# Your user names! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829 "2009-10-14T20:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/21 "2009-10-14T21:29:33Z")
Just to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/22 "2009-10-14T21:37:58Z")
Song by _Mr. Bungle_, that I always liked the sound of. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/23 "2009-10-14T21:42:58Z")
Lucky Charms. (Duh, I think… but then again, maybe none of you has eaten any sugary cereal in a few decades and need a primer.) Specifically, back when I was a freshman in college, I saw one of those stupid little “personality tests” that was based on your favorite Lucky Charm marshmallow. Since I’d always liked the horseshoes best, being a typically horse-obsessed little girl, and since I fancied myself as being like the personality described in the text (don’t even remember what that was, now) I used the word when I was signing up for a free online email account, as the first eighty zillion permutations of my name that I tried first were already taken. That email account became my “pawn” account, for when I needed to give an email address for something so I could register, but knew it would put me on spam lists. So I wound up using it as a username in a few minor places, and the name stuck in my head as being “me.” Pass the milk. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/24 "2009-10-14T21:49:46Z")
I had recently lost my religion and felt foolish for all the years I’d followed blindly, hence I was a faith fool. Now I’m somewhat regaining my belief and I feel like a fool that I’d gone so long without it. Fortunately, it works either way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/25 "2009-10-14T21:54:58Z")
I’ve recounted this before. It came from an old message board at [www.shakespeare.com](http://www.shakespeare.com). People discussed various aspects, including the authorship question. You also could use any name you wanted for a post – a different name each time (there was no login). After one particularly silly post about who wrote the plays, I made a post pointing out just how ridiculous the post was. I planned to sign it “Reality Check,” but accidentally typed my first name: “Reality Chuck.” I liked it and kept it on the board. When I joined the SDMB, I used it, though I left out the space because I wasn’t sure the board would accept it. The rest is history. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/26 "2009-10-14T21:56:53Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I was a graphic designer by profession when I first signed up here. I used this handle on other boards at the time, but those were mostly to do with my profession. But, now I’m more of a CG modeler and animator, so the [cmyk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmyk) thing is sort of outdated. I still like it. > > How’s it pronounced? “See Em Why Kay.” > > What does it mean? > ■■■■ Cyan Magenta Yellow…K-black? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/27 "2009-10-14T21:59:36Z")
[In case someone here doesn’t know where my name is from.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRz_-0B1qw) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/28 "2009-10-14T21:59:38Z")
My name is Bo. I was (until injuries forced me to quit) a snowboarder. ---
**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 14, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/29 "2009-10-14T22:00:19Z")
What can I say? The [description](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/silenus.html) fits. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/30 "2009-10-14T22:06:26Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > It never occurred to me that people would read the name as “nori-new” until people started referring to me as “nori”. At that point I thought "Hey, they think I’m nori-new, _not_ norine w. Hmmm. Well, I _could_ change it. But to what? Nothing sprang to mind. > > By now, it’s gotten to a point where I think of _myself_ as “nori-new”. I’ve always pronounced your name as “Nor I Knew” and assumed it was a phonetic rendition of some archaic phrase, similar to “Ere I Knew.” Your explanation is therefore rather disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/31 "2009-10-14T22:09:32Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Cyan Magenta Yellow…K-black? 😕 From his link: _The “K” in CMYK stands for key since in four-color printing cyan, magenta, and yellow printing plates are carefully keyed or aligned with the key of the black key plate_ ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/32 "2009-10-14T22:18:35Z")
Because I’m the roughest, toughest, meanist hombre ever to come a-stompin out’a the Yukon! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/33 "2009-10-14T22:22:14Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > I’ve always pronounced your name as “Nor I Knew” and assumed it was a phonetic rendition of some archaic phrase, similar to “Ere I Knew.” > > Your explanation is therefore rather disappointing. Huh. Never heard _that_ one before. Sorry to disappoint. ☹ I have heard someone say they read it as “no renew” as in, when the board went pay-to-play, and then got all weird and shit. . . Still, no matter _how_ you read it, it’s really my first name, last initial. . . ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/34 "2009-10-14T22:22:39Z")
Almost chose DEBOLIVAR GAGNASTY, one of my favorite names, but chose the current one because; 1. It’s shorter. 2. Pretty much describes my normal state. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/35 "2009-10-14T22:30:57Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > I’ve always pronounced your name as “Nor I Knew” and assumed it was a phonetic rendition of some archaic phrase, similar to “Ere I Knew.” > > Your explanation is therefore rather disappointing. This is what I thought as well, except for the disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/36 "2009-10-14T22:34:06Z")
It’s the domain of my blog, when you add the .com. The reasons why I’m tumbled down are gone into there. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/37 "2009-10-14T22:50:37Z")
I was trying to be humorous/ironic. Gospel is usually associated with theists. I’m atheist. Many places won’t allow gospel to be used as a username. I didn’t even try here. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/38 "2009-10-14T23:06:24Z")
I live in Vancouver. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/39 "2009-10-14T23:08:22Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > [In case someone here doesn’t know where my name is from.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRz_-0B1qw) It’s how I like my women! ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-user-names/513829/40 "2009-10-14T23:13:20Z")
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