What's In a Name?

[lustandrhymeremover]

Righty. Don't know if this has been done and forgotten before, or maybe it should be woven in with some other thread, but one of my favorite things to find out is how people get their Screen Names. I've heard some really funny stories before, but looking at some of your names - I bet there are some here that could really give us all a good laugh.



Personally, the story behind mine is kind of mundane. My mom is a real handy-Mandy and spent some time doing a lot of work in a warehouse painting some lines on the floor (isn't that exciting?). My mom happens to have this terrible affliction of mixing her words all around though. So upon finding that Rust & Lime Remover got rid of paint smears, she gleefully told her boss, "Hey! You can get the footprints off with Lust & Rhyme Remover" Something none of us will ever forget and seemed oddly appropriate for the board.



So what's the story on your name? Even if you don't think it's very interesting, my inquisitive nature would love to know!

"Pronouns make it hard to keep our sexual orientation a secret when our co-workers ask us about our weekend. 'I had a great time with...THEM.' Great! Now they don't think you're queer, just a big slut!"-Judy Carter

[Sheridan]

Well mine is equally easy. I was a big Babylon 5 fan and I started using Blackstar as a name for a few stories I wrote and put online. They were kind of dark so naturally when I wanted to do 'nice' stuff I chose the nemesis of the Blackstar, and I've been Sheridan ever since.

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Willow: ...I have to tell you....

Tara: No, I understand you have to be with the
person you l-love

Willow: I am

[WbBuffyfan00]

OK....so this is just to show how totally unoriginal I can be at times. When I started watching Buffy I was really into several shows on the WB....can't tell you what they were now...but that's really not the point. So....as I became more and more obsessed with Buffy I wanted to have a Buffy email address. So after going through many many variations of buffy fan screen names...I settled on putting the WB in it because I wasn't just a Buffy fan....but a fan of the WB. The 00 was added...because guess what year I really got into Buffy????? If you guess 2000 then you get the prize!!! So anyway....since Buffy moved I didn't want to change my screen name since it was my primary email address. So there it is in all of the boring glory.



-Amy

[xita]

I got mine from an x-files book. It talked about a mythical mayan city called xitaclan. I was looking for a screen name and I thought xitaclan might suit me since, well I could get it and not have numbers around me and sort of have to do with me. People took to calling me xita and as I moved ISPs I eventually shortened it to xita.

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Childie -"Not all girls are raving bloody lesbians, you know!"

George - "That's a misfortune of which I am perfectly well aware."

The Killing of Sister George

[Dumbsaint]

And then we shortened it even further to X-Box! Only... that's still four letters, huh? And an added hyphen. So I guess it's actually longer. Well crap.



As for me, over the past few years I've gone through screenames the way most other women go through pairs of shoes. Dumbsaint is from a Kerouac tidbit, "Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind." I just kinda... liked it. Still do. I couldn't get it on AOL, or yahoo, but it hadn't been taken in the online Buffyverse so I snagged it. Just 'cause I always wanted to be Dumbsaint somewhere. Hee. It's just cool, I think, in a dumbstruck by the world's insanity kinda way. Which is very much me.



Of course, around here I seem to mostly go by variations of "ho."

[Triscuit7]

Well, Darcy would ask which one since I answer to a lot of different ones. She thinks I have too many:



1) Triscuit - internet only - I was feeling really awful one day and mentioned it in a post to an e-friend. I think I actually said "crumby". She knew I was from WV originally (she's from TN) and since the general WV mentality can be described pejoratively as "cracker" she started calling me Triscuit.... Which I like a lot, actually.



2) Mel or Melis - shortened version of my given name (Melissa); easy to say/type quickly. Both are okay.



3) Corky - nickname used by Darcy, her family and our joint circle of friends. It came about as a sort of defensive measure when I started playing softball in Phila. Melissa is usually shortened to Missy which I simply can't stand. The only Missy I knew at home in WV was a brunette version of Harmony. Ewww.... Anyway, Darcy and I came up with Corky while out walking one night some 18 years ago - I think the thought process involved a Corcoran motorbike somewhere. I found out later that her grandmother had once had a dog named Corky..... Oh well.



Ciao, Melissa (aka Triscuit aka Corky )

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I brought marshmallows!

