What's your username mean?

United States
January 15, 2007 1:29am CST
Just for fun...what's your username mean, where'd it come from, how'd you come up with it?
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48 responses
@mergl81 (195)
• United States
28 Jan 07
Mine is pretty simple. Mergl is my maiden name and 81 is the year I was born. I'd rather use Mergl (maiden name) instead of Harris (married name) for my usernames because it's not as common.
• United States
28 Jan 07
Cool. I was born in 81 also. =)
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
1 Feb 07
Crip is a reclaimed word for disabled people like queer is gay and lesbian people. A word only we can use to describe ourselves that other people have used to insult us historically. Femme is usually what agirly, girl in the gay and lesbian community. My friends call me a "closet femme", because I don't do pink or frills, but love long skirts, bright colors, and big jewelry. This combination is my username in all internet forums. So, if you see a cripfemme anywhere, it's probably me.
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@acosjo (1903)
• Canada
17 Jan 07
Combines my first and last names. Great idea for a discussion tictac (orange flavor gooood). I actually thought it was your name. "Would Miss Tac please come to the front desk?". See, doesn't that sound great?
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• United States
17 Jan 07
yeah, just call me Tic. Terrific. Apparently other countries don't have tictacs =(.
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@acosjo (1903)
• Canada
22 Jan 07
I thought tictacs were universal? I guess I'd better brush up on my tictac history! Right doc?
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• United States
28 Jan 07
Well I didn't know either but somebody had never heard of them...
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@xphile777 (427)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I came up with it as one of my very first internet usernames back in '93 when the only forum I posted to was for fans of The X-Files. Fans of XF began calling themselves X-Philes. I used the number 777 because it's composed entirely of my favorite number, 7. :)
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@ginny36 (266)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Great topic idea. Ginny is my ferret's name (named for Ginny Weasely in Harry Potter, of course)! 36 is my age. Not the most original, I know, but its easy for me to remember.
@yvonne1968 (1063)
• United States
20 Feb 07
i probably wont get credit for this short answer but the name is my name, and the 1968 is my birthyear i seem to use this one, or similar to it everywhere. :)
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@Celanith (2327)
• United States
17 Jan 07
It is one I made up for an adult Fantasy Sci-fi I am working on in a series, She is a healer and it means healer. She is one of my main characters and heroine
• India
15 Jan 07
my name is sanjana so i have put name sanjana as username after that i have put a prefix er cause i m doing engg. n a postfix 17 cause my birthday is on 17th feb.so finally my username is ersanjana17
@xyla_v (314)
• India
20 Jan 07
my user name is inspired from the botanical jargon.in botany there is a term called xylem which is used to circulate the water in the plant.
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• United States
22 Jan 07
OH goodness don't remind me about all that. I had to take botany as an undergrad. Ugh was that painful.
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@blueskies (1186)
• United States
1 Feb 07
I suffer from frequent bouts of depression, so whenever I choose a username, I always try to think of one that is cheerful or positive. I chose blueskies because it makes me think of that song by Irving Berlin.. Blue Skies blue skies smiling at me nothing but blue skies do I see blue days, all of them gone nothing but blue skies from now on I've never seen the sun shining so bright never saw things going so right noticing the days hurrying by when you're in love my how they fly blue birds singing a song nothing but blue skies from now on
• United States
2 Feb 07
I don't know that song but the lyrics are nice. I too suffer from depression, I certainly understand about picking something positive. I try to surround myself with happy things.
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@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
15 Jan 07
my username is the combination of my real name and my favorite number.
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• Indonesia
14 Feb 07
My username means "Mine of gold" or simply "Goldmine". I use this username while seek to explore every source which will potentially give me some revenue over the internet.
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@acosjo (1903)
• Canada
20 Feb 07
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• United States
15 Jan 07
Hehe, I'm surprised how much about me I can find in my username. "sumo" refers to an abbreviation of my last name, as well as my nickname. 12 doesn't refer to anything in particular, but 18 is definitely my lucky number :D
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• China
1 Feb 07
discussion
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• United States
1 Feb 07
I beg your pardon????
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• Canada
14 Feb 07
discussion.... What kind of stupid response is that?
• India
17 Jan 07
I use my name as username. Sometime I add surname with it. Some people here select odd type username, which does not suits me. I have also seen here many people are boys and using girls name which is also not correct as many of us got confused by this gender change. Few people uses their pets name as username. It is basically interest of the people what he likes. In my opinion, username should be related to our name.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
that's the easiest thing...I actually tried to use my name but for some reason that mylot account never worked so I had to come up with something else and make a different one. I prefer to use carrieannbe as my usernames.
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@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
I didn't choose my username, It was chosen by the one who referred me. It means an older brother, a word of respect for someone who is older than yourself. What's tictac by the way? Is it the sound of a clock?
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• United States
16 Jan 07
tictacs are little mints that come in a small clear plastic box. yum. they are also known as the "one and a half calorie breath mint"
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@magarboyz (568)
• Nepal
15 Jan 07
well my username is my surname and wht about your
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• United States
16 Jan 07
Mine is a name I've used for screen names since high school. the tictac is because I couldn't think of anything else, and I always have tictacs with me, 714 is my birthday.
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• United States
16 Jan 07
So I'm the only one that got a nick name from a temper tantrum? lol I have long red hair and during a pretty big fit one day someone said "well there's a bit of thunder swaying by" and well so goes SwayingThunder. My last nick was BabySassy...humm are people trying to tell me something here? Naaaaaa hehehehe
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• United States
16 Jan 07
LOL. and btw, yay for long red hair!:)
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• India
15 Jan 07
i was looking for an online job which would be of my intrest and keep me occupied. when i found this site i gave my name and then added onlinejob. now i feel i would have looked for another name but its ok.
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• United States
16 Jan 07
I hear you, a lot of times after I make my username I come up with better ideas later.=)
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
24 Feb 07
My username "zelo" means zealous (crazy) in Italian.
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