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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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[–] Uriel_Copy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I enjoyed The Talos Principle. And the messages in that world seemed about as real as you guys. I mean that in an endearing way

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Star Wars Galaxies I was on a red wine kick at the time and had found Ecco Domani to be a good low priced red. I meeded a character name for SWG so I looked up "to seize" in Italian to make "seize tomorrow".

It's actually "squeeze tomorrow" or "tighten tomorrow" and should have been "cogliere il domani" which is cooler. But c'est la vie, or questa è la vita.

[–] antiquity2038@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Bitwarden username generator 👍

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Just needed a name and combined a word with an animal

Display Name is because the Earth part of a Universe Simulator program run on a windows 11 machine and the Earth.exe process crashed, which is why we have assassination attempts, felon president, CEO getting shot, random coup attempt in South Korea. The Simulation program just spews random plotlines without the Earth.exe process to fine-tune it. Its basically telling AI to draw human hands, it keeps making no sense.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

My display name is a short-version of my nickname which is a phonetic amalgamation of my first and last name.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Someone else took karl first and I want to know which one of you it was

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago

Less common anglicisation of Samyaza, first amongst the nephilim; a group of Angels that fell by marrying human women and teaching them knowledge.

Yes I am clearly a bit pretentious.

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Remember that mobile game that was popular a while ago, Neko Atsume? It's that, but with Etna from Disgaea, because at the time I first made this username (years ago) Neko Atsume was taken and I was playing through Disgaea D2.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Sometimes I get kinda pedantic.

When i joined the fediverse I decided to make a break from my old usernames.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Kona + Loki + accidentally changing an O to an A = Kolanaki

And then it turns out, it's also the name of a place in Greece.

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I asked Dr GPT for a list of nouns and adjectives with a particular theme and picked some I liked and combined them. I do the same process for all my digital identities.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Shakespeare and Serious Sam.

[–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] tht@social.pwned.page 2 points 3 months ago

I liked playing tachanka on R6, tht is short for TheHolyTachanka

[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

Used to live in Norway when I joined reddit, and the whole Norse lore resonated with me. Back then I had a number attached, that wasn't needed on Lemmy anymore.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ranidaphobic; but going with Frog-Man was a too on the nose rip off of Bat-Man (and it’s taken anyway).

[–] ThunderChunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Mine comes from the intro to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 points 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.

[–] hollerpixie@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

My husband’s nickname for me. I was born in the holler in Appalachia and am a woodsy pixie. It stuck and is now my trail name.

[–] improvise3020@ani.social 2 points 3 months ago

Bit warden made it for me

[–] urata@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What about you pip? My first thought was the main character of Kid Icarus.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I’m betting on major Python package index enthusiast!

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[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Mothman+StarWars+Back to the Future

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

I like the word argyle and I'm angry

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

I studied abroad while the Two and a half Men season with Ashton Kutcher aired. A guy at a pizza place always wanted to chat but he barely spoke any English and somehow he really wanted to tell me that I look like Ashton Kutcher. Had similar length beard and hair at the time. A few days after that I signed up on Reddit.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

First shiny Pokemon I ever got. Basculin carried my team a lot, hence the name "CaptainBasculin".

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