# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/41 "2010-11-15T06:55:59Z")
I used to work in a machine shop, doing lathe and mill work. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/42 "2010-11-15T07:36:07Z")
A science fiction author coined my name (a variant spelling of, actually) as a name for robotic arms. I’d change, if I could think of anything I liked better. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/43 "2010-11-15T08:06:23Z")
Peanut vendors at the ballpark shouting “Peanuts here” sounded like they were shouting “Peanuthead”. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/44 "2010-11-15T09:19:46Z")
Professionally I’m more into mollusks than ungulates. Also I lurk more than I post. Thus … ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/45 "2010-11-15T09:30:39Z")
No really… ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/46 "2010-11-15T09:40:14Z")
[The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper%27s_Ready#.22The_Guaranteed_Eternal_Sanctuary_Man.22). ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/47 "2010-11-15T10:40:22Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > 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. Sounds Finnish to me 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/48 "2010-11-15T10:42:03Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > A secret Sounds like a misspelled Magyar name. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/49 "2010-11-15T11:30:59Z")
_Gargantua & Pantagruel_ by Rabelais. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/50 "2010-11-15T11:39:06Z")
A character from \*Tigana \*by Guy Gavriel Kay. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/51 "2010-11-15T12:24:53Z")
I picked it after seeing a William Hogarth exhibition. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/52 "2010-11-15T12:37:12Z")
I used to be **jr8** , which was my initials + an extra character added for length. Someone told me that they pronounced this as “gyrate” and I decided I liked that better. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/53 "2010-11-15T13:37:19Z")
I was in the middle of a masters dissertation on [this play](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein_%28play%29?bcsi_scan_E291EE93405B6E72=+z3Q5ExHWWf+qiStLy1mxfUXve8XAAAAZOhKBQ==). ---
**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 15, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/54 "2010-11-15T14:11:06Z")
I was raised Catholic. Now not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/55 "2010-11-15T14:13:16Z")
Clothahump is the name of the wise old turtle wizard in Alan Dean Foster’s SPELLSINGER novel series. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/56 "2010-11-15T15:58:37Z")
It used to be my job. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/57 "2010-11-15T16:23:10Z")
I was a huge Andrew Lloyd Webber fan long before he and Jim Steinman wrot the musical Whistle Down the Wind, which included the song “Annie Christmas.” One of my names is Anne, and I was born on 25/December. ---
**Author:** ![ratmanizhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@ratmanizhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratmanizhere)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/58 "2010-11-15T16:38:32Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Clothahump is the name of the wise old turtle wizard in Alan Dean Foster’s SPELLSINGER novel series. I thought that name sounded familiar, but couldn’t place it! Thanks to a certain '72 film of a rodent and Michael Jackson’s song of the same name. I just happen to have the same first name. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/59 "2010-11-15T18:33:50Z")
The Latin plural of my last name. Someone used it to refer to my family (wife and I have 4 boys)…as in “Here come the Bori”. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/60 "2010-11-15T23:15:07Z")
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