# yet another Doper name game! give it a shot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438 "2001-11-04T16:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/161 "2001-11-06T18:42:18Z")
Category 14: Family Member ``` UncleBeer UncleBill MamaHen FairyChatMom Rysdad AuntiePam Notthemama GrandfatherTrout Jarbabyj Medea's Child **Oncle Biere** ``` Category 8a: Greek Deities ``` Persephone Athena Zeus ares Chronos **tisiphone** ``` ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/162 "2001-11-06T20:56:17Z")
Hmmm I think we have almost enough for our own Tolkien gang…Eonwe, Faramir, and myself…I’m sure there’s another two or three out there somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/163 "2001-11-06T22:49:49Z")
[QUOTE] _Originally posted by Sublight \* **Category 5: Monty Python [li]Crunchy Frog[/li][li]Roger the Shrubber[/li][li]Otto (IIRC - from A Fish Called Wanda)[/li]**[li]naughty wicked zoot_\* \*\*[/li][/QUOTE] thanks, **sublight** , i was starting to feel left out! category:YUCK: ``` Yersenia Pestis ``` ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/164 "2001-11-09T17:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmmm I think we have almost enough for our own Tolkien gang…Eonwe, Faramir, and myself…I’m sure there’s another two or three out there somewhere… **Maeglin** checks in. We also have a **Sauron** and an **Alatar** out there. ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/165 "2001-11-09T17:16:57Z")
First of all, I would like to point out that my name is **JellyDonut** and not **Jelly Donut** Secondly, **clayton\_e** belongs in the category for people whose nicks derive from their names IRL. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/166 "2001-11-09T20:42:53Z")
To get in this game, it looks like I have to add a category. Amphibian Crunchy Frog Toadspittle DaToad ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/167 "2001-11-09T23:51:42Z")
And in the category of: WILD ANIMALS THAT SH\*T IN THE WOODS: Swampbear BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH ---
**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 12, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/168 "2001-11-12T12:54:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\*And in the category of: > > WILD ANIMALS THAT SH\*T IN THE WOODS: > > Swampbear > > BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH \*\* Let’s make that **Ursines** , shall we? Swampbear purplebear Bear\_Nenno ---
**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 12, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/169 "2001-11-12T12:56:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > Let’s make that **Ursines** , shall we? > > Swampbear > purplebear > Bear\_Nenno \*\* …and at the moment I clicked “Submit” I thought “Oh shit – I forgot **gobear** …” ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/170 "2001-11-14T18:09:49Z")
Category 4: Wordplay Add: Hugh Jass moe.ron ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/171 "2001-11-14T19:12:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arwen \* > \*\*Hmmm I think we have almost enough for our own Tolkien gang…Eonwe, Faramir, and myself…I’m sure there’s another two or three out there somewhere… \*\* Do I count? A bit obscure, but Belladonna _was_ Bilbo’s mama’s name… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/172 "2001-11-14T19:14:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > Edibles: > Jelly Donut > mmm forbidden donut > GingerOfTheNorth > Nacho4Sara > tatertot > Cabbage > broccoli! > pezpunk > BarBQSauce > **Green Bean** Harumph! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/173 "2001-11-14T19:51:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Arwen \* > > \*\*Hmmm I think we have almost enough for our own Tolkien gang…Eonwe, Faramir, and myself…I’m sure there’s another two or three out there somewhere… \*\* > > Do I count? A bit obscure, but Belladonna _was_ Bilbo’s mama’s name… \*\* Definitely!! I’m psyched to see others… I couldn’t think of any of you other Tolkien folk to start one before, so let’s do it now! Category (3 rings + 7 rings + 9 rings + 1 ring to rule them all = 20… I think we’ve already got a category 20… oh well): Tolkien Characters Eonwe Faramir Arwen Maeglin Sauron Alatar Belladonna ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/174 "2001-11-14T20:36:11Z")
Category 28: Doper names that stem from the doper’s real name bouv waterj2 matt\_mcl David B Lynn Bodoni John Corrado BooBoo316 dono cmkeller Eve **Ellen** ahem **tomndeb** (guessing) **justinh** **Category name suggestion: Buy me a vowel** rjk dpr **DRY** Category 17: A Flock of Birds MsRobyn Wood Thrush Corvus Colibri brachyrhynchos robinh screech-owl Darwin’s Finch woodstockbirdybird Duck Duck Goose Many Crows Corvidae The Raven Lark JBirdman12 hesredbird Birdie Ma Parrot sandpiper Ivorybill **RickJay kingpengvin** **New category:** Real-sounding pseudonyms **Jonathan Chance Arnold Winkelried** (Heck, maybe it IS his name, but I seem to remember him saying once that it was some obscure reference…) Add to Literary characters **JubilationTCornpone** ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/175 "2001-11-15T17:16:36Z")
**Category 28: Doper names that stem from the doper’s real name:** bouv waterj2 matt\_mcl David B Lynn Bodoni John Corrado BooBoo316 dono cmkeller Eve Osiris Jill Gat Ellen tomndeb justinh Gartog **Diane Strainger WeirdDave Ed Zotti Jodi JimB Kyla KelliBelli pldennison Deb2World Zette** **Places:** alice\_in\_wonderland Arden Ranger manhattan dlgirl moronmountain aegypt Johnny L.A. **London Calling** **Category 27: One of the Guys** Astroboy Superdude PlanMan stuyguy China Guy The Man Who Archive Guy ThatGuyWithPants **BoiToi** **Edibles:** Jelly Donut mmm forbidden donut GingerOfTheNorth Nacho4Sara tatertot Cabbage broccoli! pezpunk BarBQSauce **Diane** Kidding. Scratch that last one. ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/176 "2001-11-15T17:39:53Z")
Need I say more?? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/177 "2001-11-15T17:44:13Z")
Diane, didn’t you notice I put you under heavenly bodies. 😛 Category: Song references London Calling Kid Charlemagne Tranquilis 😃 (Only reference I found on the web!) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/178 "2001-11-15T18:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ellen \* > \*\* > **New category:** Real-sounding pseudonyms > **Jonathan Chance > Arnold Winkelried** (Heck, maybe it IS his name, but I seem to remember him saying once that it was some obscure reference…)_\* Finally, after four pages, a category I fit into. Or I could start a new one: **The Jacks** Jack Batty Jackmannii panamajack ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/179 "2001-11-16T03:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Diane, didn’t you notice I put you under heavenly bodies Well you little sweetie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438/180 "2001-11-16T03:11:26Z")
Steps up to the plate, mostly out of a morbid curiousity to see what ya’ll will do with me. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-doper-name-game-give-it-a-shot/91438.md?page=10)