[WebWarlock]

I have been Web Warlock on the net for about 6 or 7 years now.



I made web pages and my site, the Other Side, was dedicated to witches so Web Warlock sorta called out to me. I shorten it to 'Warlock' as an informality.



I have also been "Urban Druid" and "HarveySIU" my nickname in college was Harvey and that was at SIU. And a few others. But Warlock sticks with me and most people on the net in the circles I run around know that name.



Warlock

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Web Warlock

The Other Side, home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

"Every great band should be shot before they make their 'Combat Rock'!"- Too Much Joy, "Hugo"

[Warduke]

I got mine from my favorite cartoon in the 80s, Dungeons and Dragons, Warduke was a bounty hunter I saw in an episode, I loved the character and I loved the name, so I took it

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Stand and tremble at the sight of Durin’s Bane

[Arwen]

Mine is from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I'm a huge fan, so I wanted to pick something from the book. Since my given name often confuses people as to whether or not I'm male or female (Devon), I wanted to also pick a name that sounded feminine as well. Plus, Arwen is a pretty name, and while there's Galadriel, I couldn't presume to call myself that!



I originally wanted to use something witchy, cuz well, I am one. For some reason it didn't feel right on the board though, oddly enough.

[La]

Here I use just "La", but that's usually too short for other screen name stuff, so then I use lasahana, which is a conglomeration of my first, middle and last names. La comes from Lauren, which would be my name . A friend of mine had a little brother who couldn't say Lauren and who instead called me "Lala". My friend started calling me that, which she eventually shortened to "La", and some other people picked it up and started calling me La too. I like it Short and sweet.

~La

You know you’ve been in Korea too long when you return to the States, and instead of sitting on your bed to show a friend some photos, you settle down in the middle of the floor and she laughs at you.

[mscheckmate]

I don't play chess. My screen name is an obscure homage to my Arabic-Spanish ancestors. I tried to register as "checkmate," on Yahoo, but it was already taken. I didn't want to add my initials or a set of numbers to it, so I just put Ms. in front of it. And I just got into the habit of using it on all of my non-Yahoo boards as well.



And that's probably way too much information.

Edited by: mscheckmate at: 8/27/02 11:50:49 pm

[theatremouse]

utterly boring roots. mouse is what my ex used to call me, and i liked it, but it never stuck with anyone else, tho for a while her new person only knew me by that name.... and i'm a thespian (let's not even bother counting the puns, shall we?) soooo, that's that. i liked it.

oh, wow, and i just remembered a wrote a children's story about a mouse in a theatre called the theatre mouse, but it was sappy, but i liked but that was YEARS before the afforementioned gf. wow. i completely forgot. dont ask me what made me just remember.

my brain works oddly if at all....

anyway, that's my story.

peace.

Willow: It's horrible! That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.

[bowieinberlin]

Oh yeah, mine's so easy... I love Bowie... and I love the stuff he did during his Berlin era ('78-'80)... "Low" is such my favorite album... so Bowie was brilliant in Berlin... get it? alliteration AND homage. fun.

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"There was a fish ... IN the percolator."

[slayer747]

mine? simple.. "slayer" for Faith's sake (not Buffy... my e-mail is 'rogueslayer747@hotmail.com') and the 747 stands for the number of letters of my first name, then my second first name then my surname.

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"Sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong, and those are the ones that change your life." - Jessie "Once and Again"

[AutumnT]

OK, stay with me because this is going to get kinda complex and long. I got my name from the fact that it is my name. And I always have to add the T because someone who isn't really named Autumn snatches up my name which frankly irks me. I mean the nerve.

Autumn

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Buffy Season 6: It grated, like something forced in where it doesn't belong.

[BBOvenGuy]

BB = my initials. Bob Black



OvenGuy = what I did until a little over a year ago. I spent nine years as a part of the Engineering and Quality Assurance departments at DACOR, manufacturer of ridiculously priced kitchen appliances.



I started using the name when I still worked at DACOR. Now I keep it for continuity and also as a reminder of what I might have to go back to if I don't keep working to make it as a writer.

