Nicknames - The history!

[DesertFoxzz]

So tell me about your nicknames. How did you come up with them, and maybe explain what some of them mean.

 

[oldandquitemad]

oldandquitemad

old: I am old. I am so old that(insert any old joke you like here).

quite mad: When I first logged on as a user, someone asked me what I was mad at. I am not mad at anything. I am a stark raving lunatic.

Actually, I have found that "old dog" and "old fart" are usually taken; I opted for something a little more elegant.

 

[dennilfloss]

Mmm. Let me get my zircon-encrusted tweezers and see if I can answer that. It all started way back in the fall of 1973. I was listening to Frank Zappa's song Montana while lighting up a roach... I noticed an expression that was a near anagram of my real name...

A little trivia about the vocals: Frank Zappa with Kin Vassy ("Yippy-Ty-O&quot and backing vocals by Tina Turner & The Ikettes.

See if the lyrics enlighten you.

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else . . . but then, on the other hand Iwould

Keep the wax
N' melt it down
Pluck some Floss
N' swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top (that's why I'm movin' to Montana)

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all
Afternoon . . .

I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He's a good hoss
Even though
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big,
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push . . .
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush

N' then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)


Dirty Love (Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention)

 

[greg]

I was thinking of 360 MODENA, VetteGUY, FEAR THIS!, Tough Guy, or El33Tg33K, but decided that I was too old for the 13yr old testosterone laden creating and decided to go with my regular name...

 

[geno]

Needed a badass name for Deathmatching way back in the day - and it's been with me ever since.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

I have an unhealthy addiction to Ben Browder's character on Farscape. In my more deluded moments, I actually believe I am the girlfriend of John Chrichton.

 

[Isla]

Well, Moonbeam was taken by the wise and venerable Moonbeam here, but that was my nickname in highschool.

Soooooo....

I Am a Rock (I Am an Island) is my favorite old song, and I can relate to it... So, I am an Isla.

I also call myself an island girl in general, having grown up surrounded by water. I'm at home by the sea.

It made sense to me.

Hey ChrichtonsGirl, I can relate. Nothing like a nice daydream to get lost in sometimes...

 

[Killbat]

Mine dates back to the good ole' dialup BBS days. I needed a name to use on all the boards, so I started mixing words together. I thought Killbat sounded neat, so I kept it. I've never used another handle since then.

 

[ltk007]

A couple years ago I had a bond obsession hence the 007. LTK= liscense to kill

pretty lame I know, I'd rather be heccubus right now but I chose a name and I'm sticking with it.

 

[HoopDogg]

I remember the BBS days!! I'm not even going to tell anyone my old nick names.

Though HoopDogg came about cause my last name is Hooper (insert joke/disgustingly funny comment here) and dog? Well, people used to call me hoopdog all the time and hoopdog was taken soI had to use 2 'g's

Crazy!

 

[Redwingsguy]

I like the redwings, I work for redwing shoes, and I like earning my redwings and retaining ownership for them so ha!

 

[Engineer]

I am one (Electrical...)...

 

[Tripleshot]

I feel I need to offer my explenation lest some one get confused.

I do not drink(AT ALL)

The handle is for being the father of triplets. As a former truck driver, one who asked about my life, was offered that information from a friend and, gave me the handle. It is an effectionate remembrance of my children and I honor that.

 

[Yeeny]

I am a temp agency, just ask ratkil. Actually, I don't know how my nickname GirlFriday came about, I just wanted something different for once. Everywhere else I am known as Yeeny, or some variation of it. My brother could not say Colleen (which is my name) when he was little, so he called me Yeeny. And it just stuck with me.

Tripleshot: Thats a nice nickname then. That must be cool, having triplets.

 

[yakko]

<< I work for redwing shoes >>



Good. You can exchange mine for me.

I don't have a nickname yet. When I get one I will tell you the story.

 

[Ornery]

This has been covered already:

Jam77 - posted 11-13-98 05:11 PM ET (US)

Sheesh!

 

[Redwingsguy]

haha i dont live in minnesoda

 

[Robb33]

my name is rob, used to be robb, i like 33

 

[Pretender]

When I started playing UO a year ago, I couldn't think up a name, happenened to be looking at a TVGuide and saw the show &quot;Pretender&quot; so I just chose the name.

When I came here, I also couldn't think up a name so I just re-used it.


Pretty sad, huh?

 

[prodigy]

Prodigy, because back when I registered about a year ago, the Prodigy was my favorite group. 69, well I don't know....

 

[konichiwa]

I have no idea.

 

[Thegonagle]

Just a cool sounding codeword a friend uses to talk about marijuana any time he can.
Uh, we'ed had some good times. . . Uh, huh huh.

 

[bigben]

I am a big guy and my name is ben

 

[purplehayes]

My last name is Hendricks (like Jimi) and I work in Norcross, GA, former home of Hayes modems. I tied the two together and got PurpleHayes!

 

[Phalkon]

I've had Phalkon since I was, oh, 12 yrs old... I've used it ever since I could input my own name on a Nintendo game.
I came up with it when I was obsessed with finding different spellings for the same word... and since I completely massacred the word Falcon into my nick, I stuck with it... oh yes, I also like peregrine falcons because one lives near my house and I see it occasionally.

Edit: I also go by Yesudo when I can't go by Phalkon. Yesudo came about when I was playing QuakeWorld and I was sucking horribly and I put my team name as [SUK] and my name as YesUDo... hence YesUDo[SUK] or, Yes; You do Suck.
Pronounced: Yes-oo-doe.

Edit2: Please don't spell my nick as: Phalkno, falkon, falkno, or Phalkone.... I've endured years of it