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AIBU to ask your the meaning behind your username?

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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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Oysterbabe · 08/11/2022 21:14

I was a bit of a goth and liked the poem The Melancholy Death of Oysterboy. But I'm a girl so..

CoachBeard · 08/11/2022 21:15

I was watching Ted Lasso.

Somanysocks · 08/11/2022 21:15

Can't remember 😁

SingingSands · 08/11/2022 21:15

Mine is my favourite beach.

DontbesuchanarseGlenda · 08/11/2022 21:15

My name is word for word some excellent feedback given by one poster to another a while ago. Possibly a thread about bbq borrowing etiquette if memory serves correctly 😁

Threadkillacilla · 08/11/2022 21:15

I'm a boring twat.

MummBRaaarrrTheEverLeaking · 08/11/2022 21:15

A play on Mumm-Ra The Ever Living from Thundercats! Grin

Stath · 08/11/2022 21:16

I name change but this one is for the funniest TV programme Stath Lets Flats.

RiderOfTheBlue · 08/11/2022 21:16

Character from one of my favourite books.

Itstarts · 08/11/2022 21:17

Random memory that popped in my head from a Lion King game I played in the 90s.

TheOnlyBeeInYourBonnet · 08/11/2022 21:17

Avon bubble bath made me Grin

Mine is from the song 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' which some bastard had already taken.

Itsalloutofwhack · 08/11/2022 21:17

Having been a long time lurker my first actual post was around the time my mum died. It was one of her sayings and described exactly how I was feeling (and still am, a bit)

Squirrelsnut · 08/11/2022 21:17

Part of a Pink Floyd lyric.

donttalkaboutbookclub · 08/11/2022 21:17

Like Fight Club rules but for readers.

RobinRobinMouse · 08/11/2022 21:17

The songs get stuck in my head all year round!

CathyorClaire · 08/11/2022 21:18

I was a massive fan of Jackie magazine back in the day.

Clearly not enough to have noted that I should have spelt it 'Clare' though 😁

zeddybrek · 08/11/2022 21:18

My real name begins with Z.

I like Readybrek porridge.

cinnabongene · 08/11/2022 21:18

Mine is inspired by Better Call Saul

KathieFerrars · 08/11/2022 21:18

Chalet School teacher

TheOriginalEmu · 08/11/2022 21:18

I had 2 friends who called me the original emo, because I was emo before emo was a thing…I had a boyfriend who called me Emu. So I combined them.

EarlofShrewsbury · 08/11/2022 21:19

I'm a massive alton towers fan.

The ruins in the ground was the statley home of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

bigbluebus · 08/11/2022 21:20

Chosen due to the vehicle I drove when I joined Mumsnet many moons (and vehicles) ago.

Needmorelego · 08/11/2022 21:20

I need more Lego.
Well maybe not actually need but I want more.

TrainspottingWelsh · 08/11/2022 21:20

Self explanatory

Iwritethissittinginthekitchensink · 08/11/2022 21:20

Because of where I’m sitting.

Not really, it’s the first line of a great book.