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"A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly" - Thomas Merton

[Elianna]

My user name is Elianna, because, guess what? I'm unoriginal and can't think of anything besides my given name. And in many places, it's already taken, which is very surprising to me, but that's another story.



And I would think that the other question you might want to ask in this thread is about people's signatures. Why they chose what they have. I know that I just pick whatever tickles my fancy at the moment. It changes a lot.



-Elianna

Cozy Moments will not be muzzled!

[magickalbear]

Well, I have a couple that I use.. hmm..



here, it's Magickal Bear (as it is on Yahoo and a couple of other places). I am a pagan, (so that's where the k in magick comes in) and I am a huge Winnie the Pooh freak and I happen to think he's a rather profoundly Pagan bear (read The Tao of Pooh too many times I think) so, that's where it came from.



In other places, I use revhpssaria.. breaking it down... rev = is because I am an ordained minister (you never could tell huh?), hps is for the fact that I am a High Priestess in my coven (again with Pagan) and Saria is my craft name.. pretty basic actually.

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I come for coffee, smoochies and gay love!

[Pipsqueak]

Ummm, I'm short. That's pretty much it.



Actually, "Pipsqueak" is a fairly new alias for me. For a very very very long time, I went by "Smyli Face", both online and in real life (jokingly, of course). I love smiley faces and collect lots of smiley stuff: posters, jewelry, pajamas, candles, lamps, slippers, clocks, etc. You name it, I've got a smiley-face version of it. My bedroom is blindingly yellow (har har). Anyway, back at the beginning of '96, I tried to get "Smiley Face" as an AOL screenname, but it was taken, so I went with the alternate spelling, and it stuck. Everyone who knew me for longer than 5 seconds associated me with that name. I finally chucked "Smyli Face" about a year or two ago because I was posting on online forums quite frequently, revealing some private info, and didn't want my friends to stumble across a post signed "Smyli Face" and go "hey, I know her!"



Of course, now that it's been posted here, I think I've outed myself.

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"We're just ... stupid." -- Buffy, on Season 6
Check out my Buffy videos at http://www.pipsqueaky.com

[tiredsoul]

Interesting thread. Mine is a rather lame reason, actually but it ended suiting me well after the fact. I was writing an essay on souls and the occult and it was really late and I was sleepy cause I'd been staring at a computer screen for hours and I just rubbed my eyes and laid my head down and more or less felt like a "tired soul." Ended up being the title of the essay.



--celia

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"That was just rude. Now I forget what I was saying."

[friskylez]

Very interesting thread, ive often wondered how the kittens came up with their screen names Fascinating as Spock would say..



Well im FriskyLez cause i couldnt think of anything really cool and it just sort of suits me..i women, hence the "Lez" and always feel "frisky" when im around em

From Everythings Relative, "the personal is political" .

Edited by: friskylez  at: 8/28/02 12:40:30 am

[pikachu1060]

A few years ago, when i created my first email account, i was looking for a nick but kinda lacked imagination. A couple of days before, someone had given me a pikachu key ring, and i looked at it, and thought "okay, let's go for pikachu!" Then, as it was obviously already taken, i had to add 1060 which is actually ny zip code (kind of). And since it's still my primary email address, i kinda stick with it, though i kinda realize how stupid it is now. And i should really get another more serious address, cause it looks kinda peculiar on a job application

Chris
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There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands
You seek problems because you need their gifts
Richard Bach - Illusions

[mollyig]

My name is actually Marion, but all my family and most of my friends call me Molly, and well its a little known fact but I'm a big fan of Indigo Girls, so thats where the ig comes in.



And about sig lines. Well, I've had this one for ages, but every time I think about changing it I just can't bring myself to do so, as I think its perfect for W/T.



Great idea for a thread though - most interesting.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[Jennifer]

Okay everyone, hang onto your seats. Put on your thinking caps. This might get confusing. My parents named me Jennifer. I actually hate it. But I'm unorginal at thinking up nicknames, or screen names. Or, I think them up, and then my interests changes. So, to avoid all that (and to avoid forgetting my name... what's my name again? Ohh. There it is.), Jennifer it was. *sigh* I'm hopeless.

