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Kalanchoe Posts: 400 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/04, 05:20 AM I often come here and see all the different imaginative names that people use. Where do you take your inspiration for them from? 'Kalanchoe' is the proper name of the flower that is also called 'Flaming Katie'. ;) xx Katie ---------------------------- *My body only feels good when it burns! *Little voice telling you to quit? Put your fingers in your ears! *"Life shrinks or grows in proportion to one's courage"
therainmaker Posts: 114 Joined: 2003/01/19	2003/04/04, 05:31 AM I got the inspiration for my nick, The Rainmaker, from Norse mythology. I used to wear a Thor’s Hammer necklace all the time, and since Thor is the Norse god of the sky (Specially rain, thunder and lightning) I thought, “why not go for TheRainmaker?” and I did. I later found out that there was a book and a movie with the title “The Rainmaker” and I felt a lot less original after that, but the nick I still use. -------------- Be patient, persistent and strong and you will succeed.
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/04/04, 07:19 AM Gwindalyn is a bit of a long story. :) I've been online for roughly 11 years now. I used to go by Sunshine. I play a LOT of video games. When Everquest came out 4 years ago, Sunshine would not go through, so I had to think of a new name. My real name is Jennifer, and I didn't want to use it. So I tried the welsh origin of my name, Guinevere. It would not work. So I tried Gwinevere, and it still wouldn't work. Then it was Gwindolin, which did not work. Then Gwindalyn worked. Even though I no longer play Everquest I've used that name since. So, in a way, it is a variation of my actual name. :p I even have RL friends who also played the game call me Gwin now instead of Jen. LOL! -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/04/04, 10:08 AM With me, it seemed that any "cool" name that I could come up with was believe it or not already taken! Even names I thought for sure I must have made up...So, I started thinking, I am a bodybuilder, I am fit, so I tried BBFIT! Believe it or not, that was taken!! So, I added the 1 in there, and have been that ever since...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!! LOL.... -------------- The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt.
Nicole2004 Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/02/06	2003/04/04, 10:16 AM Well mine was pretty easy to come up with, my name Nicole and my graduating year 2004!:)
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2003/04/04, 11:43 AM My initials are K R B...in HS some boys thought I was cute and had a code name for me - Kirby. I eventually found out (when I started dating one of them!) and now I use it as my nick sometimes. But just Kirby didn't work so I had to throw some numbers at the end. I graduated from university in 00 :)
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2003/04/04, 01:03 PM My username, i.e., dpking44, is Indian for "really great guy."
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2003/04/04, 03:07 PM Everyone has some meaning to their username. Mine 'ATIGER' is simply because I am a big college football fan and my team is the AUBURN TIGERS.
tenorsaxmandave Posts: 538 Joined: 2003/01/23	2003/04/04, 03:42 PM My username "TenorSaxManDave" is German for "Aging fat guy with a desk job trying to relive his youth through rock and roll". TSMD
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/04/04, 04:14 PM LMAO @ DP!!! Okay guy, you are talking to a native american so which tribe does lettering and numbers consist of the meaning really great guy, maybe we should call you "rides with a trike"!!LOL! sorry dp, i couldn't resistt that one!! ============ Quoting from dpking44: My username, i.e., dpking44, is Indian for "really great guy." ============= -------------- Bettia.... When you feel like giving up, take it to the limit one more time!! You will SUCEED :-)
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/04/04, 04:16 PM Hmmm... i never really used this nickname before until I met RW, so i guess it originated from him, after a short while of dating, when my hair was really long, he saw it blowing in the wind one day and called me his Raven Beauty and it has stuck since. -------------- Bettia.... When you feel like giving up, take it to the limit one more time!! You will SUCEED :-)
INTRUDER Posts: 642 Joined: 2002/06/27	2003/04/04, 05:02 PM Its actualy the model of my motercycle; thought it sounded kinda cool to use as a user name. Just like dpking44- "it also means really great guy" ============ -------------- "Get everthing you want--just make a little change now"
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/04/04, 06:28 PM dpking....lol...really great guy???? -------------- The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt.
