----------------------------------- Tallguy Tue May 06, 2008 9:37 am The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Just a random topic so you can explain just what your user name means. ex. Mines 'Tallguy' - I just have it because I'm tall (duh, and its been my nickname since grade 6) So tell us about yours :P ----------------------------------- btiffin Tue May 06, 2008 9:59 am Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- My nickname is Bluey, or Blue but I gave up trying to use Blue as a nick a long time ago - gee, back in the CompuServe days. btiffin is far less likely to have been taken by someone else. And I'm proud to be a Tiffin, so ... :) By the way, Tiffin is in the dictionary as "light lunch" but I prefer the Viking roots going back to Thorfinn Rollo, the man that got Paris to capitulate after a four year siege circa 940AD. Cheers ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 12:04 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Doesn't anyone else here just use their last name? !Gosh.... ----------------------------------- Clayton Tue May 06, 2008 12:18 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Take a guess at what Clayton means. ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 12:28 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- First names are lamer. ----------------------------------- Mackie Tue May 06, 2008 1:01 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Oh really? ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 1:04 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Really. It matters not tha Aziz is usually a first name outside my family tree (and inside it, too, I have a great uncle named Aziz Aziz) ----------------------------------- jernst Tue May 06, 2008 1:47 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Jason Ernst -> jernst ----------------------------------- Clayton Tue May 06, 2008 1:56 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Clayton Shier -> Clayton. ZOMGWTFBBQ! ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 1:59 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- I also stole rdrake's name idea for my website, aaziz.org. ----------------------------------- Nick Tue May 06, 2008 2:15 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- First names are lamer. O.O ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 2:25 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- rofl Hey, I think it's better than "momop" anyways. I never got that one. ----------------------------------- Nick Tue May 06, 2008 2:28 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- well since I can't explain Nick really (self explanatory) I'll explain momop I was playing Runescape so it was a while ago (when I still played, don't lie, you did too) and I saw a guy with the name mr mop or something like that, I thought it said mo mop at a first glance and I laughed cause it was a ridiculous name, then I noticed it wasn't but I liked the name mo mop and used it, it's been my online alais ever since. Since then it's transformed from mo mop to momop because of a lot of site's restriction on a space being in the name ----------------------------------- Tony Tue May 06, 2008 2:28 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Clayton Shier -> Tony ;) ----------------------------------- Carey Tue May 06, 2008 2:38 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Carey Metcalfe -> Carey ZOMGWTFBBQ! @Aziz: pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffttttttttt :D ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 3:01 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- I guess I never noticed before :\ ----------------------------------- Carey Tue May 06, 2008 3:03 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- noticed what? that Carey is a first name? ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 06, 2008 3:12 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- That a lot of people user their names for the usernames here... ----------------------------------- cavetroll Tue May 06, 2008 4:16 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- LOTR!!!!! Actually there is a story to it. I was watching LOTR 2 or 3 (I can't remember) and they showed a shot of the cavetroll on the black gate. One of my friends yelled out "Hey look it's Andy" as I am particularly heavyset. I decided as a joke to use it on a forum. I liked the name so I decided to keep it. ----------------------------------- Clayton Tue May 06, 2008 4:36 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Clayton Shier -> Tony ;) :think: ----------------------------------- StealthArcher Tue May 06, 2008 4:42 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- It appears we have a cloning incident! Anyway, I took StealthArcher on as my online alias several years back. It's derived from an Age Of Empires one cheat called "dark rain", it made all your archers capable of becoming trees when not moving, they just happened to be called StealthArcher(s), yes, there really was no space. Oh and just because everyone is: James Adair --> StealthArcher ----------------------------------- md Tue May 06, 2008 5:26 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- md -> minor deity. Because I am that awesome. Also, because of certain legendary feats of yor which have firmly cemented by reputation as a God among men. IRC nicks are so much more interesting md -> minor deity (same as above) God -> because silly people find it offensive and I like offending people. ThinkPod -> because I own a thinkpad. Cornflake -> different legendary feat then md; but equally impressive. ----------------------------------- Zampano Tue May 06, 2008 6:04 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- md -> minor deity. Because I am that awesome. Also, because of certain legendary feats of yor which have firmly cemented by reputation as a God among men. Well, at least I know it doesn't mean 'major deity'. I took my name from a movie I once watched, and have used it for a year or two, but I find flaw with it now: it's zediness (Z) proceeds me, and I realize I had no adequate reason for choosing this name when I did. I'm stuck with Zampano, though, so I'll just have to deal with it. *whiny* ----------------------------------- jinjin Tue May 06, 2008 6:56 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- I used to play the game "Tekken 3" for hours on end and I always liked the character Jin Kazama from it. He looked like one of those people you know that if you angered even slightly, mass chaos would ensue. I originally thought I would just choose the username "jin" but many forums don't allow for 3 character names so I doubled the name because it's fairly easy to type and it doubles the awesomeness, I suppose. ----------------------------------- A.J Tue May 06, 2008 8:53 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- Well, 'A' and 'J' are my initials, and I use them instead of my real name because my real name is IMPOSSIBLE to pronounce !!! ----------------------------------- syntax_error Tue May 06, 2008 9:21 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- syntax_error no idea how I came up with that, for a computer science website. ----------------------------------- md Tue May 06, 2008 9:30 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- md -> minor deity. Because I am that awesome. Also, because of certain legendary feats of yor which have firmly cemented by reputation as a God among men. Well, at least I know it doesn't mean 'major deity'. Ahh, but that's not nearly as insulting as you meant it (I think)! No one really wants to be a major deity because then you have worshipers who care about you and pray to you and want those prayers answered. Furthermore you need to preside over all sorts of rites and holidays. WAY too much work. Being a minor deity allows me to get away with being a deity and yet not having any responsibilities! Well... except for causing strife, corrupting the innocent, weeding out stupidity and revealing it to the world, drinking, and whatever else I feel like doing when the mood strikes. My worshipers are pretty apathetic so they don't care too much. ----------------------------------- Zampano Tue May 06, 2008 9:50 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- You think? You think?! A deity does not think, but knows! Clearly you are an impostor! Come out from behind the curtain, fat man, and send me back to Kansas! ----------------------------------- jinjin Thu May 08, 2008 11:07 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Name ----------------------------------- md -> minor deity. Because I am that awesome. Also, because of certain legendary feats of yor which have firmly cemented by reputation as a God among men. Well, at least I know it doesn't mean 'major deity'. I took my name from a movie I once watched, and have used it for a year or two, but I find flaw with it now: it's zediness (Z) proceeds me, and I realize I had no adequate reason for choosing this name when I did. I'm stuck with Zampano, though, so I'll just have to deal with it. *whiny* Do I rightly assume that the movie you derived the name "Zampano" from is Fellini's critically acclaimed film La strada?