Username meanings...

[vato]

We have a lot of people here at aquaria central and many of them, myself included have usernames that most evertone else will not understand. So what does your user name mean if you don't mind telling the story.

[Alicia]

It's my first name

[Slappy*McFish]

Me too.

[Dangerdoll]

mine was a gift... I don't know what the reason was, it was just given to me... :cool:

[Andy16]

My names Andrew....and I dont know what the 16 is.

[Watcher74]

Mine is a current evolution of a monicer I've used on the net for several years. Watcher is a shortening of "One Who Watches".

I don't know if anyone here remembers an old site called opendiary.com? Well, back in '99 it was occupied by a lot of fascinating diaries from people all over the world, then it got too large, the owners started charging and messing with it, and all the good journal owners slinked away.

I started a diary in '99 with an author name of One Who Watches that was battling homicidial tendencies(boy, people are going to think me a freak now) and started writing a series of short stories about a tortured serial killer plaqued by a demon/halucination(you were always wondering which one it was, even I haven't figured it out yet) by that name. In self defense I have written numerous stories with all types of personalities. This one just seemed to get the most attention from the online audience.

My sister-in-law wrote a poem about me with the title of observer. Look in the dictionary and it has in brackets right next to Observer [One Who Watches].

Then that d*mn movie with Keanu Reeves named "The Watcher" came out a year later and I look like a copy cat with my subject matter and title. *sigh* Totally different story line though.

Like I'm ever going to be able to publish it.

[Rava]

Watcher- what about the 74? Did I miss that part in your post? :confused:

Vato- you didn't explain your's! :D

Mine's the name of my younger sister's previous betta. I named the betta after a car (as I was naming everything after cars at that time for some reason... Vitara is a car name, too), but later discovered the car's title was actually "Rav 4". No surprise, since my eyesight's not too good. :laugh:

I would've attempted to be more creative, but I was in a hurry when I first came upon the site, as I believe I needed help for Rava's bubble eye or something. :)

[Watcher74]

Watcher- what about the 74? Did I miss that part in your post?

74 is the year I was born. There is already a "watcher" here. He's been here for 8 months and has made a grand total of 10 posts.

Kinda irritating.

[vato]

Well my username has little to no reason to it really.
A friend of mine started my first e-mail account a number of years ago, He chose the address as a word I made up in, I think, grade 3. And, at that time, my password was vato. The reson behind the password being that?...Well he like a band who had a song that's name was Hey Vato. So I used that as my username when I registered here using it because it was easy and original.

[Tyler718]

Mine is one of my kids name: Tyler
and the rest is one of my kids B'day: 718 (July 18th)

So nothing really extravagent (sp?) to my user name.

[Snake Eyez]

My favorite GI Joe character. The first place I needed a username I chose Snake Eyes, but that was already taken. So I changed the s to a Z and it's stayed with me through various forums.

[Oscar_Wild]

The word "Vato" means "friend" in spanish.

[fishlvr]

self explanitory :D

[jiggerpolebill]

username? what's a username?

[vato]

The word "Vato" means "friend" in spanish.
I never knew that before Oscar. You learn something new every day!

username? what's a username?
your username is jiggerpolebill.

[anonapersona]

I was hanging out in a forum when they decided to make everyone register and assume names at login (to keep certain others from masquerading as local posters)

A lot of people started off as anon1, anonamous2, anongirl, etc. and so I started with "anona" as my online "persona". And, um, it sort of rhymes, so it was just a shade more clever than all the other "anon"s.

I almost picked anonanon, but I thought they would flame me for talking too much... (ba-dum-bump)

[Leopardess]

I'm madly in love with all of the big cat species...I adore the life/sharpness you can see in their eyes (can't explain it), how smart and cunning they are, their majesty, how feisty they can be, and the perfection of their bodies that are absolutely honed for what they do. I love how they can be fierce and predatorial one minute, then go lay down in the shade and lick each other and nap on their backs with their feet up in the air the next. They're just magnificent animals...and I like them:) I also love animal print (faux, never real!!!) fabrics and whatnot and seem to have accumulated a fair deal of leopard/tiger oriented things. I was torn between Lioness, Tigress, etc but I just went with the Leopard. And well, I'm female, so Leopardess was born.

Some "proof" of my obsession with these animals :p
A paint by number I did awhile ago:
http://members.aol.com/chris420529/bigcats.JPG

And a big painting I had to have from Bombay & Co. I still need to get the matching painting that is the from-behind version.
http://members.aol.com/chris420529/classact.JPG

Too bad they'll all probably be extinct within a decade or two because of the incredible greed and selfishness of many people. But anywho....

