Halftime Hope Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 or what, does yours represent? Some are obvious, but others...not so much! I really like "getting to know" you (mostly) ladies, but many of your names intrigue me, and I'd to know why you picked them. (Remudamom, I'm not asking you !!! :lol: ) For example, why Spycar? TaraTheLiberator? and many, many others!! BTW, I've been on the boards since the paleolithic era of WTM board-dom, so I'm not a troll; I'm just genuinely curious! TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 or what, does yours represent? Some are obvious, but others...not so much! I really like "getting to know" you (mostly) ladies, but many of your names intrigue me, and I'd to know why you picked them. (Remudamom, I'm not asking you !!! :lol: ) For example, why Spycar? TaraTheLiberator? and many, many others!! BTW, I've been on the boards since the paleolithic era of WTM board-dom, so I'm not a troll; I'm just genuinely curious! TIA Mine is probably obvious....it was my nick name as a teen, although no one calls me that now so I can remain anonymous. I both looked a bit like Vivien Leigh and I also had a serious attitude like Scarlett. Mine is also one people don't forget. I like that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm a Mom who does Judo (2nd degree brown belt-I will get my black belt if it kills me :lol:), and a Mom of boys who do Judo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 LOVE Firefly (and most anything Joss Whedon creates); I've used this screen name for many years on the sci-fi boards I frequent. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I was given the nickname in high school by a friend who is really, really short. I am tall. The name was given for two reasons. One is that the image of a scruffy dark stranger fighting, protecting, in the background, fits me well, especially in certain life circumstances at that time. I was/am nothing like the kingly Aragorn, but could relate to the Ranger who patrols the wilderness with his sword. The other reason my friend conferred the name on me is that I have long legs and therefore a long walking stride, especially compared to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 It's my standard name for message boards. Several years ago we were giving out superhero names at dinner, and I said I wanted to be DangerMom. There's more than one on the Internet--someone else with the same name writes Star Trek fanfic. (Who is not me.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 In the pre-internet days as a teen, my dad got me started on a local bbs. They had some good games and such that I enjoyed. In those days you never used your real name "online", so I chose Athena as my online persona. We must have recently studied mythology in school, because I remember liking the goddess Athena. I've used the name ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 If I told you, I'd have to kill you ;) Heee heeee. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inactive Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Well, my dh is in IT and won't allow me to use my real name for boards, etc. and I have to use a different name for each board/group... So, "threebundles" represents 3 bundles of joy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellyndria Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Mine is a name I made up for a game about 11 years ago, and I've been using it ever since as my online persona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 :leaving: I don't have much of a remuda anymore........only six. I used to be Grits, for Girl Raised In The South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 We were on vacation one year and saw a sign that said "Camp Runamuk, snipe-hunting, bear-wrestling, skinny-dipping" and I mentioned to my husband that it sounded a lot like our house. He bought the sign and I've been Runamuk on various boards ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Well, mine started out as a nickname when I was circulating in the Pagan community down in Florida, and in the SCA before I picked an actual SCA name. I think I spelled it with an "i" to make it match my numerological birth number or some such. It seemed a good choice for an online name, and I've used it or some variant of it since I first got online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Mine's the mom variation of Johnny Be Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Forty-two is the answer to life, the universe, and everything :D. Plus it's a fun domino game ;). Forty-two has been my favorite number since I first read "The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in 9th grade, and when I had to pick a nickname as a camp counselor in college, I went with "forty-two." I've used it online ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 :leaving: I don't have much of a remuda anymore........only six. I used to be Grits, for Girl Raised In The South. Bless your heart. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Most of my forum names are cat-related ~ sometimes actual names of my cats, sometimes just cat-themed. I'm fivetails on here because we had five cats when I joined...although if we had access to the controls to change our board names, I'd have become sixtails, (a temp stray joined us) then fivetails again (the stray found a good home), and now fourtails after our move across country because one of the fivetails was elderly and stayed behind with close friends as she couldn't handle the stress of flying/moving. Well, fourandahalftails, if you count the new bunny tail/fluffy stub who joined us the other week. ;) I'm Molytail on twitter & my blog ~ Moly is the name of our oldest cat. It was Molly with two L's because I thought HE was a SHE as a kitten...discovered HE was not, but it was too late because he knew his name.. dropped an L, but it's still said the same.