How did you come up with your screenname?
By drknlvly6781
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
United States
April 8, 2008 11:14pm CST
In a recent discussion someone asked how I pronounce my screen name. Telling her that and explaining how I got it provoked this discussion. Everyone has a screen name here that represents some part of them. Its part of their identity.
I got mine from when I sold insurance. I have always known that people thought I was pretty at times. I say it that way because after a big stigma about myself all through school, I really didn't think of myself as pretty. In that office, I met some very positive people that got me to look at my life in a different light. The first thing they did for me was to change my self image about the way I looked.
When we would have meetings, I did my best and dressed up as nice as I could. But I never felt pretty internally. The first thing the office mates did was to nickname me Dark And Lovely. At first it felt awkward, them calling me that, but they persisted, and finally I came to accept that I was beautiful, both inside and out.
When I brought the screen name online. I had to be different, so I just shortened it to just the constanants, kinda the way I text. Just in case I ran into someone that had the same idea, I put my birth date at the end.
So MyLot, how did you come up with your screen name?
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39 responses
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I had no problem with your screen name..It means "dark and lovely"This is an easy discussion and i don't have to think to answer...Lol....My first husband of whom i was married to for years who passed away called me "slick" a pet name, and probably called me that becuse i was good a figuring him out..Haha....I also am a hairdresser and at one time was going to open my own shop which i was going to call "slickcuts"...So you are right it does mean something to me,and that is how my screen name was invented....
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
9 Apr 08
No i never was able to open my shop,instead i went to work for another salon..It was all operators but we do all hair,mens ,women and children...I ended up making wonderful friends and never wanted to move...I live near Houston Texas..The shop that i work would be in Porter Texas..I attended college at Kingwood college....to be an operator...
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
You are going to open your own shop? That is wonderful. What part of the world are you going to open it? And will it be a beauty shop, a barber, or both?
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
9 Apr 08
When i first got on line back in 2000 I found out I had to come up with an online name. Never realized till then that I might need one but they do recommend it for your emails so you aren't giving out your real name to everyone and then I was going to join some yahoo groups and really didn't want to use a name that gave everyone my real name so I had to create a new one. I wanted something that expressed part of who I am. I've very Irish so I chose the name Emeraldisle. I also happen to like emeralds 
. Now sometimes in places that name is taken so when it is I just add some numbers. Usually they are just randomly picked ones or I might use my birthday. It all depends on what is available. Thankfully when I joined here I didn't have to add anything.
. Now sometimes in places that name is taken so when it is I just add some numbers. Usually they are just randomly picked ones or I might use my birthday. It all depends on what is available. Thankfully when I joined here I didn't have to add anything. 2 people like this
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
10 Apr 08
Well when I first started in groups I was using emeraldisle_witch but then after I had a cyber stalker I had to change my yahoo name, my email and so on. I then just shortened it to Emeraldisle and I've been using it since. I do know what you mean with the numbers. Some don't like them and others demand them. You never know with them.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
When I created this screen name, I kinda felt that I would need some distinguishing numbers behind it, so that it would be original. I have always had my birthdate behind my name, so you know its me.
The ironic thing is, after signing up to a few places, I found a couple that didn't like the numbers in the screen name. Fortunately, my name wasn't taken without the numbers!
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
9 Apr 08
I'm a beekeeper and Bears will often smash up the beehives to get the Honey. When a Mother bear has a cub at her side she will pick up the honey-box by hugging it and carry it away to keep her cub from getting stung by the angry bees. Barehugs depicts the bear (and the beekeeper) stealing honey from the bees.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Beekeeper, yikes! I could never do that. I am allergic to bee stings, and even with the suit I would be scared. Are you a beekeeper that uses a suit or no? I've heard that some beekeepers are so in tune with their bees that they have no fear of being stung, so they don't wear them.
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@hells_demand (157)
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9 Apr 08
for the past two years I have been a computer game developer and my screen name was the name I gave to the first game charcter I designed, If you new the character it would make sense why it was called that.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Despite my girlish ways I am actually very into video games lol. Could you describe what type of game that was, and characters name?
