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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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CrawlingFromShitshowToAfterglow · 08/11/2022 22:29

Mine describes my current situation. I'm being optimistic that things will get better - albeit slowly.

Apollonia1 · 08/11/2022 22:30

From The Godfather book. I just love the description of Apollonia when Mike meets her in Sicily.

TaraMock · 08/11/2022 22:31

@TarasChoc I see you 👀 😜

takealettermsjones · 08/11/2022 22:31

A song from Blood Brothers. But Ms instead of Miss. 😆

EsmeGythaMagrat · 08/11/2022 22:31

The irreplaceable Terry Pratchett

illiterato · 08/11/2022 22:32

My dad was talking about the illuminati and got it wrong and it made me laugh.

KitchenSupper · 08/11/2022 22:33

Allusion to a well-known troll

greeandorange · 08/11/2022 22:33

MarigoldPetals · 08/11/2022 21:13

I change my user name every few weeks. I just look around the room or garden and put whatever catches my eye.

This is me! My username is the colour of my bathroom scrubbers 🤣

OhhBiscuits · 08/11/2022 22:33

Because Bluey is bloody brilliant...

ILiveInSalemsLot · 08/11/2022 22:34

Stephen King fan

mondler · 08/11/2022 22:34

Mine is from friends fandom - Monica/Chandler pairing.

losthimtothelycra · 08/11/2022 22:34

DH spends his days on his bike, looks ok in the lycra though!

AlwaysGinPlease · 08/11/2022 22:34

Because it's my answer when I'm asked what I'd like to drink 😊

TuisealGinideach · 08/11/2022 22:35

TaraMock · 08/11/2022 22:31

@TarasChoc I see you 👀 😜

You are both adorable. I, on the other hand, am wilfully obscure.

APurpleSquirrel · 08/11/2022 22:36

Purple squirrel is a term used by employment recruiters to describe a job candidate with precisely the right education, set of experience, and range of qualifications that perfectly fits a job's requirements. The implication is that over-specification of the requirements makes a perfect candidate as hard to find as a purple squirrel.
We’ve even been maligned by Elon Musk who tweeted in 2012, "Do not search for purple squirrels! Giving them attention only makes them want to be more purple!”
Grin

ODFOx · 08/11/2022 22:37

The x means 'whomever' or 'if the cap fits'.

Thatsshallot1967 · 08/11/2022 22:39

What my allotment grown onions look like this year because they didn't grow properly.

TwoMonthsOff · 08/11/2022 22:39

@ILiveInSalemsLot
Great name - I will never forget Danny Glick floating outside the bedroom window - scares me to this day 😱

ChecoPerez · 08/11/2022 22:39

My fave F1 driver🏎️

Tinner01 · 08/11/2022 22:44

@NeverOneBiscuit same here ☹️😂

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ILiveInSalemsLot · 08/11/2022 22:45

TwoMonthsOff · 08/11/2022 22:39

@ILiveInSalemsLot
Great name - I will never forget Danny Glick floating outside the bedroom window - scares me to this day 😱

Oh, that was terrifying. I watched it with my cousin. She watched it blocking her ears, I watched it shutting my eyes 🤣

boys3 · 08/11/2022 22:46

In tribute to Fawlty Towers

Boiledbeetle · 08/11/2022 22:46

takealettermsjones · 08/11/2022 22:31

A song from Blood Brothers. But Ms instead of Miss. 😆

I actually have the BB soundtrack playing as I'm reading these and as I got to yours "take a letter miss Jones" sang out from my speaker.

Wonderful name choice miss jones

BrightBlueFlamingo · 08/11/2022 22:47

Cos who says all flamingos have to be pink........!!😋

itsnotmeitsu · 08/11/2022 22:49

Mine's based on the. "It's not you, it's me'. Although to be fair nobody's ever said that to me. They've probably been a bit less gentle.

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