How Did You Pick Your User Name?

[DiscGo]

I really don't understand some of the user names on this site, or even how to pronounce them (accadacca). Anyway I thought it would be fun to have a thread explaining user name and why they were chosen.

DiscGolfDiver: When I was signing up on Geocaching.com my normal user name was taken so I just made that up because I enjoy DiscGolf and Diving. At the time I didn't realize I would get so in to geocaching so I didn't know how much I would use that name.

DiscGolfDiver"s": My wife felt left out because we do so many of our activities together, so I added the "s" to include her. She has never made a post on this site.

[JP]

JP is in my name :nod:

[tanya]

JP is in my name :nod:


Same here :popcorn:

[R]

Actually, I let my parents pick mine. :haha:

[tanya]

Son of a Bitch and ACDC

Have the most unusual ..... story guys!

I just cannot see anyone ever calling 'Beech that!

[savanna3313]

Savanna is the name I had picked out for a daughter if I'd had one. (And yes, I know the city's name is spelled Savannah) :haha: The 3313 comes from my old business address back in New Orleans. 3 was always my lucky number.

Hence: Savanna3313

[Udink]

Actually, I let my parents pick mine. :haha:
Same here--I got my username off of my birth certificate. :)

[DiscGo]

Same here--I got my username off of my birth certificate. :)

I really hope that your parents did not name you "udink" :haha:

[Udink]

Same here--I got my username off of my birth certificate. :)

I really hope that your parents did not name you "udink" :haha:
Actually, it is my last name. :2thumbs:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html

[stefan]

Actually, it is my last name. :2thumbs:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html

cool story ... what happened in the end?

[savanna3313]

Actually, it is my last name. :2thumbs:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html

cool story ... what happened in the end?

I'd hate to hear what the State had to say about one of my client's last name. No lie, the man's last name was Dikshit. :ne_nau:

[Jaxx]

Back in the day of regular nintendo you could only put in 3 letters for high score names, meant for your initials i assume. One day I randomly put in "jax" and started putting that for all my nintendo stuff. When X box came out I my brother in law was entering my name and decided that an extra "x" would make it cooler. So that is how I got Jaxx. Now my brother in laws all call me Jaxx. Boring, but true.

[Udink]

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html
cool story ... what happened in the end?
I never could convince them to let me have the license plate. The appeals board didn't see it my way.

[rockgremlin]

Every time I go hiking, I am constantly looking down at the ground, in search of cool rocks/minerals/arrowheads/fossils. Also if I stumble across an abandoned mine shaft or cave while hiking, I always have to go investigate -- like a gremlin - always delving into holes in the ground.

[DiscGo]

Actually, it is my last name. :2thumbs:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html

That is way cool. My wife's maiden name was Dutch. Her last name was "Griffioen". I would say you win as far as Dutch last names go. I guess I can't say too much, my last name is Burt. I can't tell you how many "Bert and Ernie" jokes I have heard over the years.

[stefan]

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515036962,00.html
cool story ... what happened in the end?
I never could convince them to let me have the license plate. The appeals board didn't see it my way.

damn ... that just doesn't seem right to me.

i assume the only reason is that it is Udink as if you are saying YOU DINK to the driver behind you? otherwise i don't understand why they wouldn't accept the argument that it's a completely different word. I mean if it were Rdink would they have still said no? or would they not let me put MASS on my license plate because ASS was in the word?

still cool that you got an article dedicated to it :2thumbs:

[Iceaxe]

It's the name I use when starring in adult films :haha:

[tanya]

It's the name I use when starring in adult films :haha:


Could you drop a few of those by the house next time through. :popcorn:

[accadacca]

Pronunciation...acka dacka. Its just a nickname of sorts for AC/DC. Google it.

[Jaxx]

I always have to go investigate -- like a gremlin - always delving into holes in the ground.

http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/gremlins/gremlins-photo-gremlins-6200139.jpg
Cute

[tanya]

I always have to go investigate -- like a gremlin - always delving into holes in the ground.

http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/gremlins/gremlins-photo-gremlins-6200139.jpg
Cute

Cute in the day time and wild if fed when the lights go out.

[Jaxx]

true

[BrainDamage]

I pick my username BrainDamage because I crashed hard in a desert race in 2003, that crash resulted in a concussion (that makes 5 total from motorcycle racing) , a hemorrhage and a contusion on my brain. I was in such a serious condition that I had to be life flighted to University of Utah Hospital. I spent a 2-days in the neural ICU and 3-days in a hospital room under watch. I've used this name on a motorcycle website and my friends got a kick out of it so I just kept it.

