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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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MoscowMules · 03/01/2023 01:18

Favourite alcoholic beverage 🤣

Mammyloveswine · 03/01/2023 01:22

Mine speaks for itself

FictionalCharacter · 03/01/2023 03:03

Has @AnyFucker explained herself yet? 😬
Mine doesn’t mean anything, I just thought of myself as being a…..fictional character

Furries · 03/01/2023 03:49

FictionalCharacter · 03/01/2023 03:03

Has @AnyFucker explained herself yet? 😬
Mine doesn’t mean anything, I just thought of myself as being a…..fictional character

I always like to think she has a fun life 😂

Furries · 03/01/2023 03:53

I meant that in the nicest possible way.

Cute little house, nice views nearby, probably a roaring fire, and a couple of gorgeous guys for when the need arises.

Oh yes, I like giving little back stories for some usernames 🤣

tuvamoodyson · 03/01/2023 04:17

Character in a book

ednclouda · 03/01/2023 06:36

Its edna cloud from terry wogans's TIG radio

thegreenlight · 03/01/2023 06:43

Named after the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock that Gatsby fixated on in The Great Gatsby.

PifandHercule · 03/01/2023 07:35

The name of two cartoon characters I used to watch as a kid 😂

BliainNua · 03/01/2023 10:57

I'm back with a new name.... meaning New Year 😊

AuntieEntity · 03/01/2023 11:07

Tina Turner's character in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

IncognitoIsMyFavouriteWord · 03/01/2023 19:29

As a child, I was watching Countdown with my mother and her friend.

The conundrum word was Cognition and I got it instantly.

So, ever since it has always been my favourite word.

leatherboundbooks · 03/01/2023 19:43

Love this smell and the feel, have a shelf full

Shallistayorshalligo · 03/01/2023 19:47

Thought my marriage of 20 years was collapsing. All we needed to do was talk. We did. And still married😁perhaps, I need to change my name now

NotTooOldPaul · 03/01/2023 19:49

because I am fed up with people telling me that I’m too old.
I am only 75 and feel that I am not old.

Butchyrestingface · 03/01/2023 19:54

NotTooOldPaul · 03/01/2023 19:49

because I am fed up with people telling me that I’m too old.
I am only 75 and feel that I am not old.

Is it Paul telling you these things?

LTB.

justcouldntthinkofausername · 03/01/2023 19:58

@Butchyrestingface 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

lljkk · 03/01/2023 19:59

AS litttle meaning as possible. Random letters on keyboard.

ZosieTatien · 03/01/2023 20:16

Yet another character from a book. I love this name and really wish it was my actual name. Does anyone recognise the book?

ZeilanBlueSky · 03/01/2023 20:47

I like to name change every so often. I use jokey random name generators for the giggles.

doingitforyorkshire · 03/01/2023 20:52

............well Sean Bean really. He can do it for me anytime too..................

CrazyBiscuits · 03/01/2023 20:52

It was a nc, I was having a crazy day and too many biscuits!

notyourmummy · 03/01/2023 20:53

Born out of frustration at the inability of the adults around me to do anything for themselves, and their seeming need for me to mother them!

germanbight · 03/01/2023 20:59

mine’s from kestrel for a knave, which was made into the film ‘kes’

’Billy, what does tha mean ‘Germans bite’?’

Feelinalrightwiththecrew · 03/01/2023 21:01

One of my favourite songs