# where'd you get your handle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073 "2001-05-21T12:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/81 "2001-05-26T01:21:26Z")
eunoia (you-noy’-ah) - a rarely used term denoting a normal state of mind - Stedman’s Medical Dictionary I thought the “rarely used” part was interestingly ambiguous. NOTE: a google search of “eunoia” will lead to some completely different but equally amusing derivations. ---
**Author:** ![Doubleclick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Doubleclick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubleclick)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/82 "2001-05-26T01:22:51Z")
I’ve had a few. Starting way back in my BBS days… (God I sound like such a geek. = ) I have used the following; (First to last as the best I can remember.) 1.) **Mordack** = From one of the Kings Quest games. 2.) **The Unknown** = Used after I got kicked from the BBS’s when using Mordack. = ) 3.) Hi Opal! 4.) **Zane** = A Translation of my middle name 4a.) **Z-Man** = A nick name for Zane. (Not much shorter…but it stuck.) \ 5.) **Maximum Override** = Dunno where this came from…something I made up and had never heard of before(At that time…). “Hackers” influence I think. 6.) **Khaladar** = This is name I made up for online gaming. It’s a cross between Tasadar and Khaladon from the StarCraft game. \ 7.) **Doubleclick** = Wanted a name that sounded “Matrix-like”. All the names in The Matrix had somehting to do with computers, (Cypher - DEcypher, Mouse - Duh!..etc…) so I got thinking…what is the most fundimental thing that needs to be done to get a PC to do what you want…a “doubleclick” of course…(Yeah yeah…I know…but “Power Button” would sound stupid. = ) History was made. BTW: My wife goes by the name Trinity…also kinda fitting. =) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/83 "2001-05-26T02:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > **I get that a lot, too. It’s annoying. I’m a sex goddess, true; but I’m not a vapid movie star sex goddess. That would just be counter to everything Canadian in me.** **Ginger** , I think you forgot to insert a few 😉 😉 ;)'s in there somewhere. Oh by the way, O Canadian Sex Goddess… Got a pic? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/84 "2001-05-26T03:16:56Z")
The lack of smiley faces just shows you how very dry my wit is. 😛 Ginger ---
**Author:** ![Pepper\_Mill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Pepper\_Mill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pepper_Mill)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/85 "2001-05-26T04:00:40Z")
Not to long ago there was a thread asking what your porn name would be if you combined your first pet’s name with the name of the street you lived on. My first pet was a dog named Pepper. The street I grew-up on was Mill Road, so Pepper Mill. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/86 "2001-05-27T02:17:46Z")
There’s also an apartment complex called Pepper Mill Village in Prince Georges County, MD just east of the nation’s capital. Neidhart von Reuenthal was a 13th-century minstrel whose songs I liked a lot. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/87 "2001-05-27T02:45:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*There’s also an apartment complex called Pepper Mill Village in Prince Georges County, MD just east of the nation’s capital. > > Neidhart von Reuenthal was a 13th-century minstrel whose songs I liked a lot. \*\* And I thought you were referring to Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart… Dang. I’m a proud taxpayer in PG County, too! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/88 "2001-05-27T02:53:21Z")
Fuckin… frisbees and shit… ---
**Author:** ![Wastrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f17d59/32.png) [@Wastrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wastrel)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/89 "2001-05-27T08:45:56Z")
It means “one who wastes his resources.” A slacker. Yeah, that’s what I am. A lazyass slacker. Woohoo! -Wastrel ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/90 "2001-05-27T21:54:03Z")
> [@](#): > > And I thought you were referring to Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart… Dang. > > I’m a proud taxpayer in PG County, too! Who’s he, a professional wrestler? I’m actually in Fairfax County. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/91 "2001-05-27T22:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > Who’s he, a professional wrestler? Yup, sure was - a member of the Hart Foundation in the WWF with Bret “Hitman” Hart… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/92 "2001-05-28T04:53:13Z")
The burns I have received from falling down while skating. ---