[DirkHammergate]

DirkHammergate = My porn star handle

[greyhair biker]

In one of my stints as a scoutmaster I had a scout who insisted on calling me 'greyhair' (Ive been going grey since I was 18). The name stuck and since I am an avid biker....I also called my company 'Greyhair Bike Repair'

[TreeHugger]

Believe it or not, Treehugger was not originally connected to any kind of environmentalist philosophy - it came from a group that I used to mountain bike with - they were big on nicknames. The very first ride I did with them was in Slatyfork - it was snowy and twice I found myself wrapped around a tree trunk... thus the name TreeHugger.

[jumar]

My first geocache we used jumars to get to the cache, so I just started using that as my handle in forums I frequented.

Jumar/Jeff

[donny h]

Talk about boring...I use my real first name and last initial, because I belong many, many forums, and I use the same name at ALL of them.

It's too confusing for me to have a different handle for each forum.

[tallsteve]

Mine's not too tough. I'm 6'8" with shoes on and my first name is Steve. Alot of my friends have called me tallsteve for years.

[moabfool]

We had just gotten the Internet and I was looking for an e-mail address. My dad said, "Why not Moabfool? You're always down there. You're just a Moab Fool." I liked the name so much I kept it. Yah, it sparks debate as to my intelligence, but somebody I know liked the name so much they stole it. There's one other site where I'm Zionhiker because of that jerk.

[tanya]

We had just gotten the Internet and I was looking for an e-mail address. My dad said, "Why not Moabfool? You're always down there. You're just a Moab Fool." I liked the name so much I kept it. Yah, it sparks debate as to my intelligence, but somebody I know liked the name so much they stole it. There's one other site where I'm Zionhiker because of that jerk.

What's wrong with Zion Hiker :ne_nau:

[shanehadman]

My first name (shane) and part of my last name (hadley)followed with man = shanehadman

[moabfool]

We had just gotten the Internet and I was looking for an e-mail address. My dad said, "Why not Moabfool? You're always down there. You're just a Moab Fool." I liked the name so much I kept it. Yah, it sparks debate as to my intelligence, but somebody I know liked the name so much they stole it. There's one other site where I'm Zionhiker because of that jerk.

What's wrong with Zion Hiker :ne_nau:

Absolutely nothing. I like the name. I'm just chapped that he stole Moabfool. He knew I had the name and he used it, that's all. The truth be told, I spend way more time in the Zion/Hurricane area than I do in Moab, but Moab used to be where I'd go whenever I had a free Saturday. Moab, Zion; Zion, Moab. It's all great fun. I think it might even be time to discover the area in between.

[tanya]

We had just gotten the Internet and I was looking for an e-mail address. My dad said, "Why not Moabfool? You're always down there. You're just a Moab Fool." I liked the name so much I kept it. Yah, it sparks debate as to my intelligence, but somebody I know liked the name so much they stole it. There's one other site where I'm Zionhiker because of that jerk.

What's wrong with Zion Hiker :ne_nau:

Absolutely nothing. I like the name. I'm just chapped that he stole Moabfool. He knew I had the name and he used it, that's all. The truth be told, I spend way more time in the Zion/Hurricane area than I do in Moab, but Moab used to be where I'd go whenever I had a free Saturday. Moab, Zion; Zion, Moab. It's all great fun. I think it might even be time to discover the area in between.

Zion Rules! :five:

[Rev. Coyote]

Rev. Willie Coyote is the name I use in the ministry.

Plus I love dogs. They're better than most people.

[tanya]

Rev. Willie Coyote is the name I use in the ministry.

Plus I love dogs. They're better than most people.


You are a real reverend?

[Rev. Coyote]

Rev. Willie Coyote is the name I use in the ministry.

Plus I love dogs. They're better than most people.


You are a real reverend?

Universal Life Church. Yes. Performed one marriage.

Also one unofficial healing....

[Sombeech]

No lie, the man's last name was Dikshit. :ne_nau:

To quote Tommy Callahan, THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

[Sombeech]

Well, I am Sombeech.

Before I ever became obsessed with this thing we call the dubya dubya dubya, I was playing Halo. When I was thinking of a name, the movie "Raising Arizona" came to mind.

When Nicholas Cage was robbing a store, and his wife hadn't planned on it, she called him a "Sumbitch". I wanted to alter it a little, get the drawn out "o" sound, and make it a little less vulgar.

Also, I was being called an S.O.B. when I was playing Halo, so it stuck. And this is the same username I use on all 63 forums I'm a member on, unless they force me to use my email address as my name.

