Explain your forum username.

viperlin · Veteran Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1314 Location: UK

i allways liked snakes and i love the car, i used to use a username that was similar but when i switched to linux i wanted a new one, so i ended up with Viper and linux, viperlin. (i won't mention my other name incase a teacher from my highschool uses google to try and find out what i'm up to (again) he disabled my website that contained all information of how to easily and annonamously access the schools Windows NT fileserver, among other things like how to run and play quake 2 over the network :lol:

Evangelion · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject:

I got my nick (and avatar) from Neon Genesis Evangelion, a kick-ass anime-series.
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backhead · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 18

Mine nick is a respelling of my surename...
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Papapishu · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 8:48 pm Post subject:

Papapishu is the native Puerto pollo'ian word for 'Ouch!'
I used to play Unreal Tournament with a dude called "Ouch!", which I thought was a straightforward word..
At the same time, I played Monkey Island 3, and since Papapishu isn't as straightforward as ouch for an expresion you like to say quickly (Try to say "Papapishu" the next time you bang your toe or cut your finger...) I thought it was funny...

Also, some people think it might be something asian.
Better find out what it means...
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jsleeper · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:02 pm Post subject:

My forum username is quite original and cryptic at the same time. Here goes (stay with me now)

j - first letter of first name
sleeper - surname

j + sleeper = jsleeper

I would be using somnus, which is the Latin god of sleep, but that's taken most everywhere and I'd have to combine it with something. I decided to stay simple.

joe
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AngusYoung · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:08 pm Post subject:

My username comes from Angus Young, a famous Australian musician. AC/DC was the first band I really liked, nowadays it's not my favorite band (perhaps I should change my nick to Mathew Barlow?), but my nick on and offline remains the same.
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Papapishu · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject:

In chinese:
Pa: /to lie on one's stomach/corolla of flower/climb/crawl/snatch/loquat/crawl/climb/a rake/(mus. instr.)/handkerchief/to be afraid/to fear/

Pi: /mate/one of a pair/grand/to assertain/(measure word for batches, lots)/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/scatter/separate/to open/to unroll/to spread out/error/carelessness/spoiled silk/hack/chop/split open/clap of thunder/unburnt earthenware/arsenic/ leather/skin/fur/loquat/reservoir/adjoin/border/weary/beer/low wall/parapet/(mus. instr.)/spleen/beryllium/(surname)/assistant/small/Malva sylvestris/place name/(insect)/egg of mantis/(leopard)/(bear)/a bolt (of cloth)/to part/clogged/evil/swelling of the liver/split in two/divide/habit/hobby/prepare/destroyed/injure/to break wind/to fart/to match/to pair/dispel/open up/low/rustic/secluded/give an example/dispel/open up/luxuriant (of water plants)/glazed tile/

Shu: /to strain/pour out/uncle in direct address/book/letter/comb/unique/negligent/sparse/thin/(surname)/relax/hinge/vegetables/to transport/to lose/(surname)/spear/pretty woman/slow/to free from/rug/set forth/to spread/ who/which/what/private tutorage/familar/skilled/ripe/done/ripe/cooked/redeem/to ransom/Panicum italicum/ heat/hot weather/summer heat/broomcorn millet/glutinous millet/office/bureau/Sichuan/rat/mouse/to count/potato/yam/category/class/family/to belong to/ method/technique/garrison/bunch/(a measure word)/to bind/to control/to state/to tell/to narrate/to relate/forgive/ordinary/method/technique/villa/to rinse (mouth)/number/figure/to count/to calculate/several//to erect/vertical/tree/moisture/timely rain/
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viperlin · Veteran Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1314 Location: UK

i'm going to be VERY childish here but using the papapishu in chinese i have consturcted a meaning for your name.

Pa: to fear
pa: snatch
pi: skin
shu: leather

hmm, scared of snatch skin leather handbags? :roll:

TheCoop · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject:

mine comes from my surname - Cooper

Cooper -> Coop -> TheCoop (since i am obviously _The_ Coop)

and its not just my forum name, its my online personality. But I wish i had chosen something a little les...silly?...before starting it. However, this is how ppl know me, so this is how im staying

get all of that, or do you have to reread it

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viperlin · Veteran Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1314 Location: UK

like to point out that 99% of people remember other forum members by their avatar.
e.g i imidiately recognise TheCoop via the agent smith pic, the pom-pom guy at the top too.

also 95% of all statistics are made up.

puggy · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject:

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puggy · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:43 pm Post subject:

Manu-BE · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:45 pm Post subject:

Do I really need to explain my username ?

Just for the story my other username is Manux or Manuw ... guess why ....
To help my friend on Gaim/MSN to know if I'm currently running Linux (Manux) or Windows (Manuw) and stop bugging me with : " Did you downloaded the last version of blablabla, Come on let's try to beat a record with Collin Mc Rae, I can't see your picture in MSN6"

And know some people are used to call me Manux
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Hypnos · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject:

Megaptera · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:19 am Post subject:

I teach marine science, and one of my favorite topics are whales. When trying to come up with a new email address a while back that wasn't directly my name, I decided that, if I'm going to have a reputation among my ocean geek friends as a whale geek *anyway*, I might as well accept it-- Megaptera novaeangliae being the humpback whale's Latin name. So I tend to use "Megaptera" now anyplace I need a name.

A close second was Limulus. Bonus points if you know what a Limulus is without using Google :)
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jsleeper · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 3:24 am Post subject:

chrispy · Apprentice Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 228 Location: Tokyo

Since "Christopher" is quite a common name that most people just abbreviate "Chris" (which is even more common), I had to throw in the first letter of my family name, B, so people would know which "chris" it was.

When you pronounce is fast, over and over again, it kinda sounds like "chrispy". After a few weeks of my university graduation internship, people actually called my "chrispy" all the time. I guess it followed me more than I wanted.

Now, 5 years later, I don't really like it, but... oh well

nowadays on other forums I use the handle "kurisu" which is the way Japanese people pronounce my name.

PowerFactor · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:21 am Post subject:

I've never had a nick before and I couldn't think of anything better at the time I registered. It does actually mean something to me, but it's a long story. :wink:

BTW anyone notice that this thread is actually round 2?

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=19837 :wink:

antik · Apprentice Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 212

PowerFactor · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:44 am Post subject:

benjones · n00b Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Posts: 14 Location: London

Uhmmmm. It's my name and I was devoid of inspiration?

Black · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:58 am Post subject:

I started using the nick "BlackBird" about 10 years ago when my friends and I were usings CBs, because I really loved the SR-71A BlackBirds. But there was someone going by the name "Big Bird", and people kept confusing us.

So I changed to "BlackPhoenix" (see avatar

), but people have a lot of problem spelling "Phoenix", so I eventually just shorted it to "Black".

As for "Black" itself... I wear almost exclusively black clothes, my 2 last cars were black (including the current one), and if given the choice of 2 identical items (except for color), I'll choose the black one.

Also, my desktop background is black, application title bars are shaded black to dark grey, both at home and at work. My dishes are black. My monitor is black, so are my computer speakers. Luckylly (sp???), my hair's natural color is black.