How did you come up with your DU username? - I'm curious about those that changed it recently

[ConcernedCanuk]

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I'll reference to an old thread a year ago here so some can compare then to now.

Some changes are obvious methinks with the new Administration,

but others remain curious.

I suspect some just took advantage to "upgrade" their name with the amnesty thingie . .

others to "hide" maybe?

hmm - maybe a poll is in the making . . :freak:

I'll wait and see what the responses are here.

[Soylent Brice]

1. i like polls. n/t

[MADem]

2. I've always been a Democrat from Massachusetts

(who can't spell, necessitating an edit)

Though I was pretty MAD at BushCo, as well.

[EFerrari]

3. When I first registered here, there was never any intention to post

so I just used part of an old email address. Oops. :)

[imdjh]

40. I like Herman's Hermits (oops, this was supposed to be a response to the OP)

[napoleon_in_rags]

42. I did that for awhile.

Posted with a meaningless fragment on an email. But after posting a zillion times I changed to this, which was more planned. I chose "napoleon in rags" from the crazy guy in a Bob Dylan song, because I realized that sometimes really serious activists post here, people who should be listened to, and I am not one of them, but I still like to yammer. So I'm the guy you listen to when you've got "nothing left to lose" or something like that. :)

[lamp_shade]

4. The same way I always do. I put my head down. Then I look up and whatever I see first is IT.

[MissMarple]

10. I tried that . Mine would be TV. How telling.

:)

[Warpy]

26. Mine would have been "pill bottle"

because if I don't keep the damned things right here, I tend to forget to take the pills and run into trouble.

I'm sure there are a few folks here at DU who think "PILL" might be an appropriate handle for me.

However, I'm a sometime weaver (warp & weft) with a nurse's sense of humor (dark to just plain sick) and a mug that keeps morphing into odder and odder shapes as I age, so Warpy it is.

[ConcernedCanuk]

41. LOL - I hear ya

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Lately, mine woulda been beer bottle if I used that criteria,

but I tried to think of a name that would communicate something to my southern neighbors.

I think I did that, so I'm sticking' with it.

[SmileyRose]

100. From the first post I read of yours

I decided "Warpy" is perfect for you. Not because I think you are "warped" but because I think you have the most incredible gift for saying very knowledgeable and serious things in such a pleasant way that sometimes makes me laugh. :)

[Starry Messenger]

5. It's the title of a book by Galileo.

My old one was my initials and was too easy to google. I like old books and the history of science. It's a little goofy but I'm happy with it.

[Skidmore]

6. Have had this username since day 1 here at DU.

Taken from an interesting name I turned up on an 18somethingorother census while doing genealogical research--Skidmore Muncy. Always thought it would be good name for a rock band. Then I ran into a young lady named Kentucky Fields on another old census. Sounds like a CW singer.

[yowzayowzayowza]

61. Same here.

'yowza' was just a generic password/userid fragment I was using at the time I initially signed up.

[niceypoo]

7. I used this name to taunt republicans in....

...Virtual Places chat in the 90s and Yahoo chat in the 2000s

[WI_DEM]

8. I live in Wisconsin and I'm a Democrat.

[MineralMan]

9. I've used this screen name for years...all over the web.

[Spazito]

11. Mine is the name of my daughter's cat...

have never changed it from day 1 of joining DU.

[Beam Me Up]

12. No change from me: I'm from another planet. Still waiting to be "beamed". n/t

[Chovexani]

13. Mine is a Roma word

It's derived from Armenian and means "witch". I chose it as a nod to both my spiritual practice and my Romani heritage. Plus, it's just a cool word. :) I've since learned it's also the name of a gothic bellydance troupe, which makes it even more fitting for me.

BTW, because people always ask me at meetups: it's pronounced "cho-vay-SHA-knee".

I've had this screenname forever, though it's not my original handle on here. I've long since forgotten what that was (I've been here almost from day one, but re-registered because I forgot my password).

[Hepburn]

14. I am as old as Katherine Hepburn....

...and wished to hell I looked like Audrey did back in the 1950s...so label me HEPBURN!

:hi:

[ConcernedCanuk]

22. OH my! - Katherine died in 2003, she was born in 1907 . . .

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Either you are fibbing a wee tad,

or we got us one of the oldest people on the planet on DU!!

