:46:23Z")
A character from “_…Buckaroo Banzai…_” (the book, not the movie). A clue to this is given in my “Location:” (I think there are others on the board from the same place). She had a crush on Rawhide, and he’s always been my favorite (from both the book and the movie). ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/103 "2003-04-15T20:58:46Z")
I picked mine because I sing alto. I thought it was the most obvious thing in the world, but since not everyone thinks of singing right off and the name ends in O people tend to assume I’m male. I’m not, I 'm female–if I were male I’d be a countertenor. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/104 "2003-04-15T21:11:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/105 "2003-04-15T21:12:36Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/106 "2003-04-15T22:10:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Honey \* > \*\*Mine is a nickname given to me by friends. I call everyone honey. Friends, strangers, clients, etc… > > My real name is actually Jill. \*\* Hey Honey… My nickname is Honey too - but you got there before me 😛 My real name is acutally… ehhhhhh oops I forgot 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HBby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@HBby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HBby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/107 "2003-04-16T02:26:45Z")
New Doper and first-time poster here! As for my name, “HBby” is short for “HeartBaby,” 'cause I was born on Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/108 "2003-04-16T05:35:17Z")
my nick comes from about a year ago. i use the same user name for just about every forum i register for. anyway i wanted something easy to remember. whats easier then looking at the title bar for your user name? anyway i use it out of habbit now. by the way i use mozilla now. ---
**Author:** ![ReBusEniGma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@ReBusEniGma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReBusEniGma)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/109 "2003-04-16T06:18:47Z")
My name is pretty self explanatory too, a “puzzling mystery”. I was named that by friends a long time ago and it just stuck. It’s usually shortened to just ‘enigma’. And, although I’m a newbie here too, welcome to the boards! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/110 "2003-04-16T12:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhino’sHoney \* > \*\*Hey Honey… My nickname is Honey too - but you got there before me 😛 > > My real name is acutally… ehhhhhh oops I forgot 😃 \*\* It’s nice to meet a fellow Honey. But, who’s Rhino? ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/111 "2003-04-16T12:51:00Z")
I have probably said this before in another thread, but here I go again. I used to use the nick geek\_at\_work, but found it too boring, so I went with one of my favourite characters in HHGG. Ford’s ability to fly in the face of convention, pull enormously stupid stunts, staying absolutely cool despite being somewhat neurotic are all traits I admire IRL. Plus he has an electronic thumb… what could be cooler than that? ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/112 "2003-04-16T12:52:37Z")
I should state that I used the nick geek\_at\_work at other forums… the way I worded it sounded like I might be a sock. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Summertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Summertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Summertime)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/113 "2003-04-16T13:37:15Z")
It means summertime 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingwithChickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SwimmingwithChickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingwithChickens)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/114 "2003-04-16T13:39:32Z")
Some of these names are pretty funny. Alas I wish I were more creative, but my username is self explanatory… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/115 "2003-04-16T13:46:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingwithChickens \* > \*\*…my username is self explanatory… \*\* How so? You regularly bathe with poultry? Live poultry? Why? What? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingwithChickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SwimmingwithChickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingwithChickens)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/116 "2003-04-16T14:02:12Z")
What do you mean? I swim with chickens. … Most chicken farms are located next to bodies of water so that the chicken waste can runoff into the water thus eliminating the odor. It is very gross and probably not the best thing for chicken health (or the health of anyone who happens to use that water for anyone.) As a matter of fact I believe Maryland had a chickshit water crisis a few years back- fishteria? The fish in the Potomac started developing large open sores. Very gross. In any event, if the chickens were to ever escape their cramped quarters (and believe me if you’ve ever seen a chicken farm you’d know what I was talking about- they are completely disgusting…but dammit, I still love KFC nonetheless) they’d either have to stage a frontal assault on Joe Farmer or try a tactical retreat through the feces filled body of water. Naturally chickens do not prefer confrontation so they choose to swim (those that actually want to escape that is, most chickens are content to become fried.) So once they reach that body of water they must swim, and less you don’t know chickens are not very good swimmers- if they swim at all. So I lay in waiting… waiting to swim with chickens… … See, self explanatory… ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/117 "2003-04-16T15:10:56Z")
I’ve been meaning to answer one of these threads, but I had been waiting until I thought of something clever. I give up. Welcome, HBby. One of my kids was born on Father’s Day, which was apropo, also. I’m stunned by the number of characters from books I’ve read, but whose connection I didn’t draw. Only FordPrefect jumped out at me. I guess it is a good thing I didn’t recall Spaceman Spiff. Stonebow, you took your name 6 years ago?! Jordan is still writing that series! I’ve been reading it to my girls. With how busy we are, I’m not reading them much faster than he is writing them. Mangetout is a little too clever and quick witted for me! ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/118 "2003-04-16T15:38:18Z")
diminuative for Elf, the mythical creature ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/119 "2003-04-16T17:24:10Z")
**vibrotronica** , The Polisher, and Confusatron were the never seen (and probably imaginary) villians in my favorite episode(s) of **Space Ghost Coast to Coast** , “Brilliant Number One” and “Brilliant Number Two”, with guest stars Peter Fonda and 2002 SDMB Ignorance Fighter of the Year "Battlin’ " Buzz Aldrin. Please tell me that someone out there has seen this episode and likes it as much as i do! [http://snard.com/sg/guide/?ep=44&loc=9207#a](http://snard.com/sg/guide/?ep=44&loc=9207#a) [http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/adultswim/sgc2c/ep44brilliantnumberone.html](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/adultswim/sgc2c/ep44brilliantnumberone.html) [http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/adultswim/sgc2c/ep44bbrilliantnumbertwo.html](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/adultswim/sgc2c/ep44bbrilliantnumbertwo.html) (Please note that in the transcript given in the first link, the character’s name is spelled “Vibratronica”. Please further note that I don’t give a shit.) ---
**Author:** ![flybynight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@flybynight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flybynight)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324/120 "2003-04-16T18:13:57Z")
I don’t know what my name means. I thought of it after my first choice was taken, and before I htough of what my name should really be. I used to be **Strider** way back when I first got online (ten years ago or so, back when chat rooms were telnet’ed to via Unix prompts 😉 ), but then stayed away from the whole online social thing for a long time. Of course now that name is taken EVERYWHERE. It was mine first dammit! 😉 My name should really be **Buzz Lightyear** though, since I’m told I look and act like him by a few friends… **flybynight** seemed sort of dark and mysterious, and I guess that sounded good to me at the time. The thing I hate about my name is that everytime I think about it I get this line from a Rush song stuck in my head. That sure as heck wasn’t my intention! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-username-mean/168324.md?page=7)