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What does your username mean?

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SkygardenTower · 17/07/2022 12:31

There are lots on interesting usernames and I often wonder what they mean.

Mine is from the Rivers of London series, skygarden Tower is a made up Tower block in London which focuses magic.

What does your username mean? (Obviously only it isn't outing).

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 17/07/2022 13:53

Mine’s inspired by a Belle and Sebastian song.

MirandaWest · 17/07/2022 13:53

Mine is a character from a set of books I like. I’ve seen other characters from there around MN so there must be a number of Antonia Forest fans 😊

takeitandleaveit · 17/07/2022 13:55

After an unbelievably frustrating 10 minutes of trying to explain to my dd the meaning of the saying: 'You can't have your cake and eat it' in a never-ending arguing-the-toss loop.
She's 23.

TimBoothseyes · 17/07/2022 13:55

Those eyes. 😍

What does your username mean?
AclowncalledAlice · 17/07/2022 13:57

My (then),7 year old DD mishearing the title of A Town Called Malice by the Jam.

Passtheduchyonthelefthandside · 17/07/2022 13:58

Stranger things, road trip playing musical youth, which was my first record bought. Previous usernames have been line of duty related, I am H you were gobshite.

Lovingtheglitter · 17/07/2022 13:58

I was a TA in a primary school for years before I left last year to new ventures - and my favourite time was Christmas when we got all the glitter out and decorated cards and gifts - and usually me too!!

PaniDomu · 17/07/2022 14:02

Mine is Polish for housewife. I’m not Polish and I’m not a housewife.

AmberGer · 17/07/2022 14:02

Because I like Hamburgers

MrsMitford3 · 17/07/2022 14:03

QueSyrahSyrah · 17/07/2022 12:39

I like red wine and think that what will be will be.

brilliant!!

itsgettingweird · 17/07/2022 14:04

I've had various names over the years!

This one I've kept for quite a long time.

Changed during a time in my life I was being gaslighted and life got weird!

itsgettingweird · 17/07/2022 14:07

SirChenjins · 17/07/2022 12:45

Search engine - in my house it seems I’m expected to know everything, esp the location of other people’s belongings

Oh my gosh - I love this Grin

Eeiliethya · 17/07/2022 14:08

Greek goddess of childbirth.

I was not long off giving birth to DD and was being optimistic.

I am in fact NOT the goddess off childbirth 😆

SkiingIsHeaven · 17/07/2022 14:09

I'm in heaven when I am skiing.

CanIbeRio · 17/07/2022 14:12

I've been in love with Simon Le Bon since I was about 14. It's a nod to Her Name is Rio....it's my little fantasy that he's singing about me ☺️

Clicheinaqashqai · 17/07/2022 14:12

I have 2 children, live in a 3 bed semi in the suburbs and drive a Nissan Qashqai.

I swear I used to be cool.

weegiemum · 17/07/2022 14:12

Mine tells you where I live!

MissMarianHalcombe · 17/07/2022 14:15

One of my favourite literary female characters.

I first read A Woman in White by Wilkie Collins aged 15 for O level English Lit and 37 years later I still love it.

Marian is such a strong woman. I’ve always loved her.

PeterPomegranate · 17/07/2022 14:18

CanIbeRio · 17/07/2022 14:12

I've been in love with Simon Le Bon since I was about 14. It's a nod to Her Name is Rio....it's my little fantasy that he's singing about me ☺️

I’m going to burst your bubble and say I was at an event a couple of years ago with Simon Le Bob in attendance and he wearing a cravat. Yasmin looked amazing though. On the plus side we were asked to carry our chairs from one place to another and Simon did carry his chair.

Heroicallyl0st · 17/07/2022 14:19

Fascinating thread! Mine is from a Yeats poem…

That crazed girl improvising her music.
Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,
^^
…that girl I declare
A beautiful lofty thing, or a thing
Heroically lost, heroically found
^^
No matter what disaster occurred
She stood in desperate music wound…

PeterPomegranate · 17/07/2022 14:19

Simon Le Bon LOL

NiceTwin · 17/07/2022 14:19

I was always known as the nice twin when at school.

Apollonia1 · 17/07/2022 14:20

Mine is from The Godfather. In the book, the description of Apollonia was beautiful, and always stuck with me.

NightmareSlashDelightful · 17/07/2022 14:20

Mine’s a quote from Karen in Will & Grace.

DeanStockwelll · 17/07/2022 14:21

Mine is a actor, a lot of my previous user names have been linked with him one way or another

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