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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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[–] DM_Me_Boobs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You really want to see this thing everybody talks about?

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Behold, a token effort" sick line dropped by best boy linhardt in fire emblem warriors three hopes

My display name is probably from the most mysterious song on the internet

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

Because I like these little guys: Grasshopper Mouse

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

https://youtu.be/FhykvrPZwA4

The pinnacle of Australian culture

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

A bunch of goofy bureaucracy name fuckups to my real name. It’s a long and boring story. It’s in no way related to being a group for tacos addicts.

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

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

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

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

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

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[–] 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).

I was promoted from the rank of Commander.

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

I'm fatigued in more ways than one and people joke that I'm fae because I'm allergic to metal.

I was eating something when I made the account. Make a wild guess what it might have been.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

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

I mashed the keyboard.

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

Bit warden made it for me

[–] 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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[–] 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.

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

Shakespeare and Serious Sam.

[–] 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.

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

I was making a silly joke on Reddit...

[–] 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

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

Every time I go to make a new username I just choose the first 2 words that come to mind

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Way more years ago than I would like to admit, when I was in my teens, I learned to play a Fender Mexican Stratocaster. It became my name on my BBS, and has stuck ever since.

Most people think it has to do with FM radio.

Edit: Also, this question has managed to get replies from almost all of the prolific participators on Lemmy. Nice.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Do you play the Steely Dan classic FM on your FMstrat?

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

it just means emoticon in french canadian

[–] DampCanary@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

no imagination and I thpught it was funny image (current acc avatar)

[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago

It's an auditory pareidolia I often have, everytime someone says "courant d'air" (which is draught in french), I hear my first name.

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