:dunce:

Katherine Hepburn

[Hekate]

15. At one time I put a lot of energy into writing about the Demeter-Persephone myth/psychology...

When I came aboard at DU I was still writing about that, but since I'm past motherhood I took the name of the third aspect of the triad: Hekate. Since this name is about me and not about Bush there was no need to change it.

Hekate

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. My name is a variation of...

the quote: "...Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd."

In my case it was a voter scorned -- I came to DU at the beginning of the anti-Bush movement, in response to the stolen election.

I've made the same handle since joining.

[Puzzler]

17. I'm a professional crossword puzzle constructor...

... hence my name. You'll see my puzzles in the New York Times, Washington Post (and several on-line sites and newspapers too).

[intheflow]

43. Will Shortz, is that you?

:hi:

[Puzzler]

46. No, not Will...

... I do know him :)

[Glorfindel]

49. Not Merl Reagle by any chance?

No matter who you are, thanks for the joy of puzzling. I love crosswords! :-)

[Puzzler]

51. No not Merle...

... although I met him in Stamford in '97. Even though I've been doing it since 1990, I'm not one of the big "guns". Here's a blog about my last NTY puzzle a few months ago.

http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2009/01/friday-jan-2-2009-martin-ashwood-smith.html

[dgibby]

52. OMG, is my sister ever pissed at you! lol!

[Graybeard]

18. No change for me...unless

maybe to Gray-er beard?;-)

[AnthemRoad]

19. ....

I got my name from a contest winning poem I wrote years back, which became the name of a band I sing lead/play rhythm guitar/bass in.

[Duer 157099]

20. Mine is simple. It's my DU rank

Rank as in my DUer ID (you can see the user ID by going to someone's profile and looking at the URL)

They put a 1 in front of the actual sign up, so I was the 57,099th person to sign up at DU. Ergo I'm DUer 157099.

For example, yours is 123712 - which means you were the 23,712th DUer to sign up.

:hi:

[hyphenate]

64. Wow...

I knew I came into DU quite early, but my number, with the 1 in front, is 103464.

[hwmnbn]

21. I like my internet username so much...

I'm having my real name legally changed.

[TroglodyteScholar]

82. does your nick translate to...

human being?

[REP]

95. "He Who Must Not Be Named"?

[TroglodyteScholar]

103. well that makes sense. n/t

[bikebloke]

23. Someone took ConcernedCanuck

So I found something pretty damn close, mate.:)

[ConcernedCanuk]

36. NOT true - you joined before there were any "concerned canucks" on board here

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concernedcanuk or any other version

what is your point?

And I purposely left out the "c" in Canuck

That's a reference to our Quebec French people in some circles.


AND

Read my nic again,

It is ConcernedCanuk - -

[bikebloke]

85. I knew ConcernedCanu(c)k's were coming.

Skinner had warnings flashing on every page back then. I tell you, the fear was palpable.




*You do know I'm funning with you.:hi:

[Wwagsthedog]

24. Anti war here

And guess who started our current wars? I'm still waiting for the incumbent to wake up and stop our current wars while minimizing the military industrial complex. Sputter, sputter.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. I picked Blue_in_AK post-election 2004 for two reasons -

because I was/am a Democrat in red Alaska, and I was "blue," as in very, very sad, when Kerry lost. Now I'm not sad anymore, but I'm still a Democrat in Alaska, so the name stuck. I'm Blue_in_AK on other sites as well.

[Believing Is Art]

27. It's the name of a song I like by Spoon

It's also pretty fitting when applied to politics.

[Fumesucker]

28. Sucking fumes

Running on empty..

Same difference.

[readmoreoften]

29. I probably should've changed mine.

It comes from a joke between me and a few friends about knuckle tattoos (two four-letter words that represent you). I joked that when I got tenure I'd get READ on my left and MORE on my right. I thought it would serve me as a reminder to get the fuck off the internet and pick up a book. It sounds snotty but its not meant to be.

