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tweakmm

Lifer
May 28, 2001
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In 8th grade(i'm in 10th now) we had a german club for my old school. For extra credit, there was an option to work on the club's website. Only 2 other people and me did it. So 4 people were working on it, including our german teacher. We all had different assignments for the webpage. Since I was the best at HTML my job was to tweak the HTML code of the webpages . Since all of us were(and still are) big beatie boys fans, so they started calling me, tweak master mike. So shortened it is tweakmm
 

AreaCode707

Lifer
Sep 21, 2001
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I found AT through my bf, EpsiIon, and decided to ask a quesiton here about what to get him for a gift, meaning I had to register w/o him knowing who I was. I've always made fun of the guys (and girls) who point at random people and say, "oh s/he's hot!" so it was an out of character name for me to pick and I hoped he wouldn't guess (he did). I don't know how much I resemble the moniker but according to my bf... ;) Anyway, it's a fun name.
 

no0b

Diamond Member
Jul 23, 2001
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my original account was named tekk this originated. from when i played robotech my character name was tekk. so some of my friends call me by tekk so I set up an account with tekk. However I lost my password (had to reformatte and i dont remember which e-mail address i had the password sent to) so i deceid to be called no0b. 3l33t haxorz speak for newbie
 

BeauJangles

Lifer
Aug 26, 2001
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BlinderBomber. That's easy. Blinder is my last name, bomber i just thought of because [a] it ryhmed and because someone once told me the nickname for the long range Russian bombers during the cold war were 'blinders' (they probably were full of crap though).
 
Jul 12, 2001
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Mine was my pledge name for my fraternity...and it is never taken when i sign up for things, unlike ID's i used to use, so i use it.

it came from a poster of George Carlin's Dirty Words...its one of his nicknames for, well i think u can figure it out
 

AdamDuritz99

Diamond Member
Mar 26, 2000
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Adam Duritz is the lead singer in Counting Crows(my fav. band). and the 99? well i guess it was year 99 when i started using this alias. yes, i know i signed up here in 2000, I used it for other usernames too.

peace
sean
 

dbcrossfire

Senior member
Sep 3, 2001
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*kat. <-- cutest thing ever.

<-- agrees!

I installed crossfire car audio for a while, db was one of their subs... I've had the name for like 3 years, but I can't think of anything better to change it to!
 
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My name comes from a Margaret Weis book The Lost King. There is a character Derek Sagan who is a "Citizen General". He calls himself however Lord Sagan. (I was young, didnt pay attention to spelling, now segan stuck as one of my two online handles.) All around cool guy, even though he is evil for the first 2.5 books out of 4. Then he reforms. Go figure.
 

Vadatajs

Diamond Member
Aug 28, 2001
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Mine originates from Latvian mythology. It is a demon who appears in front of travelers in the woods (usually in the form of an animal) and leads them off the trail.

EDIT: See here.

oops, my bad, I meant Latvian, not Lithuanian
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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Its what I do when I sit on things.








j/k
Its what I do for a living. I work in a forge. We squish steel into a shape after we take it up to 2250 F.
 

yiwonder

Golden Member
Nov 30, 2000
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I don't know why it is what it is actually, but I'm sure most of you can figure out...

I guess I just look for reasons why I wonder sometimes...

Ok, you're right, that was bad, but I dunno why it is what it is.
 

JC

Diamond Member
Feb 1, 2000
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Around home, I'm 'JC'....stuck since high school.
On BBSs, 'JC' is usually taken. I got JCIV at my first BBS (CPU Central) and stayed with it for continuity's sake.
Plus, it's a lot shorter than John James Collins IV........

JC
 

4824guy

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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4824 came from my old Compaq Preario 4824 model PC that I used to own.

Thus the 4824guy legend

 

arigato

Senior member
Sep 19, 2001
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Arigato - means thank you in Japanese. Not sure why I started using it but I got it from playing an online version of Mah Jhongg where you had to match up pairs of flag tiles and when you did, the game would play some music or say a word in the language of that country . When you found a matching pair of japanese flags, a guy would say 'domo arigato'.
 

habib89

Diamond Member
Jan 17, 2001
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i got my name off al bundy's shirt in "Married With Children" when he had to work at the gas station because peg and the kids got a buncha crap from the gas station market... it's also the name of the three guys that were going to buy the store.. the three habibs... that's where i got it.. i later learned that it means beloved, or sweetheart in arabic... so that's pretty cool too.. i think....

oh, and the 89 is my pager code.. you knwo how you do like 1-8177-7337-89 that kinda thing
 

Jerboy

Banned
Oct 27, 2001
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<< khtm <--- initials of my name.

;)
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I didn't know you had four names.

Lets see...

Kane H.... T.... M.....
 

Jerboy

Banned
Oct 27, 2001
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<< Good thread idea!

I got my name after my favorite Album at the time.. Pearl Jam - Yield

it's no longer my favorite at all, but the nick stuck.. that's all it really is.. nothing more than an album name.. but like i say.. it stuck. :)
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LOL.. I thought you were a nice driver that has YIELD YIELD YIELD AND YIELD in mind.
 

Jerboy

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Oct 27, 2001
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<< ravahboi

ravah == raver
boi == boy

this has been my nick for quite a while. i've been a dj for about 6.5 years now and have been into techno/trance/etc. for a looong while. hence, the name...:)
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And you chose "boi" because??
 

GagBag

Senior member
Jul 1, 2001
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the nick i always use on every forum that is usually never taken, was. so i just made one up on the spot. pretty pathetic tho, i want to change it.
 
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Lola

ActPrincess: Theatre is my passion and, I am such a girlie girl..the Princess kinda sums that up. This name, in one form or another is my alias just about everywhere. Nothing to exciting, except it says alot about me!:D