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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?

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[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

I can be a bit melodramatic and sassy, also like making music and looking good. Long-time fan miku fan too.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm a man that likes neon lights.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Resol - can mean a number of different things. It's the first 5 letters of the word "resolution". It's also the word "loser" spelled backwards. It's two notes on a keyboard (D and G in Anglo-Saxon music notation). And it just looks and sounds cool in my opinion.

van - the Dutch word meaning "of" or "from". Note that I am not referring to actual vans (the German equivalent being "von", which also appears in a lot of names). Also I prefer spelling that word completely in lowercase.

Lemmy - isn't it obvious? It's this wonderful website.

Put them together, and you get "Resol van Lemmy". It sounds pretty nice, don't you think? Especially since I really hate my real name.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Means potato / lame

[–] LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Engineers left it on my PRs before waiting several months to merge them :)

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[–] ethaver@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Same, diceware generated

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I just wanted something short and reasonably pronounceable, as that's easier to remember.

In the past, I've used a FIPS-181 pronounceable password generator to generate pronounceable usernames that don't collide with existing usernames. But since the Threadiverse is still young, plus each new instance has its own username space, it's practical to have a very short username.

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My girlfriend calls me that regularly.

[–] SpicyTaint@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe it's self explanatory.

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[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago

it's better than what I had before

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Mine’s a music joke and a reference to a line from the song “Shiny” from Moana.

Though if my great grandfather was a god it was of strawberries which is nice. He’d grow plants and ship them to gardeners all over the east coast

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I love frogs and was hungry when I made my account.

[–] ReeferPirate@lemy.lol 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My cousin, brother and I used to get high and play MTG quite a bit back in the day. There's a card called "Reef Pirates" that we used to joke around and call them Reefer Pirates. When I was making an account on Diablo 2 some time around then it's what popped into my head and stuck.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 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.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

HEXN3T stands out and was only taken on PSN, apparently.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Depending on what your lemmy app/ui shows, it's either a Guild Navigator or a Facedancer.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mine is related to my name but is not my name. I've been using it so long and in so many places that I decided I need a pronunciation and decided on "wudgerie," which is also not my name. Anyone who knows me IRL could figure out who I am without much trouble, and a dedicated investigator could probably dig it up (that's NOT a challenge, BTW 🤣) with a pretty high level of confidence without breaking a sweat, but (1) I allow for that in what I say online, and (2) I kind of like having an online persona that is mostly just the real me with a bit of anonymity. Keeps me grounded and reminds me that all you assholes are real people too (except you, @GiantRobotTittiesTeeHeeHee@definitelynotabot.ai... or you, Georgia Bulldog fans).

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

It's a new one I made up when I joined Lemmy. Not sure how I exactly ended up with this but it's the only one I made in over a decade. I like nicknames that sound like actual names but are still unique, and I wanted something that sounds nice and gender-neutral.
Anyway, my nicknames usually become part of my identity. So I'm as much Thelsim as I am nowadays :)

[–] kubica@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

I used to see the F1 in the so called boring years.

[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Wat Dabney is a minor character in Terry Gilliam's first non-Python movie, Jabberwocky.

The protagonist, Dennis (Michael Palin) goes to the city to make his fortune as a cooper. One of the first people he meets there is a legendary cooper named Wat Dabney ("the inventor of the inverted firkin") who's been reduced to begging because he's not a member of the guild that controls the trade.

I first adopted the name on IMDb, back in the late 90s, but retired it when IMDb shut down their general interest forums, and didn't use it on Reddit. I revived it for Lemmy.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

Wishful thinking

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Just an old meme.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I think I picked it when registering with Sharky Forums back in like 2000, it just means a wage labor worker.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

I couldn't think of a better one, and just shortened my full name.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

I am terrible at names

The name i used before was "youtuber", which i "came up with" when creating my youtube account

This is the first name that wasnt already taken in Minecraft so i kept it

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I‘m doing a 6-2 job in finances on autopilot while mentally at another place to not be drained when I follow my hobbies after work

[–] Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

i like the swapnote girl so i borrowed her name

I read an article, that the executioner who operated the electric chair was sometimes called the state electrician. I liked that, as I like many little known words and phrases. It has nothing to do with his job, the euphemism just tickled my fancy.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do I really need to spell it out?

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[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I couldn't think of a name but I wanted an account. Every time I tried to think of something, I hit a mental block. "I don't want to"

[–] LNSS@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's related to my first name. But some letters removed and others rearranged.

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[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

It’s like 15 years old from back when I used to PVP in EVE online. Vaguely weird to pronounce and towards the middle of the alphabet so I don’t get primaried

[–] TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I made this account shortly after watching Jackass 4. One of the new guys brings his dad on, this guy served time and did not look like he was one to fuck with. They put his head in a fishbowl with a tarantula and he instantly went into full bitch mode. That man's name was Dark Shark.

[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

It popped into my head while I was thinking of one, felt kind of clowny, then I searched for it online and didn't find any results. I was shocked that, apparently, nobody else is using this, so I've decided to.

[–] Disco_Dougie@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Ambian, maybe? I don't especially like disco, and my name isn't Doug. But I felt it in my heart at some point that isn't exactly clear to me.

[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Its a me, mario

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