What's the origin of your AT username?

[WelshBloke]

 

[nakedfrog]

Crippling lack of creativity, then?

 

[WelshBloke]

Crippling lack of creativity, then?

Actually I'm a Scottish lady.

 

[dullard]

The Dullard alias came from the early to mid 1990s when I started doing things online: BBS and MUDs. People there were using highly bragging names for everything. Finally, I saw one person with the alias that was something along the lines of "The Great One". I decided that I was to do the opposite--I'd let my work speak for itself rather than my alias.

Eventually, I learned that when people complain about my name in a debate, it is their way of admitting that they were wrong. Not only are they out of logical points to discuss, but they are also out of ways to attack the messenger (me). So their only last retort is to make fun of the messenger's name. It is a good end to the debate when I see that. I take it as them conceding the loss without actually admitting to the loss.

 

[ultimatebob]

Bob was too short, and Superbob was already taken.

 

[MrSquished]

I used to say when I took photos I was squishing pixels, and when I wanted a unique playstation namer tag with NO NUMBERS or symbols in it, like four years ago, I picked MrSquished. Your online presence in a game is just a bunch of squished pixels.

It was simple and not taken on any platform and unique. It's my xBox name too. When I get into lobbies with folks with mics, they seem to get a kick out of my handle.

 

[sdifox]

S.D.I. (video game) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[nakedfrog]

Bob was too short, and Superbob was already taken.

I was in the military with a guy named Bob that was often referred to as Superbob.

 

[highland145]

I was once in a whorehouse and there was this lady called super...


j/k UB

 

[skyking]

I flew an old straight tail tuna tanked Cessna 310.

That plane is pretty much associated with the television series Sky King.
it was the informal nickname for any 310 pilot .

Sky King - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Was always a fan of Egyptian gods, and when I 'matured' enough to stop using Overkill or some DBZ reference as my online tag (mainly in action half life at that point), I went with this. Got scooped up by a clan back then, and it's stuck ever since.

 

[Captante]

Captain + Mutant = __________



Captante (Urban Dictionary)

 

[Ajay]

In games and gaming forums I used to uses PiNKy (from Pinky and the Brain), people were always asking if I was gay .
So I switched to Mr.Sleep (from Dark City), then people started copying it all over the place - so boo hoo again.

 

[Captante]

In games and gaming forums I used to uses PiNKy (from Pinky and the Brain), people were always asking if I was gay .
So I switched to Mr.Sleep (from Dark City), then people started copying it all over the place - so boo hoo again.

The only place I've ever run into another Captante is if I registered there previously & forgot fortunately ... also its nice and short!

Apparently however it IS an actual word in Italian:



Italian

Verb

captante

1. present participle of captare

Adjective

captante m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural captanti)

1. enhancing
2. concentrating

captante

1. dative masculine singular of captāns
2. dative feminine singular of captāns
3. dative neuter singular of captāns

 

[Red Squirrel]

When I was a kid I used to go camping a lot with my grandparents and used to love feeding the chipmunks and squirrels. I especially liked the squirrels they were so fun and so cute and fluffy and I oddly had a way with them, they always came to see me more than anyone else. I'm also a red head. So when we eventually got internet and I had to pick a username for a forum I decided on Red Squirrel and pretty much stuck to that. Every now and then I may use another name I make up on the spot but usually stick with this one.

 

[uclaLabrat]

If you're Karen Gillan then helllooooo!

 

[uclaLabrat]

Also I feel mine is pretty self explanatory.

 

[snoopy7548]

My first screenname on AOL was Snoopy7548... I remember choosing it. I looked up, saw a little Snoopy figure, and was like, "Yeah, he's pretty cool." So I chose Snoopy and let AOL choose the numbers. Have had it ever since like 1998.

I'm not even a big Peanuts fan.

 

[sdifox]

Also I feel mine is pretty self explanatory.

"I buy container load of KNO3 from China?"

 

[Starbuck1975]

Battlestar Galactica

 

[brianmanahan]

firstnamelastname

 

[Brainonska511]

Just a song by the ska band Mustard Plug with some numbers added.

 

[brianmanahan]

Just a song by the ska band Mustard Plug with some numbers added.

this is your brain: 🧠

this is your brain on ska: 🎺🎺🎺🧠🎺🎺🎺

 

[BoomerD]

I was once in a whorehouse and there was this lady called super...


j/k UB

Yes, your mom was indeed super...

 

[highland145]

Yes, your mom was indeed super...

Thanks, Pops.