# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/81 "2010-11-16T19:28:30Z")
I stole mine from a guy named Varlos Z. Xxxxxxxxxx. I did not ask permission. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/82 "2010-11-16T19:31:31Z")
The “Knead” part refers to back-rubs. The “ToKnow” is meant to be in the biblical sense. In other words, “rub my back right, and I’ll wind up cooking us breakfast.” ---
**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 16, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/83 "2010-11-16T19:36:08Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [obligatory]Inconceivable![/obligatory] Darn you, Chimp! Darn you to heck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/84 "2010-11-16T21:04:26Z")
Character on The Andy Griffith Show. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/85 "2010-11-16T21:10:31Z")
It sounds bad-ass. Srsly. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/86 "2010-11-16T21:19:46Z")
Funny. I always pictured a drunk hobo with a Star Wars fixation. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/87 "2010-11-16T21:21:57Z")
> [@3waygeek](#): > > My three undergraduate majors – physics, maths, and computer engineering. Oh. I thought you were just kinky. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/88 "2010-11-16T22:20:00Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Funny. I always pictured a drunk hobo with a Star Wars fixation. You don’t think that’s bad-ass? ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/89 "2010-11-16T23:22:20Z")
My friend from high school used to say the names of random things backwards and it would annoy me to no end. One day, I needed a new SN for AIM so I chose Tr0psn4j, which is the backwards version of Jansport with numbers instead of letters for “o” and “a”. I’ve come to hate the name though since it’s pretty much unpronounceable. People online have shorten it to “trope” so I am slowly making the switch from tr0psn4j to Trope. As a sort of an aside, my very first username was Ozzymage. This was back when we’d go on #e-league to play Magic: The Gathering. Ozzy as in the musician and mage as in a type of wizard. Had that name for years but I’ve never really liked Ozzy as a singer and hated everyone asking me if I’m Australian. I don’t have any clue why I ever picked that god awful name or why I kept it for so long. Trope I like though. It’s short and sort of unique. I haven’t seen anyone with a similar name, although TV Tropes has trope in it’s name. Worst part about Trope is some idiots pronounce it “troop.” Like, seriously, guys? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/90 "2010-11-16T23:28:00Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The “Knead” part refers to back-rubs. The “ToKnow” is meant to be in the biblical sense. In other words, “rub my back right, and I’ll wind up cooking us breakfast.” Your post should have been “You don’t.” Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/91 "2010-11-16T23:33:51Z")
I had a dream that I had written a children’s book about an 8 year old boy that never aged. His name was Nars Glinley. I have no idea where my subconscious got the name from. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/92 "2010-11-17T04:20:31Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I had a dream that I had written a children’s book about an 8 year old boy that never aged. His name was Nars Glinley. I have no idea where my subconscious got the name from. By any chance have you had a lifelong dream of selling yarn? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/93 "2010-11-17T04:36:54Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 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. **Annie** , there are a couple of stories about Annie Christmas in B.A. Botkin’s _Treasury of Southern Folklore_. Interesting character. I am very much a “last-adopter” of technology - have only had a cellphone for about four years, a computer about ten. I’ve never sent a text or tweeted or used Skype, or even downloaded music from the Internet. My car has a cassette player and I’ve only gotten cable TV since getting married last year - at my wife’s insistence. On the information superhighway, I am the one with the “Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle” sign. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/94 "2010-11-17T12:29:50Z")
A fictional character in a fictional town of my own creation. I’ve written a couple hundred of these: [The Report from Potter’s Point](http://www.teemings.net/series_2/issue_01/potters_point.html). Vern doesn’t appear in this particular installment. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/95 "2010-11-17T12:33:01Z")
A family nickname I’ve had since 1967 (when I was 4) - I used to go ‘woot! woot!’ when I’d see trains. Still love trains - just not as vocal about it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/96 "2010-11-17T13:38:30Z")
I wanted the most glorious name possible. And I had just watched a certain episode of Futurama. ---
**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 17, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/97 "2010-11-17T15:26:40Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I wanted the most glorious name possible. And I had just watched a certain episode of Futurama. The prominent warts had nought to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Larzipan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@Larzipan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larzipan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/98 "2010-11-17T15:31:11Z")
My cousin’s boyfriend nicknamed me Larz, which stuck pretty quickly. Then my cousin came up with Larzipan, and that’s what I use on websites when Larz is already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/99 "2010-11-17T15:48:57Z")
Named after a childhood hero. No idea what it brings to mind for non-brits. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677/100 "2010-11-17T15:54:00Z")
From [this.](http://unerulupinar.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/24131192_afcbaf3488_o.jpg) Originally just wanted ‘Kobayashi’, but it was taken - so I joined the illustrious ranks of Dopers with ‘Mr.’ in their name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-your-username-come-from/560677.md?page=6)