[Danger Mouse]

30. I think mine should be fairly obvious.

:hi:

[Creena]

31. From a rescue dog.

I took in a very ill puppy named Creena, who unfortunately passed away. The rescue coordinator just got back from Ireland and she said the name meant "my heart" in Gaelic. I don't know if it's correct, but I thought it was sweet way to always remember the little fighter who captured my heart. It's also a slight tribute to my hilarious Irish grandmother.

[Ilsa]

32. I like short names. nt

[backscatter712]

33. Didn't change my username, but...

backscatter comes from my last job - I worked as a software engineer for a small company that made RFID readers, and the principle on which RFID works is radio backscatter - the reader sends out a radio signal, which is picked up by the tag's antenna, and creates a tiny amount of electricity that goes to the RFID chip, runs its circuitry and does simple tasks like reading and writing to tag memory and returning output. The output is sent out by modulating the tag's backscatter - every wire in the world that has electricity flowing through it becomes an antenna. By changing the properties of the antenna in the tag as that little bit of electricity is charged up in it, a signal can be created that's picked up by the RFID reader.

Yeah, I'm a total geek.

[Elidor]

88. That's pretty cool

And strangely, I understood what you were saying.

[A Brand New World]

34. I can't remember my very first one but after ** was "elected" for

the 2nd time, I changed to "OhGodNotAgain". Now I'm "A Brand New World", because of Obama's election. Because I really think it's A Brand New World!

[Romulox]

35. ...

[Echo In Light]

37. Mine's the title of an LP by Lamp of The Universe (psychedelic space folk rock)

It's a one-man band, Craig Williamson, formerly bassist for New Zealand's heavy stoners, Datura. Fantastic meditative/head music :)

http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=277

[Saturday]

38. I was hoping to get a heart in the February fundraiser, after all

who doesn't like Saturday?

[buzzard]

39. Same as before, after my parrot.

IMG]

[aikoaiko]

44. aikoaiko, all day.

Lyrics

My spy boy saw you spy boy sittin by the bi-yo
My spy boy told your spy boy, Im gonna set you flag
on fi-yo.

I said, hey now, hey now,
Aiko aiko all day, jockomo feeno na na nay, jockomo feena nay.

My grandma and your grandma were sitting by the fire
Said my grandma to your grandma, gonna get your tail on fire.

I said, hey now, hey now,
Aiko aiko all day, jockomo feeno na na nay, jockomo feena nay.


But its funny. Some guys hit on me because they think I'm a young, cute Japanese girl.

[chill_wind]

45. Same as it always was, after the Tim Robbins speech in 2003:

A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0416-01.htm

[Tashca]

47. My three daughters...

I used the first two letters on my three daughter's names in order of age.

I have had more names and kept forgetting the password when I didn't come back for awhile....oh well.

In the late nineties and early part of this decade I mostly went by the name of Jericho in different sites. I would love to run into some of my old friends someday.

[Glorfindel]

48. From "The Lord of the Rings"

"Glorfindel was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of joy; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was strength." Perfect description of me! :evilgrin:

[Name removed]

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[Creideiki]

53. Something about like this

# Duty, duty -- honor is, is --
Honor, Creideiki -- alertly
# Shared, is -- Honor #

[blondeatlast]

54. Cue Etta James (and ONLY Etta James): "Aaaat laaaaaaaaaaaast...

Never changed my username, but did change my natural haircolor in my 30s.

[blondeatlast]

55. Edit: my internets have agitation in the diaphragm.

AKA hiccups.

[Estel]

56. Also from The Lord of the Rings

Estel was the elvish name for Aragorn and means "hope" -- I joined in 2004 pre-election and really "hoped" we would get rid of baby-bush...

[Lugnut]

57. I'm a NASCAR fan.

Lugnut was easier to spell than carburetor. :P

[ConcernedCanuk]

62. LOL - as a mechanic, I can understand that. "Blower" might give some the wrong idea

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burnouts

skidmarks

and so on

yeah

lugnut was a pretty safe choice!

[Lugnut]

94. Skidmark would've been pretty cool too.

:D

[pleah]

58. jesuswasntafascist was a good name, but

I just got tired of a few thinking I was something that I wasn't. I still use that name in other places.

I chose my new one because it was short.

