How does one come up with such unique user names for forum usage?

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Mr N8

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Mine is from skiing. One place I go has a "Mogul Monster" which is basically just a mound of snow carved and painted like a monster, with a tunnel that leads to the moguls.
 

dullard

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May 21, 2001
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I used to MUD a lot and everyone kept coming up with egotistical names and then they had nothing to back it up. People named The Hulk were 95 pound weaklings in real life; people named Einstein couldn't spell 'cat' as they typed; etc. Their name was so far off from their real behavior that it made the people seem that much weaker or that much more stupid. So I went the other route - I named myself a humble name. I have no need for self inflating names to try to hide my faults. I let my posts speak for themselves.

No one I've ever seen has used Dullard. So that is quite a nice bonus to know that I can always get it as a user name anywhere I go.
 

Walleye

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Dec 1, 2002
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Originally posted by: psydancerqt
psy - psychology major
dancer - i love to dance
qt - cutie

i always thought that said GT, so it'd be psychottic dancing gran tourisimo.
 

Walleye

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Dec 1, 2002
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mine's Walleye.

i truly have no idea why i chose the username of a fish.

but i've never seen anyone else with it.
 

Koing

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Oct 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: azncoffeeboi
azn - im asian.
coffee- i like coffee.
boi- i am a boy.

Was kinda a joke at 'azn pride' people

AZN PRIDE
::and bangs closed fist on chest twice:: :p

Koing <-- yet to see it on the net in a forum that wasn't mine.

My name and isn't common. Easy to pick

Koing



 

DCFife

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May 24, 2001
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DC = my initials
Fife = I just found it amusing when I was in the Army how the number five was pronounced "fife" during radio comms.

Ever since BF1942 came out I've been going by DeadAgain since I seem to killed a lot.
 

Dufman

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Dec 29, 2002
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old name: amdmang - i had a lot of their stock at one point
new name: dufman - it hsould be duffman, but some one else has it. but i love the simpsons, and beer
 

Ninjja

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Sep 4, 2003
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Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
Originally posted by: 5ayle
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I've never seen another Skoorb!

scrooge + noob = skroob?

I always figured that Skoorb was the bastard love child of that Hispanic soccer announcer and Mushmouth from the Cosby Kids. "Scooooooooooooooooooorrre-b".

lol this is funny
 

JHoNNy1OoO

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Oct 18, 2003
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Got mine from the early days of AOL when I was trying to think of a username. Then I thought about my favorite movie Short Circuit and typed in Johnny5 and it was taken. Then I tried Jhonny5 and that was also taken. So I went with JHoNNy1OoO since it had a nice ring to it and it's been my name for everything ever since. I sometimes go by SayWho/Say_Who or SayWhat/Say_What around other places though.
 

pennylane

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Apr 28, 2002
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Faner is my last name. My English teacher started calling me "fanerman". the 91 is my birthday. Originally I put it on because I wanted to hopefully subtly remind people subtly when my birthday is....
 

dighn

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type up some random letters and try to make it look somewhat like a word

like how i came up with mine

i think it's pretty unique though on google there does seem to be a couple of irrelevant hits... but it's nique enough