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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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LoobyDop · 08/11/2022 21:20

Random nonsense sounds, like a verbal doodle.

Dinneronmybfpillow · 08/11/2022 21:20

I was trying to eat dinner over feeding newborn DTs and MN at the same time

LizzieMacQueen · 08/11/2022 21:21

Mine was a tribute to HRH The Queen. Lizzie was my Queen (macQueen).

I guess I could change it to Charlie McKing. 😁

TwoMonthsOff · 08/11/2022 21:21

It’s a great tune by Underworld

Violinist64 · 08/11/2022 21:21

I am a violinist and I was born at the end of 1964.

SunsetOverEasterIsland · 08/11/2022 21:21

Based on sitting on a beach on Easter Island with the awesome Moai statues🗿next to us watching the sunset and then being awestruck by the huge amount of stars in a pitch black sky with absolutely no light pollution.

TheOrigRights · 08/11/2022 21:21

Mine derives from RightsOfWomen which I created as a NC during my divorce when I tried to contact them for support.
I then changed back to my usual username and then found when I wanted to use RightsOfWomen again it was taken (or at least I couldn't use it), so I just made it TheOrigRights

Divorce was a while ago and kind of gave up trying to use different usernames so I use this one.

Jules912 · 08/11/2022 21:22

After Jules Verne who wrote one of my favourite books

TastesLikeFlavourlessFizz · 08/11/2022 21:22

Someone said it on a thread about bottled water. It tickled me.

My previous two were variations on a phrase.

I think I need a new one before someone figures me out but I’m out of inspiration currently. Grin

Cosycover · 08/11/2022 21:23

It was the closest thing to me when I made my account

Celledora · 08/11/2022 21:23

’Cellar Door’ is often cited as one of the most beautiful phrases in English. I love language so I am Celledora.

DisforDarkChocolate · 08/11/2022 21:24

I don't sleep well. One thing that often works is picking a theme and working my way through the alphabet thinking of one thing that fits the theme.

A is for apple
B is for bread
C is for carrrota
D is for dark chocolate

Tinner01 · 08/11/2022 21:25

Wow this blew up! Loving reading these x

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Allthegoodusernamesareused · 08/11/2022 21:25

I lack imagination (or the ability to come up with decent usernames).

bookworm14 · 08/11/2022 21:25

I love books and joined MN in 2014! Also I clearly have no imagination…

golddustwomen · 08/11/2022 21:26

Fleetwood mac tune I was listening to at the time of setting up my account.

MytummydontjigglejiggleItfolds · 08/11/2022 21:26

My personal variation of Louis Theroux' rap

RustyBear · 08/11/2022 21:26

Rusty is a little knitted bear, about 3 inches high, made by my mum for me to take in my pocket on my first day at school. Originally he was a deep rusty-red colour, but he got washed in my pocket so often, he faded to pinky brown. He got attacked by moths and the darker brown patches cover the holes. He's now 61 years old and lives in retirement in a rocking chair on my bedside table.

AIBU to ask your the meaning behind your username?
CaptainThe95thRifles · 08/11/2022 21:27

I command the Light Company of the South Essex and frequently save the Duke of Wellington's bacon on the battlefield.

Or Richard Sharpe does. It's hard to remember who's who these days...

ShesThunderstorms · 08/11/2022 21:27

An arctic monkeys song.

theDudesmummy · 08/11/2022 21:27

The Big Lebowsky related. I used to call my DS The Dude when he was little.

Hellocatshome · 08/11/2022 21:28

Mine is from when I lived at home and my parents phone number somehow got in the phone book (yes I am that old!) as a dog rescue centre so my DF just started answering the phone "Hello this is not the dogs home". Well we have lots of cats and seem to end up with foster cats at regular intervals so when DF calls me I answer "Hello cats home"

TwoMonthsOff · 08/11/2022 21:28

@RustyBear 🥰that’s so lovely

TigerDroveAgain · 08/11/2022 21:28

It was a name change from my original name, TigerDriver. It's to do with classic cars.

Vatofrose · 08/11/2022 21:28

I change name every few posts and it’s always based on something I can see when I look up. This one was a combo of things in my line of vision

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