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I chose CalicoKat because: 1. I have a calico kitty 2. Because our adoptive family is a mixture of three different skin colors 3. Kat - part of my IRL name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I chose CalicoKat because: 1. I have a calico kitty 2. Because our adoptive family is a mixture of three different skin colors 3. Kat - part of my IRL name. Oooooh.....I like this! Very clever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I've been ChristusG forever online. I got the nickname Christus Gardens as a teen in my church youth group. A friend went out of town and saw a place called Christus Gardens. Since my name is Christy she said it reminded her of my name. It kinda stuck and I was called Christus Gardens sometimes. When I started needing Internet names around 16 years old, I chose ChristusG and have been using it for 13 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeTea Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Bridge is my name IRL. Tea is my favorite beverage. Although I noticed "tea" is, umm...ahh...kind of an extra-curricular activity mentioned on this board every so often. Think whatever you need to! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm Saille everywhere...have been for years. Saille is the Celtic word for Willow. Basically, my long-term philosophy is "bend, don't break". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Forty-two is the answer to life, the universe, and everything :D. Plus it's a fun domino game ;). Forty-two has been my favorite number since I first read "The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in 9th grade, and when I had to pick a nickname as a camp counselor in college, I went with "forty-two." I've used it online ever since. I turned 42 this year and hoped all the answers would fall into my lap. Six months later I'm still waiting. :lol: I'm Saille everywhere...have been for years. Saille is the Celtic word for Willow. Basically, my long-term philosophy is "bend, don't break". Love it! ElegantLion is the name I had in a dream. It was shop that held all these exotic treasures full of texture and stories. I thought it was cool. I do like wildlife, prefer solitude, and can be really irritable if you approach me too early in the morning. I have wild bushy hair. The Elegant part I'm still working on. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Don't know if mine is particularly intriguing, but anyways... my dd's name is Lucy and I have used i.love.lucy online since she was born. Kinda leaves my son out, but there you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I needed a name to use online back when my 1st was a baby and I was pregnant with my second. My then husband suggested swellmomma, He said 1)because I was a "swell" (aka good) momma and 2) because I was swelling from the pregnancy :glare:. I am not creative enough to think of new names so I have used it ever since on all messages boards, my email addy and my blog address since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscopterdoc Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 A long time ago my hubby was a crew chief, which means he worked on Blackhawk helicopters. We were trying to explain this to a friend and he popped out with "I'm a helicopter doctor". Over the years that became a private in-joke for us and go shortened to "copter doctor". When we got a computer many moons ago and I needed a user name, I thought of that and tacked on "mrs" since it was for me. It has stuck all this time and it is great because nobody else has it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I turned 42 this year and hoped all the answers would fall into my lap. Six months later I'm still waiting. :lol: I turned 42 this year, too, and hadn't associated it to life, the universe, and everything yet! All of a sudden I feel a lot better about being 42! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 My name is after a character from David Edding's Belgariad series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 And I am Michelle from OHio, who also happens to be an electrical engineer. (Thanks to OHElizabeth, who thought it up way back on the old board!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Sputterduck was my son's nickname when he was a baby going through the sputtering stage. I needed a nickname for a parenting message board to ask a question about him and it kinda stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm a Lord of the Rings fan and once I wanted to register at a site with a name that wasn't strongly male or female. Pippin is nearly always taken, so I adjusted the spelling. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanga Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Rew was just a baby when I came on these boards. His name is actually Andrew, but my husband used to joke that I gave birth to a marsupial because he was always in my front pouch and attached. So he started jokingly calling us Kanga and Rew. I wasn't sure if I wanted to use my name and how much info to give because my husband was getting ready to deploy, so I used that nickname instead. I actually had a dream the other night that I introduced myself as Kanga. I took it as a sign that I had been on the boards too much lately. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I picked mine because my brother said my personality reminds him of Unsinkable Molly Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm the only "patchfire" on the internet; I picked it when I first used AOL back in the dark ages. It's a mash of the names of my two favorite animals at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 My dh is considered a "nuke" at work because he's trained to be a nuclear propulsion officer. So I am therefore "nuke's" wife. He's not always working in a nuclear power area, but it's stuck over the years, and I've found it's not usually taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I've told this before, but mine is Harry Potter-related. St. Mungo's is the Harry Potter version of the "nuthouse." I often feel in charge of a nuthouse, hence, Mrs. Mungo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I needed an online name for Gateworld (the Stargate fan board) many years ago and chose SG1Happy. I loved being called Happy on those boards so I've used some variation of Happy online ever since. Plus, we used to live near Happy, Texas....the town without a frown. :D I'm going to become a grandmom in a few weeks. I've decided I want the little one to call me Happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetobeme Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 i have three daughters and two sons: a fullhouse. (courtesy of the labor nurse when i was birthin' those two boys!