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Without using pronouns (me, he, she, it, etc) or articles (a, an, the), how did you come up with your user name? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by HomesliceAbe@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Essentially, I want us to sound like cavemen.

I'll start:

HomesliceAbe was playing Mario kart and HomesliceAbe's dad couldn't think of name of one of courses (HomesliceAbe thinks name was "Moonview Highway?). HomesliceAbe's dad called course "Homeslice Highway" and HomesliceAbe thought new name was hilarious. Also, HomesliceAbe is big fan of Abraham Lincoln.

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[โ€“] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Favourite monster in Monster Hunter is Tobi-Kadachi. Fanged Wyvern is its class in the games.

[โ€“] unsignedint@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

unsigned int is a data type reference. I nicked it from an username on Reddit.

[โ€“] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm oldschool, it's my name.

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[โ€“] Swarfega@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Mines a hand soap. I'm 43 but heard the name as a kid in my dad's car garage. It's a soap for removing grease and oil from mechanics hands. I always liked the name. It's not like any other English word or name.

https://www.scjp.com/en-gb/products/swarfega-original-classic

[โ€“] FReddit@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Take a wild ass guess.

[โ€“] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have no idea, I think I was drunk and wanted a hamburger but had no money.

[โ€“] judas@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

It's complicated

[โ€“] Ilflish@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I said stuff until it made me smile sometimes I put more care into my name's but this one was just saying different words and skewing them I think this one came from elf

[โ€“] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

me liked (and still) android so me make it me reddit username me also had made Roblox account and mixed my real name with PewDiePie and once reddit api incident happened i merged the names with underscore

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[โ€“] AEsheron@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Based off archaic spelling of the river Acheron which seemed cool. Added ร† half for hipstery, half to ensure uniqueness, and half because funny that natural shortening to "ash" also name of first letter. Some places don't allow ร† though like Lemmy, so have to make due with AE.

[โ€“] DosDude@retrolemmy.com -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like Dos games

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[โ€“] SauceBossSmokin@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had coworkers that were big into Epic Meal Time on YouTube and started calling me sauce boss. I also smoke tasty meats with my pellet smoker.

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