[slipknottin]

for a moment there, I thought you were going to have a picture of a leopard wandering around your home. :laugh:

[Leopardess]

I wish! I've always said that at some point, I will have an animal refuge for large cats and exotics. I'll need to move down south to allow for warmer outside temps, but I'm all for it:D

But, I mean, house cats aren't truly domesticated...and I've got two of them roaming about:p. You will never convince me that this cat doesn't think he's King of the Jungle...Look in those eyes!
http://members.aol.com/chris420529/baron.JPG

[slipknottin]

Originally posted by Leopardess
I wish! I've always said that at some point, I will have an animal refuge for large cats and exotics.


cool. :)

[jamjarjames]

hey tyler718 your kid has the same birthday as me!! I guess all people with their birthday on 18th July are special

[Cunch]

Although a new member, I will explain my handle..


Cunch was given to me by my hockey team back in the 1990's, it was originally "Big Country" because I always won my fights and never got knocked down... :D But calling me that on the ice was way to long, so someone shortened it down to Country ---> And eventually an even lazier teamate shortened it the name to "Cunch." That name has stuck with me over my years of hockey from the minors to the pros! I do believe its the shortest version of Big Country out there!!!


Cunch

[Fishsmurf]

It's far from being rocket science, but.......

I like Fish and I like the Smurfs....

Therefore...... Fishsmurf...... Da..daaaaa

[cheech]

Just look at my Avatar.. :)

I had some good times watching those movies.. :)

[Lila]

Well, my name when I first signed up here was, BigMamaGuppy. Because I'm a mom, with four kids. And well, you know the saying about guppies and breeding. ;)

Anyway, Lila Boffins is my hobbit name, from the hobbit name generator. I like it, though I would like to drop the Boffins. I know it would possibly erase my account history to change my name, so I just leave it in.

Oh well.

;)

Lila

[mogurnda]

Mother's maiden name. She was a gudgeon.

[happychem]

Originally posted by Leopardess
I'm madly in love with all of the big cat species ... I was torn between Lioness, Tigress, etc but I just went with the Leopard. And well, I'm female, so Leopardess was born.


So, would it be safe to say that you discounted "Cougar" right off the bat?;) :D

[dwayne]

Dwayne was a betta I had at work in my cube. He was the most beautiful betta I had ever seen (and have yet to see another one like him) - he was dark purple with fins that were the longest I've ever seen on a betta, and they were shaped like a lyretail molly's tail.) I really liked him, he was just about the only bright spot here and, no lie, he'd swim to the front of the bowl just about every morning looking for his food!

I had Dwayne for 2 1/2 years, and took him home with me when I went on maternity leave, where he died when my son was about 2 weeks old. He had a good, long life though. And he lives on in my username :D

~Tara

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

I LOVE MY KRIBS

[Leopardess]

Originally posted by happychem


So, would it be safe to say that you discounted "Cougar" right off the bat?;) :D

<dunce hat on> I don't get it:confused: </dunce hat off>

[Finaddictfred]

well the names Fred and I've been keeping and brreding for a bit over 25 years and Im also a certified diver. So Im a fin addict in many forms

[happychem]

<dunce hat on> I don't get it </dunce hat off>

Hmmm, maybe that term is more coloquial than I thought. But I've heard it from Ontario to here refering to older women who trawl the bars for younger men. Most stereotypically (though not necessarily) wearing leopard print pants and big hair. It's almost always used in a joking and good natured manner.

[Sensei_the_dojo]

My coolest fish to date was a dojo loach named Sensei. Sensei is title given to a karate master and a dojo is a karate school. I'm not into karate, but this fish had lots of personality.

By the way "vato" is closer in meaning to "dude" or "homeboy" than it is to "friend".

[Leopardess]

LOL okay:) I believe you:D I thought there was some obvious play on words that I was missing. And to clear the record...I don't wear leopard print pants, I don't have big hair, I don't go in bars, and I'm not looking for any men, so I think I'm off the hook:p:D

[Sensei_the_dojo]

Originally posted by Fishsmurf
It's far from being rocket science, but.......

I like Fish and I like the Smurfs....

Therefore...... Fishsmurf...... Da..daaaaa
Don't you mean -- Therefore ....... Fishshmurf....... La laa la la la laaaa la la la la laaaaa? ;) :D

[skippy2]

My username comes from my cat Skippy. She had me from her 6th week to 13 yrs. She died of breast cancer a couple of yrs. ago.

[PumaWard]

Used to be obsessed with MechWarrior3 and though the battlemech "Puma" was the coolest looking one. Ward is a bloodname from Clan Wolf from the Battletech and Mechwarrior RPGs, book series, and videogames.

[Dangerdoll]

Originally posted by skippy2
My username comes from my cat Skippy. She had me from her 6th week to 13 yrs. She died of breast cancer a couple of yrs. ago.
:sad

[J double R]

this thread almost died a sad death. cool subject to begin with, lets keep it going!

J double R = JRR = my initials

[captaincaveman9]

I'm a spelunker (caver) and I'm a big kid and love the cartoon :)

[rosita]

My great-grandmother, a strong Cherokee from Oklahoma, raised 13 kids of her own and my mom. Then helped me and my sister get started. Her name was Rose; I named my first Tennessee Walking Horse baby Rose, after her. She has several nicknames, one of which is Rosita. In honor of Rose. . . . Ramblin' Rose, Rosebud, Rosie, RoRoRosie, Rosamund . . . .

