# Witty Doper names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469 "2006-03-29T22:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/81 "2006-04-01T18:50:16Z")
…and funny you should show your handle 'round here, **Beware of Doug**. That one always gets me too. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/82 "2006-04-02T02:29:53Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > … My current favorite has to be **Typo Knig** , I don’t remember any **Typo Mna**. … ```auto Thankew! ``` I saw that and was flattered - until I searched on **typo\_mna**. Sure enough, there was a Doper by that handle. I **thought** I was being original. :wally At least **I** registered. Well, at least my [thread=350645]wife registered me[/thread]. You won’t be rid of me that easily! ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/83 "2006-04-02T14:47:11Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > **pretend** , your handle puts me in mind of a hardbodied, be-freckled grrljock with glorious wavy red hair, who fixes me with huge pale blue eyes, slowly unzips the top of her skintight speedskating suit and whispers, “…_but you can call me Chris._” Have we met before or something…? I like your username, too, but I’m afraid it conjours no disturbing/erotic images at this end. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/84 "2006-04-03T01:37:13Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ah, so that explains your otherwise surrealist post. I’m glad to know my comment made such a lasting impression on you. It’s had me asking myself whether it’s ‘four-by-two’ or ‘two-by-four’ ever since! ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/85 "2006-04-03T03:59:32Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Your being in an altered state and apparently speaking Spanish makes me suspicious that you’re me in disguise. It would explain a lot, really. No es verdad. Creo que usted es borracho. 😉 [sub]Soy una cosa de su imaginación[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/86 "2006-04-03T04:14:50Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > No es verdad. Creo que usted es borracho. 😉 > [sub]Soy una cosa de su imaginación[/sub] Que _soy_ borracho? Hombre, le digo algo – a veces estoy borracho, pero no lo _soy_! ;j ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/87 "2006-04-03T09:26:39Z")
I have to say I am fond of the username **fetus**. Why? Well, because of it’s funky [pronounciation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7119052&postcount=28), that’s why! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/88 "2006-04-03T15:59:58Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I have to say I am fond of the username **fetus**. Why? Well, because of it’s funky [pronounciation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7119052&postcount=28), that’s why! 😛 I’ve also noted that my username can, alternatively, be pronounced fet-WAH, in its original French. ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/89 "2006-04-03T16:06:41Z")
Martini Enfield because it’s one of the coolest rifles ever made. The Martini has great style, mechanics, a myriad of different configurations over the years, different chamberings (really neat cartridges), etc. Colibri - because Colibrí means hummingbird in Spanish, and it’s one of my favourite animals. I also shoot a lot .22 Long rimfire ammunition called Clobrí and Super Colibrí that fire a 20gr bullet at 2 different ‘low’ velocities (NOT for shooting the little things, it’s just there name). They have a small hummingbird on the bottom of the cartridge. ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/90 "2006-04-03T16:13:03Z")
Witty? My selections were more just “favourite” :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :o ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/91 "2006-04-03T16:13:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Among the truly clever ones are some real jewels: > > Broken Wind > Shirley Ujest > Hugh Jass > Ellis Dee > Quasimodem and Quasimodal Yay! Someone likes my name! Thanks! 😃 Came out of a music theory class. I was bored and we were discussing the modes of the scale. Someone asked me if a certain section was using a particular mode, and I replied “It’s quasimodal” Musicians always like the name My favs have pretty much been mentioned: Patty O’ Furniture Shirley Ujest Least Original User Name Ever ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/92 "2006-04-03T17:01:11Z")
There used to be someone on Straight Dope who went by **The Bitterdrunk Kid** , but I haven’t seen him for ages. That’s one of my favorite online aliases ever. I don’t wish that I’d thought of it because knowing that someone else out there did makes me feel better about the world. **Merry Squirrels** became **Pucette** , but I liked **Merry Squirrels** better. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/93 "2006-04-03T17:11:47Z")
Aw man, I bet I’ve seen **Ellis Dee** ’s name a hundred times and never caught that, had to be splained to me. Same with **SofaKing**. His time here was short but I did laugh at **Shut the fuck up, Donny!** ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/94 "2006-04-03T19:27:08Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Pretty darn close as far as pronunciation goes (as compared to my own). I always thought it was a play on the word _dénouement_, meaning the conclusiong of a storyline. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/95 "2006-04-04T01:11:39Z")
> [@Quasimodal](#): > > Yay! Someone likes my name! Thanks! 😃 > > Came out of a music theory class. I was bored and we were discussing the modes of the scale. Someone asked me if a certain section was using a particular mode, and I replied “It’s quasimodal” Musicians always like the name > > My favs have pretty much been mentioned: > Patty O’ Furniture > Shirley Ujest > Least Original User Name Ever I think I may owe you an apology, and it is hereby given, red-faced. :o See, I thought it was a “take-off” on my own nickname when I first saw it. I realize now that this is not the case, and I humbly apologize for my arrogance. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/96 "2006-04-04T04:24:08Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I think I may owe you an apology, and it is hereby given, red-faced. :o > > See, I thought it was a “take-off” on my own nickname when I first saw it. > > I realize now that this is not the case, and I humbly apologize for my arrogance. > > Thanks > > Q No worries modem. In all honesty I didn’t see your name until after I posted for the first time. I was amazed someone else did a take on the same thing. Great minds do think alike! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/97 "2006-04-04T04:38:44Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > Que _soy_ borracho? Hombre, le digo algo – a veces estoy borracho, pero no lo _soy_! ;j :smack: ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/98 "2006-04-04T04:41:04Z")
I miss **FireUnderpantsBoobs**. I believe she is **AwSnappity** now, which I also like. But, come on. Fire and underpants? _And boobs?_ That’s gonna be one hell of a day. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/99 "2006-04-04T14:37:53Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Aw man, I bet I’ve seen **Ellis Dee** ’s name a hundred times and never caught that, had to be splained to me. > > Same with **SofaKing**. Had to say them both aloud a couple of times just now - Duh to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469/100 "2006-04-04T17:13:00Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > :smack: No se preocupe, yo hago lo mismo siempre. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-doper-names/350469.md?page=4)