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@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
9 Apr 08
to be honest with you i just used my intitals and the month and day that i was born because that is what came to me first of all becuase i knew that i woudln't be albe to change it at all...and that is just what i thought that i could remember...and it is just natural for me to type it in now..so that is just what was easiest for me to remember so thats just what i chose for my sn...
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Sometimes its hard to come up with a good screen name. But yours is good too. When you frequent forums like this, your screen name and your typing are like your first impressions. Sometimes the screen name describes something about you, and sometimes its done through what you write. In either case, your screen name becomes your face online. Its what it represents that counts.
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@wittyakanksha (436)
• India
9 Apr 08
When i tried searching for my name in there it was already registered with some other user.I'm the kind of a person who finds it hard to think of abstract user names in a jiffy so i thought long and hard and came up with this.it includes 'witty' as people say that i am at most of the times and then it includes my name.I have to have a user name which has a part of me in it and defines me too.like my name my screen name is important to me too.so this is my user name story!
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
You were going to use your real name? I hope just your first. There are only rare instances that I give my name out in a forum situation such as this. There is too much going on in the world to do that.
I do like what you did come up with however. It describes a little of who you are. Its important to give a little information out with the first introduction. That is what a screen name does.
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@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
9 Apr 08
well whenever I came across you in Mylot, I could always understand you as dark & lovely. Just pronouncing the consonants as they are brings on the same effect and in this age of SMS, it was not difficult to understand. Glad to know that you are at peace with yourself now, very necessary for us to be successful in whatever we do. Well I am Sudipta and since thru the net, I am calling out to you (and everybody else) so my screenname is Sudiptacallingu.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
10 Apr 08
drk, Sudipta is capable of giving twists to many things in a positive manner.....LOL!
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Not completely at peace just yet, but coming to understand myself. Thank you Sudipta though.
Your screen name is simple, yet deep. I like the twist that you put on it.
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I knew there was a reason I was drawn to your personality, I am a Gemini too!!! My b-day is June 7th, when is yours? Oh, and very clever screen name!!!
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Only I get something first. And I don't turn down anything but my collar lol.
@jezzmay (1845)
• United States
9 Apr 08
My screenname came about from the love of my dog.
Her name is Jezzabell,when I started to live with
my son,his wife started to call her Jezzmay.She
could not remember her name,Jezzmay came easier.
So,when I came online here I started using this
screenname,and a picture of my dog.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I always knew that your screen name had something to do with the name Jezzabel lol. Every time I saw it this Boyz II Men song would come to mind. The title is the name. "Jezzabel, don't know, you well, but I want to" lol.
Is your dog still around? How old is she?
@jezzmay (1845)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Yes,I still have her,she will be 6 this year.
She is my big baby,she is always with me.All
my children are grown,so I got her for company
and she became like a child to me.People pick
at me about her,they say I treat her like a
baby.She is my baby.
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@christies2boys (560)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Well I'm using my nickmame Christie that my parents gave me a long time ago.And I have two boys.I made my user name simple so I would not forget it.Thanks for the good post.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I have the same response for you as I did maddysmommy. Speaks volumes of the love you have for your sons.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Most people know by now of my devotion to Depeche Mode... that was the starting point. Then the idea crept in of luxury-on-luxury... exquisitely lush. Add in the avatar, and I'm thinking 'dessert'... it all fit together quite nicely, and gave me my perfect identity here!!
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
This is where I show my youth and naivety. I have heard of Depeche Mode, but I don't know what type of music they played. I like your idea though. I have noticed your screen name from the first time you responded to one of my discussions, mostly due to my sweet tooth lol. High visibility and branding are very important here. Good job Ala!
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
10 Apr 08
One of my 'other' avatars happens to be a dessert...