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/04/04, 06:53 PM I got mine from my daughter. Her name is Veronica (roni for short) and she was born Sept 6 (09 month and 06 day). Hench roni0906. -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/04/04, 07:46 PM ROFL @ Bettia!! That is a great name for DP! Very sweet Lisa! -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/04, 08:36 PM Hey Lisa thats my birthday!!!! I never even noticed the #. "Veronica (roni for short) and she was born Sept 6 (09 month and 06 day). Hench roni0906."---- =========================================================== Carivan comes from 2 names. (Chrysler isn't one of them!) My wife's name is Carolyn, and we needed a generic email address for both of us, so the name became carivan. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
Philia2 Posts: 4,078 Joined: 2001/10/19	2003/04/05, 01:34 AM I once worked for the Red Cross where I needed a cover name..... Philia was the one I used and well it sort of got stuck to me! (o; Oh and 2 because I love that number.... -------------- - Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
gabelover Posts: 55 Joined: 2003/03/08	2003/04/05, 12:15 PM Mine is just my boyfriends name "Gabe" and then "lover" because I love him. I thought it was cute and short "gabelover" *Jessica*
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2003/04/05, 12:32 PM Long story for my nic, but you asked: The 8ball part started when I was back in high school. (By the way - it has NOTHING to do with cocaine!) For those who play billiards, you know that the ball that literally controls the game is the 8 ball. Starting in sports and moving into my personal life, my friends always said “You are dangerously unpredictable… you’re the 8 ball in the equation.” That’s when they dubbed me with that. The rev part comes from several years ago from one night when I was visiting my friend’s restaurant. We were all enjoying ourselves when a female friend that I had not spoken with in quite some time saw me and started talking to me. Well, for the next half hour, she proceeded to tell me her life story for the last several years. When she left, my friends were laughing, saying all that they noticed was her mouth going and me just shaking my head in some sort of agreement. Then one said “It looked like you were her priest, and she was telling you her confession!” Then he started calling me the “right-reverend,” which then the rest of my friends merged into the Reverend 8 Ball, and the rest, well, you know... -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
Kalanchoe Posts: 400 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/06, 06:24 AM That's a great story behind your nickname! It means something when you get given a nic as opposed to making one up. Although they can be good too! Although, i think my friends would laugh at me if they knew why i use the nic i do. They tend to go for silly names! -------------- *My body only feels good when it burns! *Little voice telling you to quit? Put your fingers in your ears! *"Life shrinks or grows in proportion to one's courage"
Lonegirl Posts: 446 Joined: 2002/11/13	2003/04/06, 09:47 AM Lonegirl is me. Since highschool 98% of my closest friends have been guys. So it has always been "Pat and the guys" doing this and that. I mesh much better with guys and tend to have more in common with them ie: I like video games, and role playing games, I like sports (was a major tom boy growing up) I laugh at the same stuff they do, I like action films, I love having fun with them, I am a slob so could careless that my bachelor friends are slobs....lol I am just one of the guys! LONEGIRL Don't get me wrong I do girly things too....but it is easier to be myself around guys than girls. PAT
dougherty36 Posts: 89 Joined: 2003/02/22	2003/04/07, 01:52 PM mine is just the begining of my email address. I do have a nick name Taz from when I rode bulls I loved the ones that really spun and love the cartoon. My freinds and family call me it but I didn't use it.
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2003/04/08, 08:33 AM Ok, ok I lied. It's Kenyan for "dork." Damn, can't get anything by that RB.
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/08, 09:23 AM LOL @ ravenbeauty's comment - DPKing does mean "rides on trikes with banana seats" As to my handle: I_Am-azon - I added the underscores etc because the name Amazon was already taken. Back when I was seriously into Taekwondo - I got the nickname Amazon woman, mostly due to my height and build I guess. I also started practising those cool sword spinning manoevres for my blackbelt test, lending more to that handle. It kinda stuck.
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2003/04/08, 09:43 AM I_Am-azon = "slice and dice." lmao
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/08, 09:45 AM lol @ DP I make a wicked salad with those things!!