Edit: ...and the Spam thing? Well, when we first started this uutah party, I started "recruiting". I have long since stopped, because it really annoys people, and I sympathize with them. But I am always seen as a spammer even though I haven't done it for @2 years.

[tanya]

Well, I am Sombeech.

Before I ever became obsessed with this thing we call the dubya dubya dubya, I was playing Halo. When I was thinking of a name, the movie "Raising Arizona" came to mind.

When Nicholas Cage was robbing a store, and his wife hadn't planned on it, she called him a "Sumbitch". I wanted to alter it a little, get the drawn out "o" sound, and make it a little less vulgar.

Also, I was being called an S.O.B. when I was playing Halo, so it stuck. And this is the same username I use on all 63 forums I'm a member on, unless they force me to use my email address as my name.

63 Forums :mrgreen:

[shaggy125]

I have a mole on my chin, when I was like 14 I went on a week long trip for scouts and my mole grew some gross, long, black hairs (I of course couldn't grow any other facial hair yet to blend in with it). Looked like Shaggy's scruff. My scout leader started calling me Shaggy and the name stuck.

Eric.

[erial]

small town, South Jersey.

[tanya]

small town, South Jersey.

I was wondering why you used that Jeff. :popcorn:

[erial]

Back in 1923 my father's father was taking a load of produce from Berlin (NJ) to Philly when a neighbor who had just gotten a truck drove into the back of the wagon and knocked my grandfather to the ground breaking his neck and killing him. My grandmother sold the farm and bought a house in Erial where she raised her seven kids. I never actually lived there myself, but I've always enjoyed visiting although the town no longer has the same out in the country feel that it did years ago.

[REDFOX]

My biking friends gave me the nick name of Porn star, because of the components that were on my mountain bike. Risse racing trixxxey fork with triple X's, SDG Big Boy Kevlar seat, Atomic Lab Trail pimp pedals, Azonic Hammer stem with the Chubby handle bars. All of these products are legitimate brands and models which I still have on another bike. After dealing with a lot of questions and my wife becoming suspicious of the name, I asked my friends for a new name. They came up with REDFOX because I seemed to wear mostly red colored FOX jerseys and shorts. REDFOX seems to be a more socially acceptable nickname that I have had for about 8 years.

[bruce from bryce]

in my previous life i was a weatherman in the air force = wea
bruce = obvious

old ties are hardest to break

[Sombeech]

:popcorn:

[JP]

This is where I thought your name came from :haha:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VSOCfEZC7jU

[MY T PIMP]

No Justin had Sombeech long before that song. I think it had something to do with me and his "HALO" get together rivalries long ago, but I really am not sure. Beech helped me get my name from the coinsideing letters in my cell number.

[R]

This is where I thought your name came from :haha:

Hey, I know that guy. He's from here - he graduated from Ada High. He comes back periodically to do benefit concerts; the last two years' were called "Raindance" and were to benefit wildfire victims. Here's a photo from last years' appearance...


http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/bsunused01.jpg
Blake Shelton

[JP]

Hey, I know that guy. He's from here - he graduated from Ada High.
That's pretty neat :2thumbs: Blake seems to be a funny guy and a pretty good country artist :2thumbs: Those country artists never forget their roots, it's pretty cool seeing them return home and doing things for folks :2thumbs:


No Justin had Sombeech long before that song
It was something I thought when he first contacted me on YouTube, which brought me here. :haha: Since he brought this topic back from the deep, I figured I'd share that :lol8:

[jinx]

jenkins is my last name, some people call me jinx... :ne_nau:

[denaliguide]

pretty simple. i used to be a climbing guide on denali for 12 seasons. i'll bet most of you had already figured it out.

[trackrunner]

Obvious what my username is about. When I had to first set up a handle back in High School I picked a something that describes me, I ran track and cross country in high school & college. On some national boards I use to use Mountain Man (that's my name at ACA and others) to describe my geographic location. But I never liked that name and thought it clashed with the user ranks here. So when I found this site and decided to join I tried to pick a name that described me. Since I was forgoing my senior year in track (bad injury) & had graduated I was going to pick a name that showed I moved on in my life, trailrunner described I

[shlingdawg]

shlingdawg

Back in the day of some mountain biking at the Sand Flats Recreation area, several carloads of us were paying our fee at the booth. We all had those Motorola Talkabout radios and my friend decided that as I was talking to the lady taking our money, he would defile all that was and was not holy about a dog. I couldn't get to the radio in time to save face, so the incident stuck. I modified it a bit so as to not be so vulgar. "Scrog-my-dog" just doesn't carry a family friendly connotation. :ne_nau:

And I haven't seen anyone else with anything that resembles it. Ogio came closest with the introduction of the new "Shling" golf bag carry system, but I'm not worried. I was here first. :bootyshake:

[FoxyStar]

I am a nerdy, nerdy girl who is in love with the new Battlestar Galactica series and so, when I started my blog I titled it Foxy Starbuck... I just shortened that name for the purpose of this forum.