[Catherine Vincent]

59. Here's my reason...

[backwoodsbob]

60. on a spur I called myself bobbydem when I signed up

then found out SOME here think anyone who has the word dem in there name MUST be a repuke plant so I had to change.

If you saw where I live Backwoodsbob fits perfect :P There's us in one home and the wifes neice in one and the wifes nephew in one and THOUSANDS of acres of woods around us.

I live about a half mile up an old logging road into the woods where we have no cable..no highspeed internet until four seasons wireless(Bless Them),We literally live in the middle of the woods

[hyphenate]

63. No change for me

Been online since 1990, and went originally by a numbered compuserve account, then an alpha-numeric one from Prodigy. finally joined aol, and was pleased to know i could choose my own screenname. i first ended up with "catgirl982" and I hated it, but a friend and I worked at Universal Studios at the time, and we both wanted a name associated with entertainment. he chose "backlot" and I chose "hyphenate," a title for someone who does more than just one, above-the-line job, like "writer-director" or "producer-director" or "writer-producer."

That was, oh, 1993. And one of the best reasons I like it is that it's ambiguous. In the "old" days, that was a key to a safer online experience for me, because there weren't a lot of women online back then--women technies like myself existed, but the average woman wasn't on from my experience.

The name has served me well, as it's also hard to track me down through a search engine. :)

[lumberjack_jeff]

65. I had this username 10 years before I found DU.

A byproduct of being a monty python fan from the northwest.

[Fleshdancer]

66. mine is a funny reference to Jesus Camp

I simply got bored using my real name.

[LostinVA]

80. I've been wondering what the new name is from!

It seemed quite pevvy for you!

I saw "Jesus Camp" and don't remember "flashdancer."

[Fleshdancer]

92. ROFL, it does sound pevvy....

Remember the scene of the girl who only listened to Xtian music? She kept going on and on about how she loved music and loved to dance but didn't want the devil to influence her to "dance for the flesh". I watched the documentary while commenting on it with bi-baby in the lounge one night and naturally we were both drinking so the thread was pretty funny. After that, she started calling me Fleshdancer.

So to make a short story long, it's bi-baby's fault. :D

[LostinVA]

97. hahahaha -- I remember that scene!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

67. Mine is from a Three Stooges skit.....

My old one, which I shan't mention, was made up while signing up under the influence of two ambien - didn't even make any fucking sense.

[Occulus]

68. I came up with mine from an image the admins posted here on DU

when Ari was press secretary.

My full name is thus "Occulus Repairus". :D

[The Straight Story]

69. Movie by the same name (nt)

[moondust]

70. Thin air.

ALWAYS end up not liking it. ALWAYS change it. Probably need a random username generator.

[TroglodyteScholar]

71. Well, I had been Concerned GA Voter...

...which is fairly self-explanitory.

I found myself facing a potential but uncertain move when name amnesty came around, so I took the chance...and this name is one that just popped into my head a few years ago, but I'd never used it. So now I do.

On edit: BTW I did end up moving away from GA....

[OmahaBlueDog]

72. I live in Omaha, and I consider myself a "Blue Dog" Democrat

Put another way...

My Republican friends think I'm somewhere to the left of Mao and the right of Lenin.

To most folks here, I might as well quit and join Free Republic.

[stevedeshazer]

73. My birth certificate

:)

[FourScore]

74. whereismyparty

I found my party in Obama


AND

The abbreviation for whereismyparty is wimp.:dunce:

[NeedleCast]

75. NeedleCast(ing) is from one of my favorit Sci-Fi authors (Richard Morgan)

In short, your consciousness is downloaded to a cortical stack and it can be "cast" to genetically engineered bodies on other planets. Plus I think it sounds cool.

[iamthebandfanman]

76. ill never change my name.

id feel like i was running from my past on DU.


and my name comes from my interest in marching bands in high school and college ;)

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

77. * l *

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8723725

[LostinVA]

78. I was a long-time lurker living in VA who was devastated after Bush's reelection

I didn't change it after this election, because it's my identity/name on here.

[Occam Bandage]

79. This is my legal birth name.

:P

[Elidor]

81. A very good question

After several years, I began to dislike my old name, 'Hardhead.' It seemed vaguely confrontational or arrogant, and I don't want to be perceived that way. I make a consistent effort to be calm and rational on DU, so I wanted a name that's neutral but human-sounding. Elidor is the name of some forgotten monk from way back in the Middle Ages. It has a nice personal feel and rolls nicely off the tongue.