Not to worry... DM are still around after 25 years... they're working on another album right now, and I'm living for the concert tour! The rumors say right after Christmas, and I'll go with their 2 other biggest fans... my daughter and granddaughter. We went together in '05, and it was amazing!
Here's a sample...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4e5_RW7QPI
This concert in Germany really shows that we aren't the only ones... they're in demand all over the world!
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@kulaskulasito (430)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Kulaskulasito is the name of the boy in the short novel "The Adventures of Kulaskulasito" given to me by my mom to read when I was still 7 or 8. That's the first book, aside from many other children short stories, I was able to read from cover to cover because it had illustrations. It's a story about a boy whose adventure brought him to a haunted house, to the sea, and finally to a cave where a Giant (damn I forgot his name) is locked. We'll that is really a nice story and having Kulaskulasito as my screenname actually makes me express myself because I am an adventurous individual myself.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I am not familiar with this series of books, what culture is it popular in?
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
10 Apr 08
I remember that character from soul caliber. He was the mechanical type dude with knives for hands and feet, right?
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
10 Apr 08
Yeah I remember that game. I was pretty fair with him on Game Cube's version of Soul Caliber II. My favorite character was Link from the Legend of Zelda. I was already a beast with him in his own game, so it was easy to adapt to his fighting style.
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I need some more book in my repertoire, what is that one about?
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@bc3000 (42)
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10 Apr 08
It's about this Indian girl in America who kinda finds it hard fitting into any culture so she ends up getting really into photography, probably to hide away from other people. Anyway it's a cute story, I really liked it a few years ago, but I guess I feel like I've grown out of it a bit lol.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Nice nick. As for mine it's simple really, my sons shortened name is Maddy and I'm his mommy so there you go LOL
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Simple, yet it speaks volumes for the love you have for your son.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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9 Apr 08
I love your screen name, I think it is really good. I could read it as I do a lot of texting so I can probably read that kind of talk better than proper speaking!! Well my screen name story is a bit boring compared to yours really, I wanted to use my own name originally as that is what I always used if I signed up anywhere, but when I put it in it kept coming up as already being used. I tried it a few different ways and had no luck so I sat and thought for ages about what else I could use that would mean something to me. I then thought of my starsign as I relate to my starsign a lot, so I tried that and again it kept telling me that the name had been used so I sat and thought a bit more and then thought about the roses that I loved in my Grandmas garden and also a relative that I love is called Rose too and so I tried that and hurray I finally found one that I could have!! So there you go thats me!!
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I don't think your story is boring, I think its great. Your screen name represents you, your grandmother, and your favorite relative. There is a lot of love represented in your screen name, and that isn't boring.
@monishavakil (1019)
• India
9 Apr 08
dont let it bother you so much. your name will not change what you really are.
just put on a name that you really have or what you would have like to have.trust me a name means nothng. what you are you will always be no matter what you call yourself. you are lovely if you be yourself and never change for anybody. all the best
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
I don't let it bother me at all Monish. I posted that story as a celebration of overcoming challenges. That was just one of them. It wasn't the office mates calling me by that name, it was me becoming comfortable with thinking of myself in that light. It was a hard mountain to climb for me, but I have successfully passed that journey.
So, how did you come to realize your screen name?
@vampirekitten (191)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Well i love cats! and i am people think i'm "goth" so it seems to fit what people think about me and my love for fury felines!
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
You should try to find a cute kitty pic with the kitty as a vampire. That would compliment your screen name so well.
@sandybel20 (413)
• Romania
9 Apr 08
I got my nickname from a cartoon figure. My friends started calling me like this because i was acting exactly like the cartoon.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Hmm, and I call myself a cartoon expert. I have never heard of Sandy Bell, what was that cartoon about?
@trell8402 (274)
• United States
9 Apr 08
My nickname consists of part of my middle name (trell), the year I was born (84), and the year I graduated from high school (02). So if you see a trell8402 on another site, it's probably me because it's not a common username. :)
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
9 Apr 08
Very interesting. I will keep my eye out for your name. Thanks for responding.
