# Whose user name do you envy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374 "2004-10-15T13:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/1 "2004-10-15T13:56:30Z")
There are lots of great names on the board, but two spring to mind when I ask myself this question. One is **Chronos**. It just has a terrific sound to it and it’s probably meaningful to him, as well. It wouldn’t apply to me at all but I just like it. The other is **The Devil’s Grandmother**. I love the image I get with this! Wish I’d thought of it first. There are lots of others that I like, but those are a couple of favorites off the top of my head. Which names do you wish yours was as cool as? (Hey, I’m Southern. I can make up convoluted sentences that end with prepositions if I want to! Look, I did it again!) ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/2 "2004-10-15T14:06:14Z")
I’m going to have to go with **Shirley Ujest**. Play on words, humorous and witty at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/3 "2004-10-15T14:43:01Z")
I always really liked **Diogenes the Cynic**. I also like **Filthy Beast of Meat and Hair**. Hmm. two oppiste ends of the specturm, that. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/4 "2004-10-15T14:43:38Z")
The first two that come to mind are **Shirley Ujest** and **cc waterback**. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/5 "2004-10-15T14:57:39Z")
> [@OldBroad](#): > > The first two that come to mind are **Shirley Ujest** \*\*. (yes I deleted the other half of the two) Me three. Major jealousy…well maybe that is just cause I hate my name. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/6 "2004-10-15T14:58:52Z")
The one I really wish I’d thought of first is **Watcher of the Skies** , which comes from the John Keats’ poem “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”. _Then felt I like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific, - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise, - Silent, upon a peak in Darien…_ Yes, it was Balboa, not Cortez. I’m also envious of the names **Flamsterette\_X** and **Bosda Di’Tri of Chicor**. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/7 "2004-10-15T15:00:11Z")
Ooops… make that **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor**. I think. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/8 "2004-10-15T15:04:58Z")
I’ve always kind of liked the user names **Czarcasm, Diogenes the Cynic** and **Mangetout** ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/9 "2004-10-15T15:07:52Z")
Deep Fried is the coolest. I just wish I could spell it like they do. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/10 "2004-10-15T15:14:13Z")
Another vote for Shirley Ujest - and Rue de Day. Of course, I’d love to see a post by Shirley followed by someone with the username “Don’t Call Me Shirley”. I also like Czarcasm - boy I’m good at bandwagon jumping, aren’t I? CrazyCatLady just brings up great images - Lobsang because I am a Pratchett fan. There are plenty of usernames that I’m sure are a giant whoosh to me. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/11 "2004-10-15T15:48:44Z")
I’ve always liked **Czarcasm**. Though I wouldn’t want it for myself, **look!ninjas** is a pretty cool name; it parses in my mind exactly as I would expect a badly-dubbed Japanese samurai to say it. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/12 "2004-10-15T15:56:24Z")
I almost forgot **Inigo Montoya** 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/13 "2004-10-15T15:58:37Z")
I think \*\*iampunha \*\* has this really weird ring. Its funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/14 "2004-10-15T15:59:14Z")
I’ve always liked **Mirror Image egamI rorriM** and **I Love Me, Vol. I** myself. Another vote for **Czarcasm** here too. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/15 "2004-10-15T16:15:50Z")
**Bambi Hassenpfeffer**. The fact that the Doper in question is a guy makes it all the more delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/16 "2004-10-15T16:19:01Z")
I, too, love **Shirley Ujest**. I also envy all the Narnia names - I wish I’d thought of **Jadis** before she did. There’s a couple other Narnia names running around, but I can’t think of them at the moment. I also like **Keeweenaw**. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/17 "2004-10-15T16:20:57Z")
There’s a guest called **New Yorklebees** , which just tickles me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/18 "2004-10-15T16:24:05Z")
I love the image that **CandidGamera** brings to mind… a giant flying turtle with the head of Allen Funt. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/19 "2004-10-15T16:32:27Z")
**Czarcasm** and **Coldfire** are my favorites. Oh, and **Qadgop!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374/20 "2004-10-15T16:50:35Z")
I thought **Sofa King** worked well both ways. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-user-name-do-you-envy/269374.md?page=2)