# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/21 "2010-11-15T02:23:32Z")
An obscure author. ---
**Author:** ![seanchai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@seanchai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seanchai)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/22 "2010-11-15T02:49:55Z")
The Irish word meaning ‘storyteller’ on account of, I am hooked on history, biography, genealogy … and listening to the geriatric patients’ stories. The nickname was given me by an Irish-speaking patient some decades ago. I have been accused of finding the name in some sci-fi story but this is a false assumption. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/23 "2010-11-15T02:58:31Z")
Guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/24 "2010-11-15T03:03:04Z")
I may not even like cashews but I do like ridiculous names and **MikeG** was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/25 "2010-11-15T03:09:02Z")
Thought of it all on my own, without help from anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/26 "2010-11-15T03:09:45Z")
Altitude ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/27 "2010-11-15T03:27:55Z")
The [description](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/silenus.html) fit. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/28 "2010-11-15T03:30:03Z")
I like platypuses, but I am not one. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/29 "2010-11-15T03:31:17Z")
It’s an old family name. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/30 "2010-11-15T03:48:32Z")
It’s a variation of my cat’s name, which is Towelfish. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/31 "2010-11-15T04:08:32Z")
camp counselor name + high school graduation year ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/32 "2010-11-15T04:19:54Z")
Sisu = The literal meaning is equivalent in English to “having guts”. But really means being full of piss and vinegar! Sisu is defined by a long-term element in it; it is not momentary courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds. Deciding on a course of action and the sticking to that decision against repeated failures is sisu. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/33 "2010-11-15T04:35:31Z")
A character in the webcomic _Schlock Mercenary_, whose name is in turn a Star Trek reference (“Red Shirt” backwards). ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/34 "2010-11-15T05:19:19Z")
Obligatory wikipedia linky: [Banshee - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/35 "2010-11-15T05:20:04Z")
A character in a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023293/) (I didn’t include the honorific, since I didn’t earn it). Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/36 "2010-11-15T05:24:58Z")
A secret ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/37 "2010-11-15T05:27:11Z")
I used to play lacrosse (lax) at Western Michigan University. My jersey number was… wait for it… 93. I need a new username. That guy disappeared about 30 pounds ago. How do I make a shitty, unpronounceable user name out of “high school English teacher in Phoenix, AZ”? hsEtPhxAZ? That’s even worse than I have now! My name at Giraffe’s board was changed to Standard American White Guy; I might have to make that move here, too. My students (at an inner city school) are fascinated by my milquetoast, white-bread lifestyle. I love to indulge them with stories about my 401(k) and mortgage after they tell me about what’s going on in the hood! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/38 "2010-11-15T05:47:00Z")
I design passive-solar houses. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/39 "2010-11-15T06:36:40Z")
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts was a fictional character created by Rube Goldberg. He is famed for making complicated machines to preform simple tasks. I am a fan of the concept. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/40 "2010-11-15T06:51:34Z")
It’s the Spanish avian version of my stage name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677.md?page=3)