itt share the story of your username

flamb · 05-26-2009, 11:12 PM

i mashed my keyboard and then it looked like "flam" (which is like a drum technique) but with a bunch of extra letters so i deleted them, and then i saw the b on the end and it was like combining flam and lamb into one super word so i thought it was COOL

plz share ur story plz

BreakABone · 05-26-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by flamb

i mashed my keyboard and then it looked like "flam" (which is like a drum technique) but with a bunch of extra letters so i deleted them, and then i saw the b on the end and it was like combining flam and lamb into one super word so i thought it was COOL

plz share ur story plz

Interesting always thought it was some reference to flame.

My name comes from the play on the phrase, "break a leg" which meant good luck so I figured why did it have to be so specific, shouldn't wishing someone break every or any bone be the best luck.

And it also works as a threat so yeah.

KillerGremlin · 05-27-2009, 12:09 AM

It's crazy to think I started using the Internet before google existed...I remember logging onto computers back in grade school and firing up Netscape.

Anyway, way way back in the day we got Internet in our home. My dad let me have a little Internet time for a couple hours when I wanted to use it. This was in the dark ages before pictures and movies dominated the web so I mostly did loser things like read IGN's text based site.

I ended up registering for a site in like 2nd or 3rd grade, and I needed a screen name....so I went with my favorite movie at the time, Gremlins, and became "KillerGremlin." Later in middle school I became a fan of the hideous AMC Gremlin, I think it is the sexiest funky car. I've registered KG for email addresses, used it as a game tag, used it for forums....I swear I was the first mother fucker on the Internet using "KillerGremlin." I wish you could copyright screennames because some other KG is out there, at least on AIM....

Anyway, at some point people at AGB or maybe it was GT decided it would be fun to flip their username around. Must have been out of boredom. So I flipped KG and got my much more interesting AIM username which was more entertaining for high school. I also have a couple of other screennames I use...actually just one...but patent pending bitches.

I'm a trooper though. KG is sort of like...me. I mean I can't change names. This name is me, it's like my personality. I feel very attached to it, and will most likely use it the rest of my life.

Fox 6 · 05-27-2009, 12:27 AM

Was playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater at a friends house when i was little and I couldnt think of a name for my character. Noticed on letters to type in your name that it was something like this:

ABCDF...
KLMNO....
TUVWX...
23456..

So yeah, just went with that and it stuck.

Zen · 05-27-2009, 01:36 AM

My nickname comes from the Bush song Everything Zen which I was crazy about when i was like 14 or so, that and it sounds like my middle name.... which is Ben.

Typhoid · 05-27-2009, 03:58 AM

Me and Dylan were hanging out in grade 7, and I forget exactly what it was, but the day I made my account, we had some joke about typhoid. Plus I thought it was pretty funny to be named after a flesh eating bacterial disease-thing.

Plus, now whenever I hear the word "typhoid" in a sentence, I immediately think of myself.

Come to think of it, that's not all a good thing.

BreakABone · 05-27-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fox 6

Was playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater at a friends house when i was little and I couldnt think of a name for my character. Noticed on letters to type in your name that it was something like this:

ABCDF...
KLMNO....
TUVWX...
23456..

So yeah, just went with that and it stuck.

That's actually pretty cool, though wonder how the missing letters fit in.

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Me and Dylan were hanging out in grade 7, and I forget exactly what it was, but the day I made my account, we had some joke about typhoid. Plus I thought it was pretty funny to be named after a flesh eating bacterial disease-thing.

Plus, now whenever I hear the word "typhoid" in a sentence, I immediately think of myself.

Come to think of it, that's not all a good thing.

How often do you hear "typhoid" in a sentence?
I can't imagine that coming up too often.

Though reminds me of why I hate the word "early" sure it refers to a relative time, but it also is such an adorable nickname for me... so yeah first few years was a tad annoying whenever I heard it, and really one of the few nicknames I loathe.

Typhoid · 05-27-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BreakABone

How often do you hear "typhoid" in a sentence?
I can't imagine that coming up too often.

I never said it was frequent. It's just when I hear it, I think of myself.

Neo · 05-28-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Zen

My nickname comes from the Bush song Everything Zen which I was crazy about when i was like 14 or so, that and it sounds like my middle name.... which is Ben.

Is that that Nightwing guy who used to be Robin#1?

BreakABone · 05-28-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Neo

Is that that Nightwing guy who used to be Robin#1?

If you mean his avatar, yeah that's Nightwing aka original Robin aka Dick Grayson.

Swan · 05-28-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BreakABone

If you mean his avatar, yeah that's Nightwing aka original Robin aka Dick Grayson.

In his non gay costume.

Well non disco costume

Dylflon · 05-28-2009, 10:36 PM

Man, we've had so many of these threads over the years.

One day about 10 years ago, one of my friends decided to merge my name (Dylan) with flon (a disgusting dessert dish). He called me Dylflon out of nohere and it just so happened that I needed a new hotmail account since my original (Joe_Cool_55) had been hacked.

Nobody can pronounce my username correctly. Most people online pronounce it Dial-flon rather that Dill-flon. This is wrong.

Angrist · 05-27-2009, 05:02 AM

It took me 3 years to find out typhoid is a disease. It goes under the name typhus here.

Oh my nicknames: Ang = iron, rist = cutter. I put it together using Tolkien words. Later I discovered it was also the name of a knife.

Canyarion is a Tolkien translation of my real name (first and last). It's hard to pronounce, but it's 100% unique. If anyone else ever goes by this name, I know it's a pathetic copycat.

Teuthida · 05-27-2009, 05:16 AM

I've had a lot of usernames over the years. This one probably has the most boring origin. I like squids. Teuthida is the order squids belong to. That name and number under my username is the Swiss zoologist, Adolf Naef, and the year he named and classified Teuthida.

Professor S · 05-27-2009, 07:44 AM

Original PVG Name - Indigo Montoya: A play on the name of the character from the Princess Bride

Original GT Name - The Strangler: An homage to Ed "The Strangler" Lewis, who was considered the world's most dangerous man in the early 20th century.

Current GT Name - Professor S: Marks my entry into the profession of education, keeping the "S" from "Strangler"

XBL Gamertag - ProfGrimaldi: A combination of my GT name and my old WoW name (Grimaldi)