I keep my old name in my profile so that people may adjust their ignore lists accordingly, but I think I've pretty much learned how not to mix it up anymore anyway. I'm - duh-duh-DAH!!! - an Internet Veteran. Able to walk calmly past the mangled bodies spilling out of the latest cornflake-breading war thread. Reclining comfortably with a nonchalant air in my smoking jacket as people around me scream at the top of their lungs. Or so I like to pretend.

[BlooInBloo]

83. Mine is fairly obvious, I would imagine.

[AllieB]

84. First name last initial.

Pretty straightforward and not very creative. :-)

[razors edge]

86. From a Canadian.

Or three of them to be more precise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcsitXqnTyU&feature=related

[Binka]

87. Binka is a Cat that OWNS her owners she roams all about

She is a crazy cat....

[ConcernedCanuk]

108. Nice legs there Barack!

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:hi:

[a la izquierda]

89. It means "to the left"...

I study Mexican history and speak Spanish...it's my life.

[Ferretherder]

90. Welll, I used to have 3 or 4 ferrets in my house, ...

...and it was a little like ferret 'herding' to keep up with all of them, thus,...

[annarbor]

91. I'm from Ann Arbor...

I know, kind of lazy....

Great city for those of you looking for a cool place to visit!

Ann Arbor

[tabbycat31]

93. it's my standard forum username

and my online handle for years

[Number23]

96. .

;)

[ConcernedCanuk]

110. Interesting - do you realize that "23" is the sum of your DU id?

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Your user ID is 216914

2+1+6+9+1+4=23

coincidence?

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[Number23]

113. You just blew my mind, ConCan

I had no idea that my user ID adds up to 23 but that F*CKING ROCKS that it does.

Check this out! - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/23-fascinating-facts-about-the-number-twentythree-437520.html

[SmileyRose]

98. My name is Rosetta and I'm usually smiley.

I've used this name everywhere on everything internet since 1997. No, I take that back - it was my "CB" name too back in the 70's.

[Reterr]

99. I was lazy and so very slightly distorted my actual name.eom

[Mike 03]

101. Mine has been the same since 2003, with one exception

It used to be Mike03, and it became Mike 03 after I left and had to sign up again, but yes, I regret I was not more creative because I did use my real name and I suppose someone could identify me rather easily if they also happened to be DUers.

It wouldn't hard to figure out.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

102. Mine's a character from the famous Charles Dickens novel.

Duh.

[Poll_Blind]

104. Poll_Blind = Don't care what the polls say, Bush is still a crazy asshole.

Back in 2001 everyone was crowing about Bush in the polls (even prior to 9/11) and it was such a fucking joke. Anyway, it's probably pretty self-explanitory.

PB

[Canuckistanian]

105. I was inspired by Pat Buchanan

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021102/EBUCH/Headlines/headdex/headdexComment_temp/13/13/15/

[JitterbugPerfume]

106. I got it from a book I had just read

way back when I first joined DU . I am not all that fond of it anymore but I just keep it out of habit

[unapatriciated]

107. my husband chose mine years ago ...

it's a play on my name and how he feels my kids don't appreciate me.
Turn about is fair play so I got to pick his for his you tube account and he carried it over to DU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFh9F-5TcLg
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5524628

[riderinthestorm]

109. Mine's a riff on the Doors song.

Since horses consume me 24/7, and when I joined DU I really felt like the US was in the middle of a virtual storm from the Bush Admin, it all felt like the right username for me. I didn't change it during the amnesty because we're still dealing with the fall out of the Bush Admin and Obama is definitely still in the middle of it.

Perhaps my next username will be "Here comes the sun" in 2012??

[ConcernedCanuk]

111. ACK! - I remember that song from my teens!

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many more like

Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name

Riders on the Storm

More Doors and Lyrics

OH . .

And as far as "Here comes the sun" ?

I dunno

We just barely survived "Dim-Son" . .

:silly:

[guitar man]

112. oh, it was just a random thing

:D