# Where'd your username come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677 "2010-11-14T21:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![supergalactic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/1 "2010-11-14T21:29:22Z")
I was kinda high on a random Saturday night and it floated into my head. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/2 "2010-11-14T21:43:12Z")
initials and year I was born. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/3 "2010-11-14T23:12:29Z")
My mom. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/4 "2010-11-14T23:23:09Z")
**[[SIZE=“4”]I’m covered in bees!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo)**[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/5 "2010-11-14T23:26:38Z")
It’s a nick name some friends gave me, after witnessing or hearing about my various antics. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/6 "2010-11-14T23:27:51Z")
A [GMPC](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GMPC) I cooked up with the Palladium Fantasy RPG rules many years ago. I keep meaning to get my username changed, but I never remember to look into it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/7 "2010-11-14T23:46:02Z")
One of my hobbies is growing CPs. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/8 "2010-11-14T23:52:16Z")
It’s what I do and what I always imagined myself doing, from when I was small. Now I’m not so sure… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/9 "2010-11-15T00:01:57Z")
It’s the domain of my cobwebbed-and-should-be-shuttered blog and initially came from a song lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/10 "2010-11-15T00:02:40Z")
Emil Khadaji is the main character in the book _The Man Who Never Missed._ ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/11 "2010-11-15T00:04:07Z")
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/12 "2010-11-15T00:07:03Z")
I was going to have **Weedy Seadragon** as a user name (because they are cute and I like them), but there is someone else here with the name **seadragontattoo** , and I thought it might get confusing (I always get all the **cat** people mixed up). So I shortened it to **Weedy**. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/13 "2010-11-15T00:08:55Z")
Zefram Cochrane from Star Trek. I originally tried to sign up as Barclay (Lt. Reg Barclay) on another message board and it was taken. So, I figured why not take the name of the man who made warp flight possible, at least as far as Earth vessels are concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/14 "2010-11-15T00:57:55Z")
Thread on “What is your Star wars name?” ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/15 "2010-11-15T01:10:38Z")
Intentional misspelling of Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/16 "2010-11-15T01:19:28Z")
From the psychohistorian in Asimov’s Foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/17 "2010-11-15T01:54:09Z")
A song by The Bobs. [Mr. Duality](http://www.lyricsg.com/178901/lyrics/thebobs/mrduality.html) ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/18 "2010-11-15T02:03:43Z")
_A Clockwork Orange_ ---
**Author:** ![Soliloquy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/19 "2010-11-15T02:13:56Z")
Soliloquy is one of my all-time favorite words. I love the repeated “l” sound and the “quy” sound at the end. Then, a couple of months ago, there was a Facebook meme that asked us to describe people using the third letter of our own first name. I used the word soliloquy to describe my boyfriend, and he totally got it. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/20 "2010-11-15T02:14:04Z")
[From Ms Tori Amos…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr0wRxVr30k) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677.md?page=2)