# Where'd you get your Bord Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161 "2001-01-03T00:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/102 "2002-10-21T15:39:48Z")
Telcontar is a nod to Master Tolkien. Telcontar being the name of Aragorns house once he reclaimed the throne of Gondor. It is 'Strider" in the language of Westernese. Storm is a cat spirit in the short story collection I write. She is named for two purposes. A story in Welsh mythology conserning a king who has children by a lover and his pissy Queen(Sin). as well as my AbFave Fleetwood Mac song. The combo was chosen to be a coven name and bestowed not a month before the coven broke up, do I figured give it a second life on the net. I also use it at Yahoo, so if you find yourself there, and see me don’t hesitate so say howdy! ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/103 "2002-10-21T17:25:05Z")
I got mine because I like Vietnamese food and drive a Ponitac. No, really. I think it’s actually one of the more self-explanatory usernames out there… ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/104 "2002-10-21T18:06:15Z")
I was desperately casting about for something clever enough to impress all the staggering intellects on the SDMB, and I feared that my handle would lack a certain… ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/105 "2002-10-21T18:10:03Z")
**yojimbo** , if you love _Yojimbo_ and you love a _Fistfull of Dollars_, check out the Cohen bro.'s _Miller’s Crossing_- fab movie, same story! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/106 "2002-10-21T18:17:38Z")
I’m just not very creative when it comes to on-line names, so I went for a parody of either Van Gogh’s bio, or the Iggy/Bowie song Lust For Life. It shows how I feel about my existance. ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/107 "2002-10-21T19:41:57Z")
I am a Grateful Dead fan. The “Jerry” is for Garcia (who else?) and the “bear” is for the cute multi-colored dancing bears that are so plentiful in the Deadhead scene. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/108 "2002-10-21T20:37:16Z")
Mine is a pseudonym. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/109 "2002-10-21T22:23:21Z")
Approximately every three months this topic rises from the ashes like a Phoenix. Since this thread has been bumped, I thought I’d post this information. There have been a number of threads dedicated to the topic of the meaning or origin of the Usernames selected by the Teeming Millions[sup]TM[/sup]… as follows… [Your Literary Straight Dope Handle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80663&pagenumber=1) [What does your Straight Dope nickname mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49129) [What does your name mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85621) [Where’d you get your board name?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53582) [Stupid User Names](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54201) [How did you chose your username?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35192) [What’s the story behind your username?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=69008) [What’s your username mean?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=104615) [The “What’s the deal with your username?” Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=125811) [Explain what your names mean ,and what you think we think it means](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=127387) Also, [Doper Name Game (categorizing)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=97076) ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/110 "2002-10-22T07:33:55Z")
I was in training for a tech job at the time. I made a sarcastic comment to one of the guys in the training class and he called me a jackass. The instructor, a very religious fellow, made a big deal about it. So I chose Jackass as my IM handle. The instructor made a REALLY big deal about that and wouldn’t accept my explanation that a jackass is a male donkey, so I changed the spelling. So it was my IM handle at the time I registered and I figured that it would be easy to remember. ---
**Author:** ![LucChiq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LucChiq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucChiq)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/111 "2002-10-22T19:27:10Z")
Mine is the combination of the names of my two dogs, Lucas and Chiquis. Not too creative but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/112 "2002-10-23T03:18:13Z")
I wanted to find a name I could use on every site i.e. with little chance of its already being taken. So I chose a non-English word I could remember - a type of wine I like. So wherever you go on the 'net, if you come across amarone, it’s probably me. ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/113 "2002-10-23T13:32:19Z")
Mine is rather, well, uncreative. It is an amalgamtion of different things, such as the first to letters of my last name, and the last four letters of the car i drive. No vowels. Vowels are the devil. ---
**Author:** ![Dragline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dragline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragline)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/114 "2002-10-23T13:39:56Z")
Mine’s from the George Kennedy character in “Cool Hand Luke” - a great movie that all you under 30’s need to see - lots of catch phrases that you hear from time to time. The only drawback is that sometimes people get the wrong idea when I comment on some gaay related post… ---
**Author:** ![Highway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highway)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/115 "2002-10-23T14:59:45Z")
Mine comes from my work as a Highway Design Engineer. Nice and simple. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/116 "2002-10-23T18:31:28Z")
I haven’t read all of the preceding pages yet, but I bet I’m the only one here who has named themselves after grafitti. Yep. On my way home one day I saw this (spray)painting of a guy with wavy legs holding onto a streetlamp and “My Darn Snake Legs” was written next to it. I laughed so hard that I had to stop the car. For about a month it made me happy everytime I drove that piece of road. Then they painted over it…ruined my week. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shah\_Jehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shah\_Jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shah_Jehan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/117 "2002-10-23T18:42:38Z")
I wanted to use Cyrano, but apparently there is another Cyrano already out there. I’ve never seen this Cyrano, so I guess he/she was a one timer (it actually could be me. I lurked for a long time before finally making some kind of commitment to join the SDMB, and I’ve had a couple of one time posts under various names). Anyway I had to think up something quickly. **Shah Jehan** built the Taj Mahal. I’ve been told that the name translates to English as “King of the World”. I didn’t choose this name out of arrogance or any obsession with the movie **Titanic**. I just always liked the way the name sounds and it often justs pops into my head out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/118 "2002-10-23T21:01:38Z")
My boardname is taken from a character’s name in a book that I loved as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/119 "2002-10-23T21:38:29Z")
Simple…have three dogs…2 pugs and a chihuahua. Ha! And you thought it was some kind of Star Wars thing. _ **snicker** _ ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161/120 "2002-11-01T07:38:43Z")
Just a combination of initials and abbreviations that served as my first user name on MSN many moons ago, is easy for me to remember and apparently original. It’s also irritatingly non-pronouncable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-bord-name/48161.md?page=5)