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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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Mypeniscalledstella · 08/11/2022 21:51

From a time when Stella Creasy was going on about women having penises.

Or...maybe I name my stationary items and my pen is called Stella

moistmingemist · 08/11/2022 21:52

I saw it mentioned on a thread, spat my tea out and immediately changed my name as I think it's hilarious!

TheClitterati · 08/11/2022 21:53

"The Clitterati" is from one of my fav comedy sketches

Bouledeneige · 08/11/2022 21:54

It was snowy when I last changed my name and I'd been out to tobogganing and snowball fighting with my DC. I am not French though.

LesOliviers · 08/11/2022 21:56

It was a brand of cheap wine they used to sell in kwiksave in the 90s.

OneWildNightWithJBJ · 08/11/2022 21:56

One of my favourite Bon Jovi songs…

soupmaker · 08/11/2022 21:58

Mine is self explanatory. When I joined I wanted to be Soupdragon but that'd already been taken so given I've always got a pot of soup on the stove seemed the second best option.

bakewellbride · 08/11/2022 21:59

I got married in bakewell.

I used to be first time mama but since having my second baby I thought it was time for a new username!

Arnaquer · 08/11/2022 21:59

Francophile like to stir the pot sometimes

MeOldBamboo · 08/11/2022 22:00

Great song from my favourite film!

EilonwyWithRedGoldHair · 08/11/2022 22:00

Eilonwy is a character in Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain books. She has red gold hair.

Had to pick something and the books happened to be on the shelf next to me.

NightFright · 08/11/2022 22:00

No meaning to mine.

I change mine quite often as some things I post are quite ‘outing’ and in the past I’ve kept my username for much longer than I should have done, therefore I think of an alternative and if it’s not taken, bingo!

Beanbagtrap · 08/11/2022 22:00

I got stuck on a beanbag

TwoRockSalmonAndAHaporthOfChips · 08/11/2022 22:00

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 08/11/2022 21:07

Mine is from Blackadder

Mine too!

RoachTheHorse · 08/11/2022 22:01

I change often. Right now I'm Roach, the Witcher's horse

Howlongwillthistake · 08/11/2022 22:01

Because I tried to change my user name and everything I thought of was taken

Arnaquer · 08/11/2022 22:01

DillDanding · 08/11/2022 21:30

I'm DillDanding....

Love this

Crazymadchickenlady · 08/11/2022 22:01

I have lots of chickens 🐔

Pharos · 08/11/2022 22:01

I like lighthouses

LovelyBitOfSquirrel69 · 08/11/2022 22:02

Friday Night Dinners reference.

TwoMonthsOff · 08/11/2022 22:02

@LesOliviers
thats hilarious, I had forgotten about KwikSave and the fact they tried to make it sound posh and French 😭

PurpleButterflyWings · 08/11/2022 22:02

I was trying to think of a name and saw a lovely purple butterfly on the table outside in the garden. Bit boring I know! But it was that simple/obvious!

Fairislefandango · 08/11/2022 22:03

I love Fairisle knitting. And I just liked the alliteration with Fandango!

bellabasset · 08/11/2022 22:03

It's exactly that and she was a tri colour

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 08/11/2022 22:03

Bassoon player in an episode of Cabin Pressure.