**Author:** ![Harald\_Bluetooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@Harald\_Bluetooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harald_Bluetooth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/93 "2001-05-28T06:32:18Z")
Hi, all. New poster. I’m Geobabe’s younger-older brother, and she got me interested in the board. At first I thought I’d claim that Harald Bluetooth was an anagram, but the anagrams, while amusing, didn’t make sense as the source: - Earth lab holdout 😃 - That boulder halo 😕 - Hot balled author :eek: The name actually comes from the 10th century Viking King, Harald Bluetooth, who united warring Viking clans into an harmonious kingdom. The happy vikings then presumably were better able to rape and pillage the non-Viking world, since they weren’t spending so much time killing each other. I heard the name in reference to wireless communication. There’s a new RF transmission standard that goes by the name Bluetooth. I came across it in my Computer Security work and thought it had some character. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/94 "2001-05-28T06:55:45Z")
It isn’t something that I chose. I used to be a Secret Agent for the British government. One day I decided to resign. On that day, I was kidnapped, and taken to a secret island by a mysterious organization that wants some information I have. People on The Island are not allowed the luxury of names; we are all assigned numbers. **I am not a number! I am a human being!** [sub]Spread the word. I live. Number 2 will not break me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/95 "2001-05-28T07:08:42Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pepper Mill \* > \*\*Not to long ago there was a thread asking what your porn name would be if you combined your first pet’s name with the name of the street you lived on. My first pet was a dog named Pepper. The street I grew-up on was Mill Road, so Pepper Mill. \*\* Yeah, I’ve heard about that little porn name game. And I’d just like to ask… What kind of parents name your first pet **Scabby** When you live in a street named after Mr. **Grubb** ??? The first pet I had that I named myself was called **Mr. Greedy** , which didn’t appeal either. [/hijack] My nickname is my real life nickname in some quarters (Carol\>Caz\>Cazzle). How exciting and original is that?! ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/96 "2001-05-28T07:11:47Z")
Mine is just my nickname, I was in High school (first day in a new school) I got there like 40 minutes early why I don’t know it just happened that way. Anyway I find my first classroom tell the teacher I’m a new student and all. He was an old guy who talked really fun (I think his dentures were constantly coming unglued, or that was what the joke about him was. Anyway later on kids start pouring in the room right after the bell rang. Everyone takes their seats and the teacher says “class i want you to welcome our new student nicholas” although because he talked funny it came out NICKLZ. I was really branded with that nickname, when David P. saw me talking to a bunch of his friends across the street at lunch, so he walks up an said “hey it’s nicklz” After that it just stuck. ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/97 "2001-05-28T08:40:35Z")
Mine came from lyrics to “Here Is No Why”, by the Smashing Pumpkins: [sub]glitter burner by restless thoughs of being forgotten and in your sad machines you’ll forever be desperate and displeased with whoever you are and you’re a star[/sub] At the time when I registered, those lyrics had a lot of meaning to me… and the person who originally introuduced me to the Straight Dope was someone who I met in a pumpkins chat room. So there we go. [sup]grrr… stupid board maintenance. can’t they maintain the board sometime when i’m asleep or at school, say, between 9am and 9pm EST? grr…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/98 "2001-05-28T09:30:08Z")
Linear…Straight Crack…Dope My second choice was “Fred”. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/99 "2001-06-02T21:14:03Z")
[QUOTE Qadgop the Mercotan slithered flatly around the after-bulge of the tranship. One claw dug into the meters-thick armor of pure neutronium, then another. Its terrible xmex-like snout locked on. Its zymolosely polydactyl tongue crunched out, crashed down, rasped across. Slurp! Slurp! At each abrasive stroke the groove in the tranship’s plating deepened and Qadgop leered more fiercely. Fools! Did they think that the airlessness of absolute space, the heatlessness of absolute zero, the yieldlessness of absolute neutronium could stop QADGOP THE MERCOTAN? And the stowaway, that human wench Cynthia, cowering in helpless terror just beyond this thin and fragile wall… \*\*[/QUOTE] I am still shuddering… ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073/100 "2001-06-02T23:28:41Z")
Why “Broomstick”? Simple - I’ve been accused of flying them. Mind you, I picked that up 15 years before I even started working on the pilot’s license. As a teenager I was… a little abrassive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-you-get-your-handle/66073.md?page=6)