This has probably been asked before but I wanted to add another layer/an alternative.

So, I ask, where did your username/pseudonym/nickname originate from? What’s the meaning behind it?

Or alternatively, which is the most creative/interesting nickname origin you have come across?

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    When Counterstrike first came out a quarter century ago one friend had a PC and we would take turns playing it and wanted to compare stats on some 3rd party stat tracking site so we could talk shit on each other. Finding a unique name was a pain, but I got lucky with this one, which is probably based on something Jay from Clerks said.

    I’ve been lucky that it isn’t taken when signing up for stuff so I keep using it. A happy little accident.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Mine stands for “Divided by Zer0”, based on the programming error “division by zero”. Amusingly, people keep assuming it stands for “database zero” or “dragonball zero”.

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Old demo crew I formed with school friends when I was a teenager.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    My page name, ShinigamiOokamiRyuu, is an amalgamation of different anime characters from anime whose characters I have cosplayed as.

    My nickname (the thing that says “Call me Lenny/Leni”) is based on one of my nickname preferences. I have quite a few, my birth name being Valentina, which allows for a lot of nicknames (including Leni, which is one of the shorthands for Valentina, though Tina is the most popular) that get changed around depending on who I communicate with.

  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “Corno” is just a username I made up in my head since I like how it sounds and I was weirdly craving some cornflakes while signing up. As for my display name, that’s…well, my name! 😃

  • TheBeege@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    My initials are BJB.

    I was in jazz band in high school. We were doing a joint thing with the choir, so everyone was running around moving stuff to make space. My parents had bought me a nice music bag with my initials on a plate on the front of it. Someone held up my music bag asking who owned it. I figured they just wanted to let the owner know where it was being moved to, so I spoke up… “Hah, your initials are BJ!”

    Hence, my name became blowjob. The completionists called me Blowjob Betty (I’m male) to get that last initial in, too. At the time, I was quite quiet and took myself maybe a little too seriously. This ended that.

    One day, I was at my buddy’s place, and he called me “Beege,” saying he didn’t want to say “Bee and Jay,” as it was too long. At that point, I said fuck it. My name is Beege. Let’s go.

    Over time, my friends added an article because why the fuck not.

    Over 20 years later, and it’s still my name. It actually taught me to not take myself so seriously. Although, one interviewer at a job had a really hard time keeping it together when HR told her my nickname without catching the meaning. She and I are good friends now.

    In any case, I always get a slight chuckle inside when people hesitate slightly after introducing myself. I’m great at keeping a deadpan face about it now, too

  • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I have no imagination and my legal name is Tanis Nikana.

    It scans like a username when it’s all lower case and jammed together though.