[Malbri]

Well mine is a result of bad handwriting. My name is Mallori, and I always write the l and the o too close together so it ends up looking like an r, and my friedns make fun of me for it

then the laughter died down, and it just kinda stuck...

[mee-mee]

Everyone I work with has called me Kimmie for the last 4 years...and then it got switched to MEE-MEE....When I would have food up in the cook's window I would always say meemee after that and then it stuck......

[ryuku32]

i chat on irc. my nickname was taken twice. a friend suggested "ryuku". He said it's japanese for dragon or something. i think it's spelled wrong anyway... when i signed up for free webmail it was taken as well. the 32 was because at the time i was tinkering with Intel assembler programming and having a fight with 32-bit protected mode. i just use ryuku32 everywhere so i don't have to remember which name i used!

[Peg_legs]

I'm a pirate. aaarrrggh!:shark:

[jessicar613]

I'm a pirate. aaarrrggh!:shark:


:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:



I always feel so inadequate in these threads. *sigh*

[FL22]

well ima mermaid:) hence the name;)

[muddskipper26]

i have 2 mudskippers and i like 26

[muddskipper26]

the extra d was a typo.

[Debra Mark]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:



I always feel so inadequate in these threads. *sigh*


Me too, Jess!!!
D

[msjinkzd]

my husband and I sell nova parts on ebay. he is jinkzd and to reduce confusion to buyers/bidders i chose msjinkzd. This way they have a clue when i am the one answering questions. also jinkzd was the tag on my 63nova until i got too cheap to pay for vanity tags.

[Jaysn]

Mine is my name, shortened. It got shortened when I was a kid playing Chrono Trigger, because the name entry only allowed five characters.

[feemia]

My name, Aimee F, backwards.

[nickmcmechan]

guess

[SHK_ATK]

Mine was my licence plate that I had when I drove a Tiburon. It was all tuned out dropped thousands of $$ on it then After one stupid night I raced it and ended up doing a 540 into a tree :eek: I loved my car .... :(

[tictak_07]

mine was just that i needed a user name,
and there was a packet of tictacs on the desk,
the 07 is the join year.
nothing exciting.

[BIGgourami]

i like 'em :D

[catpicklesdog]

I have a Cat called Pickles and a Dog (well i did have a dog)

[Alicia]

Mine is my first name :)

[Coler]

childhood nickname drawn from my surname...and my father and his father before him lol and no one of my friends has called me anything else since.

basically in ireland they take either your first or last name and add "er" "o" or "ie" and that's you tagged for life.

[legendaryfrog]

Well, I heard my nephew once say legendaryfrog or something of the sort and decided to use it as my username for AC!!

My next option, would be to use the user ID, "Twitch", as that was my nickname in college. Why, you ask? Well, it was sometime as a freshman at the University of Chicago that I discovered a little miracle drug called modafinil. It's main purpose was to increase productivity, decrease tiredness, and extend your work day to about 20 hours. Side effects were an effect similar to an extreme caffiene-high. Thus, the nickname Twitch.

[daayda3]

Desidario alberto arnaz Y de acha (the) 3rd

[guppyguppyfish]

what does that mean daayda?

[BIGgourami]

that's his full name. any confirmation name in there?

[Blueiz]

My eyes are blue....sorry its not more interesting that that...lol

Blue

[guppyguppyfish]

But Daayda's a girl!!!!!!!!

[BIGgourami]

i had no idea by that name (plus i haven't been on here too long to know.:D)

[daayda3]

Oh sorry:o
That's desi arnaz's full name

[Woofy]

Well from those who know me from back in the day here i was woofgrrmeow....which happened when i was thinking of an earthlink email address i had a my dog and my cat on my desk....woof! GRR! Meow! get it?....it became woofy cuase in chat everyone would just call me wgm which annoyed me so then everyone called me woofy so i asked to just change it to woofy.


while i'm here might as well explain germanmans name.......hes a german man....the end. :D:D

[Jessu]

Jessu is Japanese for Jesse/Jess. I'm a white American though. I just like manga.

[Madcrawdad]

just kinda always liked the name 'Earl'

[Gotcha38]

This is the only username I've ever had. I got it when I first signed up for AOL when I was maybe 11. I've been the same name on almost every message board since.

[Coler]

arn't you worried the FBI will eventually track ya down ????

[tepelus]

mine is romanian for little impaler, after vlad the impaler, it was a name given to one of his sons....case you don't know who vlad the impaler was, he was a 15th century romanian prince known to be really cruel, but devoted to his country and used fear to get attention and respect.

[mooosic]

I was walking by a slaughter house and heard a cow caught in a grinder.

[Plecosterone]

A cross between a plec and testosterone since I am a male.