[JP]

I am a nerdy, nerdy girl
Who plays with guns :haha:

[Sombeech]

I am a nerdy, nerdy girl who is in love with the new Battlestar Galactica series

Star Wars rulz

[Kent K25]

I was originally QuenteK25 on this forum and every other one I go to but changed it because people I met in real life or who saw it as my email address (still is) slaughtered the pronunciation, which is to be expected.

Quente = Portuguese word that is pronounced almost identically to my name Kent. When I was in Portugal people would ask me what my first name was. I would tell them "Kent" and they would assume I was saying "quente" and think I was just joking (it means hot). Then they'd ask again, and I'd have to pull out ID to prove it.

The K25 was from Kent and my lucky number 25.

After having tons of people mispronounce it I decided to just make it easier.

Hence Kent K25

[Deathcricket]

Wayyyy back in the days of dialup, around 1998. I used to play this video game called Starcraft. I was testing out different races and combo's and this one guy yelled at me "the only reason you win is because you have those crickets of death, you cheated". Obviously he didn't realize they were the weakest unit in the game. Poor players often times turn to insults. But I really liked the zerglings and named them my "crickets of death", my main strat though was to build hydralisks and ultralisks out the wazzoo since they are ranged and can take out air units. But zerglings are hands down the cutest guys in the game (see pic below).

Anyways "crickets of death" kinda appealed to me. I played as that for a bit then changed to "deathcricket". Then later on, any game I would play, it would follow me. I was "deathcricket noisebringer" in dark ages of camelot. Dirk Deathcricket in anarcy online, etc etc. Then my wife turned nerdly and she went by "angel cricket". So we made a deadly duo. I feel my name matches my style of play. I tend to pick the smallest unassuming character I can find. My armor never matches, i will go out of my way to look goofy. For instance in warhammer online, my orc found a deer antler helmet that he wore all the time. in everquest i played a female dwarf with a beard. In world of warcraft i played a gnome with green hair. So people tend to underestimate me, and it's always seems to work to my favor. I may look like a retard, but turn your back on me and your dead. :P

Also it's just sexy being 3 foot tall and standing next to my wife's 7 foot amazon.
:lol8:

[accadacca]

Slim Shady. . .

[R]

I know this is teasing with being off-topic, but here is a gruesome piece of trivia about Blake Shelton. His older brother was killed in this car crash in 1990...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/buscarcrash01.jpg

...along with the brother's girlfriend and her young child. It was one of the sadder pieces of spot news I covered that year. -R

[JP]

Wow :eek2: Didn't see the stopped or slowing school bus. :eek2: That's sad.

[theking648]

LOL....... runescape gave me mine.... 3 to 4 years ago. and it just stuck also where ever i go nobody has my name.

[abirken]

abirken: combination of first and last names that I signed up with Yahoo about 10 years ago. It just stuck.

in*wonderland: my other, more fun name that you will see me go by on a few other websites.

[Alex]

Mine was very tough to come up, I had to think a long time on it. :haha:

[parrothead_madness]

Mine came to me in a cloud of smoke at a Jimmy Buffet show at Starwood Amphitheater outside Nashville a couple of decades ago. :toker: :kickit:

[LOAH]

Lord Of All Humans

Because you will all bow to me, in the end. Okay, not really.
:haha:

There's a twisted guy out there named Jhonen Vasquez who created a funny little animated series called Invader Zim. It was a Nickelodeon produced show, but it really should've been on a different station to attract the true target audience. Most of the humor is not aimed at children.

I really liked that show and in one of the episodes, Zim (the alien invader bent on ruling Earth) declared himself Lord of all humans, and for some reason, it stuck out in my mind.

The first time I used it as a handle was when I started playing an online game. I don't really know why it stuck out, but it did and from then on, I was Lord Of All Humans!!! on Counter Strike: Source for awhile.

I had a brief stint with BF2 and such, but only really got into CS:S.

That being said, I'm pretty glad I got away from the gamer thing. Fun and all, but waaaay too much time inside, doing nothing.

Now my online addictions (mostly) have been replaced with fishing and that's helped to get me out into the wild again.

I use a few other handles on other sites and nobody really knows that( :twisted: ), but I rarely post on those sites, for now.