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How did you pick your username?

172 replies

Tatzelwyrm · 25/07/2023 16:41

I know it's been done a gazillion times, but this is chat!

Mine is based on a being from a book I'm reading at the moment (or just finished) by Marissa Meyer

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EmmaGrundyForPM · 25/07/2023 17:31

I had to change mine a few years ago when my hairdresser worked out my previous username. At the time there was a Tory leadership election and at the same time The Archers ran a storyline about one of the central characters, Emma Grundy, running for the Parish Council.

I'm thinking of changing it again as the Emma Grundy character is being very annoying, and I've gone right off her.

AgnesX · 25/07/2023 17:34

Lack of imagination really. There are some really witty ones although mine's not one of them 😁

CrackersCheeseAndWinePlease · 25/07/2023 17:35

I like crackers, cheese and wine

TherealmrsT · 25/07/2023 17:39

I have never used my married name, which begins with T, and it amuses me that to people above a certain age Mrs T is someone else entirely.

StormShadow · 25/07/2023 17:43

It's the name of a missile that the UK has supplied to Ukraine, which I'm overjoyed about. So I chose a username to celebrate!

BlueLiquid · 25/07/2023 17:44

I change my username constantly so usually just go for the same of something that’s right in front of me.

SunnyEgg · 25/07/2023 17:45

I’m positive and generally happy. Plus I like the letters of egg.

WhatWouldTheDoctorDo · 25/07/2023 17:46

It's a mix related to two TV shows I was watching at the time I chose it many moons ago.

FuckMeSidewaysAndCallMeBarbara · 25/07/2023 17:49

StEtienne93 · 25/07/2023 16:54

I was listening to St Etienne when i needed a new username. I bought my first St Etienne single in 1993.

Only Live Can Break Your Heart is my favourite song. A few years before 1993 though.

Mine is inspired by a story from another poster regarding graffiti in toilets.

SlideandPolka · 25/07/2023 17:51

GolgafrinchamB · 25/07/2023 16:51

Whatever I’m musing about on the day I decide to change names again.

I was feeling particularly useless, so named myself after the Ark B with the pointless people on it in Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

This. When I was changing names, I was listening to a friend who is a trad fiddler playing.

DorisElward · 25/07/2023 17:52

mine is the name of a character from St Clare’s whose surname changes from one book to another. Sometimes it’s Elward and sometimes Edward. But I’ll probably change it again now 😁

JeandeServiette · 25/07/2023 17:53

I was watching a film I love and decided to ruin the title by being silly with it.

NaNaNasAndAirGuitars · 25/07/2023 17:53

I have lots of usernames. This one is a line from a Chris Stapleton song.

Iloveringos · 25/07/2023 17:54

Self explanatory 🤣🤣

DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy · 25/07/2023 17:54

A very irritating advert 🤪

TribeD · 25/07/2023 17:55

I have quite a few, but I can't remember why I picked this one, it doesn't mean anything!

SunnyEgg · 25/07/2023 17:55

I had the same name for ages but you can get diehards being odd

Good to change

IDidntWearASmileToday · 25/07/2023 17:56

It's song lyrics from bowling for soup

GroggyLegs · 25/07/2023 17:58

I used to run a lot.

Backstreets · 25/07/2023 17:59

Favourite Springsteen tune

OneMoreCookieMonster · 25/07/2023 17:59

I was eating for too many cookies as I was name changing.
I dont name change very often. IF you know me in rl...HI! Can't be bothered

RenoDakota · 25/07/2023 18:00

Mine is a song by The Magnetic Fields. Which is actually about a real person.

JumpInAndSwim · 25/07/2023 18:01

I was name changing to make a controversial post, when a swimming instructor yelled this & I was shocked.

Felt fitting.

AdoraBell · 25/07/2023 18:01

Favourite character from favourite Terry Pratchett book.

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