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2003/04/08, 09:54 AM Was that you on SNL or John Belushi on Samurai Deli? lmao Remind me not to tick you off I_Am-azon.
huskyracer_911 Posts: 2 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/04/11, 06:37 PM i got mine form dogsledding because I dogsled and have 26 beuatiful alaskan huskies. Husky- Names of dog RACER- because I compete in the sport
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/11, 06:58 PM Nice sport huskyracer. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
Rangerneb Posts: 19 Joined: 2003/03/29	2003/04/23, 11:32 AM The story behind my nickname is that i'm a huge New York Ranger fan (hence Ranger) and my last name is Nebgen (hence Neb), plus all my friends call me Neb and it kind of stuck ever since ;-)
Arnold Posts: 1,112 Joined: 2000/11/27	2003/04/23, 11:58 AM well there's no guess work needed for me.. lol! -------------- .o0 Arnold 0o...o0 theaustrianoak@hotmail.com 0o.
oxdp954 Posts: 38 Joined: 2003/03/12	2003/04/23, 01:28 PM My user name is the abrivation of my fraternity Theta Chi (OX) and the local designation of my Frat. Delta Pi (DP) and I am the 954th member of my frat at Indiana State. Hense OXDP954. Not a really good story but there's my answer to your question.
sypress Posts: 192 Joined: 2003/04/13	2003/04/23, 06:28 PM My user name comes all the way back from Jr. High school. Me and a few friends had our own little "gang". My nick name was Sypress 13/13, but i dropped the numbers. The name stuck with me ever since. We used to go bikeriding ever night after school for hours checking out guys ;)
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/25, 02:04 PM Hello! My dear loving Kevin (my fiancee) came up with mine by taking the first two letters of my first, middle and last names....pretty quickly...He was setting me up in my hotmail account (back when I knew NOTHING about computers or email)....about half a decade or more ago...I've been using it ever since :o)
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/04/26, 11:20 PM Sandy owes a ford Ranger side step. -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!
P0rn.Star Posts: 2 Joined: 2003/01/02	2003/04/29, 03:55 PM I just wanted an ID that wasn't cool or attempting to make myself look tough(if thats possible)... I wanted something a little fun but the ID alone I thought might be taken as a little arrogant so I added the picture. I never post messages here, I usually just read because every question I have has usually been answered many times so I just search. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the regulars who answer all the FAQ. You guys have been a great help to me and probably many others like me who never actually post. Thanks!
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/04/30, 02:38 AM Mine is because my favorite animal is the elephant (effa-lunt in cute terms). Elephants are strong, but only use force as a last resort. Amazing how such a powerful animal is also so gentle. If one dies, the rest of the herd crowd around and have kind of a wake for it. If I ever work up the nerve for a tattoo, it will be two elephants on my lower back with their trunks forming a heart. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
KageanRage Posts: 78 Joined: 2002/11/29	2003/04/30, 04:21 AM initials are KJP got called KJ all my childhood... kage for short kagean rage comes from ragin' cajun - whatever that is :) this is a pretty interesting thread - nice one!
drio Posts: 288 Joined: 2003/04/22	2003/05/01, 12:19 PM Lol.. Drio has come from a long chain of events and revisions. Ok.. first off.. my father nicknamed me "droid" as a child. I guess I used to like pretending to be a robot in my youth. Then I started gaming online and decided to use the name Droid for that. Like Gwindalyn I was a EverQuest addict years ago.. and since the name Droid wasn't very good for rollplaying as a druid woodelf.. I used Driodous (Swiftpaw). My friends in EQ land abbrieviated that down to Drio. I lived my life as a woodelf named "Drio" so long it kinda stuck. So there's my GEEKY evolution of my username.
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2003/05/01, 05:53 PM Ogun is the African God of War and Iron. Bingo (So I'm white, who cares?) Actually I played him in a college religion play too :D Was fun, used a bathroom square rug for skirt and the toilet rug attached to a tablecloth for cape. It was sweeeeet. I like Rainmaker's tho; my ancestor's are Norwegian (pops traced us back to the Norse Raiders/Vikings) but Thor sounds bigger than me and Eric the Red is the wrong color. Horny Helmet had no appeal. -------------- --There are no versions of the truth.-- Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park II