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 My homeschool blog is Smrt Lernins (indicative of how ignorant I felt, and sometimes still feel, about this whole homeschooling business!) and Smrt Mama just seemed like the right name to go along w/ that. It's not the name I used for the last 15 years or so online, but I felt that I needed a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Way back when I was working and only had four kids, my employees got me a birthday card and inside was a bumper sticker that said " Kids Happen". That bumper sticker graced my van until it died years later but the moniker stuck. I have been using it on-line since about 1997. As far as I know, I am the only KidsHappen on the net so if you see it anywhere (sometimes with a slightly different spelling) it's probably me. It is my user name everywhere as well as my email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscopterdoc Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I needed an online name for Gateworld (the Stargate fan board) many years ago and chose SG1Happy. I loved being called Happy on those boards so I've used some variation of Happy online ever since. are you still on GW??? I am on there :D same name :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Izumi is a bizarre character from an anime (Nadesco) which, apparently, reminded my anime group friends of me :lol: so that is my one and only nickname that other people have given me. I like it. It would really be Izumi-chan but it feels weird calling myself that, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Specialmama followed me from an autism support group. Many of the parents would name their children such as: SpecialDavid or SpecialAndrew&Kimmy. I liked the special part, but I'm also a rebel (all of us are because we homeschool!) and I had several issues with putting my son's name down: 1) what the heck is "normal" anyhow? Just because he has a disability, he's a person first and foremost. 2) I felt it was almost a "pity me" thing, and as much as I appreciate real sympathy and empathy, I most certainly do not want pity. So I had to rebel and not put my son's name. I figure we're all special, and keeping his name off made me feel fierce in a good way, like a mama bear protecting her cub. I don't want people to know me through the lens of my son's disability. I don't know if that makes any sense or not. I just know I feel great that I didn't use his name. I'm keeping that special for people who are blessed to know him in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Shot Academy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I typed in the first thing that popped into my head. :glare: I figured I could change it after I gave it some thought but, I found out I couldn't change it. A friend thought my name would offend some people, because it made her think of vodka. :blink: It really refers to the fact that when hubby and I used to go to Starbucks, we would get four shots of espresso in our lattes. Now, I have food allergies and have not had a latte in years, but am afraid to remove my siggy line about drinking espresso! :001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Many years ago I needed a new online name...My sister and I were in a heated discussion about the need for peach skittles (she's a peach flavor fanatic and I love myself some skittles)...I put them together and voila, peachskittles was born...Online my name is Peach, so it works out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Mine simply suits my personality. I also have a cafepress store called 'Twisted Imp' because my sense of ha ha is pretty twisted at times, and the designs reflect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularMom Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 The first time I ever joined a message board and needed a login name, I was looking for help with a "I'm a new stay at home mom" kind of problem. I had scanned through some posts and seen all these clever names describing what kind of moms people were, and I said to myself: "well, I'm no supermom, that's for sure. I'm just a regular mom." So, I typed it in, and the name sort of stuck. And Scarlett was the first person to respond to my very first post btw. (This was on a different board.) And her advice was really kind and helpful. (Hey there, Scarlett! Thanks!) And there you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I used to be a linguist and I've had the username of lingmom on a board or two... now I'm not working in linguistics. But I am quite short... so I just switched it up to be a little mom --- a momling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerdingCats Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Anytime something is chaotic and difficult to organize, we say it's like herding cats. This homeschooling thing is like that; everyone wants to do something other than what I want them to do:tongue_smilie: We also have two cats (I don't try to herd them though). I thought about this after I chose the name, but it also fits in with my Native American heritage- sort of "Dancing with Wolves"ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 are you still on GW??? I am on there :D same name :D Not so much any more. I used to live on the Sam/Jack shipper thread. :D I'm a diehard, from the beginning, SG1 fan. Atlantis less so and Universe, not so much. Did a vacation to Vancouver last summer with my husband...one of the highlights was seeing Bridge studios and finding several filming locations. Kind of a Jack O'Neill walked here sort of thing. ;) I post Stargate fanfic as SG1Happy, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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