Willow made a small fist and waved it at her (Tara), and the two grinned in that secret knowing way lovers ever did. It amazed him now, looking back upon it, that he had not realized sooner that Willow and Tara were more than merely friends. -Giles, "The Wisdom of War" Willow and Tara's Love
|| Jennifer's Journal

[tyche]

Tyche (pronounced tay-kay) is a Roman goddess of good fortune. I was kind of hoping that using the name on this board would mean that good things would happen for W/T. But Joss, sadly, had other plans.

[Willow] should have taken time out for a few minutes to slowly torture Xander for sounding like a Hallmark card on crack. - My fiance's review of the 'yellow crayon' speech.

[Shinnen]

Shinnen... is a nick that stuck with me for close to 7 years. I got part of it from... *snicker* a Japanese anime series where I used to look like one of the characters, a young wizard called Shiine (Sorry... spelt wrong and Shiine is the character in blue clothes and brown hair). Some of my friends noticed that and started teasing me asking me when I'm gonna turn into a cute... i forgot what animal... wolf with a lock of black fringe hanging from my forehead. I liked that name... but decided to modify it a bit... so out of the blue it became Shinnen, which is also in Japanese and Mandarin means a new year. Carries a brighter meaning to my dark and slightly broody nature. So that's the meaning of my nick.



I think most people online know me as that... instead of my adolescent nick which was Dayspring... also a nick with a brighter meaning.

CheerZ

Shinnen

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When I Am Standing On My Head, The Sky Is So Deep And The Sea Is So High.
Inner Beauty Is The Easiest To See In The World When You Are Looking

Edited by: Shinnen at: 8/28/02 7:25:20 pm

[Lindy]

Well, my first name is russian and everybody gets confused over it (how to pronounce it or spell it) .. besides I feel kinda shy giving it away



So I was thinking.. after all my parents gave me 4 names plus my family name, and which of those works in most languages? All of the other three But I like Linda the most of 'em all .. but it's ya know, kinda boring And mostly taken anyways.. But I am a 'y' fan. My cats were named Percy and Tiffy and every name that ends with a y is .. well, I like the sound. Even Buffy's name, heh. So, Lindy it is



Just sometimes in a serious discussion I feel kinda inferior if someone keeps calling me Lindy. It's like, I dunno, it just doesn't sound serious and I feel belittled.

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It's nothing. It's all.. nothing

[the vamp nurd]

I've got really too many user names to talk about.

My e-mail address is the_moon_girl_zodiac, 'cause I was born in July and I'm a Cancer, the Moon rules over Cancer, and I love the Zodiac. [That's my party trick guess the star sign of the person in front of me.



The vamp nurd is kinda thing. I'll explain. The vamp comes from Vamp Willow. 'Cause I loved VW, something about leather and domatrixes that get me.

Nurd is short of Nurding. The surname of my favorite singer before she got married. it would be the vamp napp but that sounds really stupid.

Hey ho, my rants over.

bye bye.

The vamp nurd.

[maudmac]

I don't have an interesting story. Mine's just a combination of one of my middle names (but minus the "e") and the first three letters of my father's last name.

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I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do.---Helen Keller

[urnofosiris]

Quote:

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OK, stay with me because this is going to get kinda complex and long. I got my name from the fact that it is my name.

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Ok so are you telling me there is a connection between your posting name and your name?



Anyway, we had a thread like this back at Novogate, but after the move some have changed their names and so many new people have joined. It's nice to do this again, sometimes I do get rather curious about people's names, and lately I have seen quite a few that amuse me muchly.



As for my own, one of my Dutch friends that I used to email with a lot started calling me Dr.G, to make fun of me, my friends are nice like that. Anyway, it is nice and short so I decided to use it when I found the Kitten Board, that and the fact that I totally lacked any other good idea. When we moved to EZboard they stole my dot. So now it is just DrG



As for my real name (Garfield) another friend of mine told me I reminded her of Garfield, because he is nasty, lazy etc. she is nice like that as well, but I had to admit she is right and I liked it and it is official now, but people at home just call me G, lazy bastards.

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Tara: "uh Willow?"

Willow: "No dancing naked, huh?...It just won't be the same."

Tara: "That's all right, we can save it for later" ----From Wilderness, the newest WT comic written by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

Edited by: DrG at: 8/28/02 4:06:52 am