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AIBU to ask your the meaning behind your username?

593 replies

Tinner01 · 08/11/2022 21:05

Just that really. What is the meaning behind/origin of your username?
I’ll go first: mine is based on the name of a holiday home I visited many years ago now.

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MrsRinaDecker · 09/11/2022 13:50

Rina is a book character who is an unexpected badass! I also just love the series of books (crime fiction series in which the protagonist is detective Peter Decker).

cobblers123 · 09/11/2022 13:50

I was fed up with constantly having to think up usernames for sites, this one is easy to remember and summed up how I felt when I picked one that was already taken and had to then think of another name.

Nothing to do with footwear. 😁

ILIWYS · 09/11/2022 13:57

Abbreviation of one of my favourite albums, I Like it When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of it

CheapFoodShits · 09/11/2022 14:03

A few months ago, someone posted about inexpensive food giving them a dodgy stomach. I commented, saying something about "cheap food shits" and another user said it would make a great username.

Giggorata · 09/11/2022 14:08

Mine is from a character in Lexx, Giggorata the Wicked, who killed (and ate) her husband, amongst others.
She wears a onesie made from the entire skin of a man, with the mummified head hanging off the back like a hood.

Now I read this back, it sound a little…creepy.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 09/11/2022 14:15

Mariel van Arkle did, indeed, stink. Muriel didn't need to marry and change her name to become a 'new person'. She was fine, and a much better person, just the way she was.

I find that sentiment uplifting and a great declaration of female independence!

TeapotCollection · 09/11/2022 14:26

I did a Mrs Doubtfire and took the first words my eyes went on when I looked at that days newspaper. I don’t own any teapots

ShakeYourFeathers · 09/11/2022 14:30

Name of a nail varnish

cheninblanc · 09/11/2022 14:36

Favourite weekend drink

neverbeenskiing · 09/11/2022 14:43

This is where mine comes from

Like Mawaan, I have in fact been skiing.

aSpanielintheworks · 09/11/2022 14:45

I have a Spaniel that's often thwarting out plans <but we love him...>

mamabear715 · 09/11/2022 14:49

Obvious.. lots of kids & it's my alter ego to them!

TheOrigRights · 09/11/2022 14:53

mamabear715 · 09/11/2022 14:49

Obvious.. lots of kids & it's my alter ego to them!

You have 715 children? Good going! Grin

Shannith · 09/11/2022 14:54

A desire to own a chestnut Arab mare and gallop about the Scottish moors. And be called Jinny. Coupled with mild dyslexia.

HPLikecraft · 09/11/2022 15:09

TeapotCollection · 09/11/2022 14:26

I did a Mrs Doubtfire and took the first words my eyes went on when I looked at that days newspaper. I don’t own any teapots

I tried that as I thought I could use a new username. Unfortunately, I landed on “Sir Gavin Williamson” so I think I’ll stick with current one for a bit, so as not to make other posters sick every time I comment.

I like doing crafty things, as well as reading the works of HP Lovecraft.

mamabear715 · 09/11/2022 15:13

@TheOrigRights
Child Benefit is bloody AWESOME! ;-)

1Le · 09/11/2022 15:15

Current one is a throwaway so I could moan about my mental health. One Litre Estimated. But, I have maybe 200 or more previous user names as I like to stay anonymous on here. I challenge myself to come up with something unique without needing to use numbers. Some I really like or have meaning but I never use them again.

MayISuggestSomeThickCutSteakChipsToGoWithThat · 09/11/2022 15:29

Piss take of the M&S troll 🧌

Comefromaway · 09/11/2022 15:31

My favourite show

BettyBooze · 09/11/2022 15:31

It has no meaning. I change username very regularly and just kind of look around me for inspiration at the time.

elp30 · 09/11/2022 15:31

ILIWYS · 09/11/2022 13:57

Abbreviation of one of my favourite albums, I Like it When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of it

Great album!

NarNooNarNoo · 09/11/2022 15:59

Great thread!

Mine is the sound my ds used to make to imitate emergency vehicles - he rejected the classic ‘nee naw’

StarlightLady · 09/11/2022 16:23

I'm not sure how we are supposed to vote on this. My user name is what mum used to call me as a young child.

FrodisCapering · 09/11/2022 16:25

The last episode of the Monkees TV show.

KettrickenSmiled · 09/11/2022 16:26

The last sentence in my favourite novel series.

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