# What's your Wu-Name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109 "2011-11-16T12:16:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/101 "2011-11-19T07:02:46Z")

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The name that came up from my username has shows up a couple times already. But my real name?

**Ol’ Mucky Terrahawk**

Doesn’t sound like a girl’s name, but I’ll take it.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/102 "2011-11-19T17:09:29Z")

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Sheepish Lord of Chaos

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**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/103 "2011-11-19T17:50:21Z")

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Real Name: Prickly Comedian…  
Dope name: Vangelic.

What? VANGELIC?

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/104 "2011-11-19T18:44:31Z")

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Superintendent God-Botherer

So I guess instead of saying SKINNEEEEEEER! it should be LOVEJOOOOOOOOYYYY!  
edit: doper name is “Optimistic Lyricist” so I venture to say I don’t belong in the Wu Tang CLan

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/105 "2011-11-19T19:53:08Z")

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Radiophonic Oddity

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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/106 "2011-11-19T22:26:02Z")

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real name= Well liked Assman  
doper name = Spunky Misunderstood Genius

Like em both, and oddly enough they are kinda true…

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**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/107 "2011-11-20T04:57:30Z")

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SD name is Bellowing Rap Machine.

Real name comes out as Sheepish Lord of Chaos.

Somehow those don’t seem to go together, but we often aren’t who we appear to be on the web.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/108 "2011-11-20T06:24:55Z")

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> [@Gagundathar](#):
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> Hello everyone, my name is Ol` Filthy, Sweaty Bastard.

I wonder if we’re related. My (real life version) name is Sweaty Butcher. Let’s see what my user name comes up with…Drug-Addled. Call me Sweaty then.

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**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/109 "2011-11-20T06:33:01Z")

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> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#):
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> Big Gay Mule. Don’t think I’ll be using that one.

My Doper name got me that too! I split it into Butter and Scotch to keep the site happy…

My real name gets me **Excitable Misunderstood Genius**

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/110 "2011-11-20T06:37:35Z")

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Doper name: Erratic Assassin  
Real name: Radiophonic Oddity

Love the second one.

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**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/111 "2011-11-20T13:38:24Z")

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Real name: Illegitimate Muslim Fundamentalist  
SD name: Partially-Formed Transformah

For fun, I plugged in the real names of the Wu-Tang Clan. I was pretty disappointed that the names didn’t return the actual Wu-Tang Clan names, as it’d have been trivial for the programmer to do so. Clifford Smith, “Method Man,” returned Homicidal Terrahawk instead, which I note has shown up a couple of times in this thread already.

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**Author:** ![zombiebacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@zombiebacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombiebacon)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/112 "2011-11-22T01:28:10Z")

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using IRL name - Violent Toilet Thing

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/113 "2011-11-22T01:33:58Z")

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Bilious Bad Janitah

Flailing Fanatical Killer

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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/114 "2011-11-22T01:58:57Z")

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> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> The name that came up from my username has shows up a couple times already. But my real name?
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> **Ol’ Mucky Terrahawk**
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> Doesn’t sound like a girl’s name, but I’ll take it.

I got that for my dopername.  
However, I find it amusing that Barack Obama returns Ultra-Chronic Monstah, while Barak Obama gives Illegitimate Muslim Fundamentalist. So if you’re dumb enough to misspell Obama’s name, you probably give traffic to the Wu name site by posting about it on facebook.

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/115 "2011-11-22T05:31:15Z")

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Superintendent God-Botherer

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/116 "2011-11-22T05:42:49Z")

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“Excitable Misunderstood Genius”

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/117 "2011-11-29T03:10:40Z")

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> [@Clumsy](#):
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> Hello, Big Gay Mule.
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> I am Dizzy Cow.

Hey, I’m also Dizzy Cow.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/118 "2011-11-29T18:34:28Z")

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Bettah watch out now  
Lemme show ya how  
I’m the **International Cow.**

Bitches.

Yeh, not so much. Maybe replace _International_ with _Intergalactic_ and you’d have something.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/119 "2011-11-29T18:35:32Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> Hey, I’m also Dizzy Cow.

Sock!

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**Author:** ![missinformation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@missinformation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missinformation)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109/120 "2011-11-29T21:44:41Z")

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Real Name: Auxillary Priest

Screen Name: Pre-Raphaelite Shaolin

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