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Location: Berlin
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Location: Berlin
Posted:
randomly looking at a thread where mr capn polyester had changed his name to the approving ninja and wondered why...
so I guess this question is open to everyone:
why did you choose the nickname you did?
me- cos I luveth mr manu chaoeth and his songeth kingeth ofeth theth bongoeth and it has been a nickname on different sites for ages and ages and ages...
ben
randomly looking at a thread where mr capn polyester had changed his name to the approving ninja and wondered why...
so I guess this question is open to everyone:
why did you choose the nickname you did?
me- cos I luveth mr manu chaoeth and his songeth kingeth ofeth theth bongoeth and it has been a nickname on different sites for ages and ages and ages...
ben
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Location: London, Uk, in a boring town called Ruislip....
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Location: London, Uk, in a boring town called Ruislip....
Posted:
Thats easy to answer for me.
I didnt choose mine.
Jon(UCOF)and Simian, with help from Jemma (jemmamimajemima) signed me up at jon's party.
I was drunk, so i agreed to the name.
Guess i should say 'thanx guys'
Thats easy to answer for me.
I didnt choose mine.
Jon(UCOF)and Simian, with help from Jemma (jemmamimajemima) signed me up at jon's party.
I was drunk, so i agreed to the name.
Guess i should say 'thanx guys'
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Location: London
316 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Well being the boring unimaginative type, I chose my name coz i mostly do Devil Sticks and my name is Adam.
Soz BamBam guess i should have put a post like this up earlier!
That, and so it's unpronouncable, then even HOP people have to call me by my name! Muahahahaha!
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Well being the boring unimaginative type, I chose my name coz i mostly do Devil Sticks and my name is Adam.
Soz BamBam guess i should have put a post like this up earlier!
That, and so it's unpronouncable, then even HOP people have to call me by my name! Muahahahaha!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
i got mine.... 'mechhead' from being a techie, for a long time, as in mechanical head!
and teh name 'Step' is part of my family name as im Matthew stepek, but i dont like ppl using matthew cos its soooomundane and boringand i only use it in certain situations...
sooo there you go im a boring freak!
later days guys
i got mine.... 'mechhead' from being a techie, for a long time, as in mechanical head!
and teh name 'Step' is part of my family name as im Matthew stepek, but i dont like ppl using matthew cos its soooomundane and boringand i only use it in certain situations...
sooo there you go im a boring freak!
later days guys
Step (el-nombrie)
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
mine is just my name spelled backwards, & phonetically. My name is really Izolr, with a silent "l".
Ok, so there is really no exciting explanation for my name and I had to make one up.
mine is just my name spelled backwards, & phonetically. My name is really Izolr, with a silent "l".
Ok, so there is really no exciting explanation for my name and I had to make one up.
It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.
What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...
I don't want a title.
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Posted:
If I had a spirit beast, it would be a tiger. There's something about vivid orange stripes that somehow function as camouflage in the greens and browns of a forest. This all probably started because I was in love with Borges, who also loved tigers. I fell in love with his tiger that could only be faced by a man of war, in a castle atop an elephant.
Also, I love William Blake's poem, The Tyger.
So, with my contrary nature.... regyt is tyger backwards.
If I had a spirit beast, it would be a tiger. There's something about vivid orange stripes that somehow function as camouflage in the greens and browns of a forest. This all probably started because I was in love with Borges, who also loved tigers. I fell in love with his tiger that could only be faced by a man of war, in a castle atop an elephant.
Also, I love William Blake's poem, The Tyger.
So, with my contrary nature.... regyt is tyger backwards.
E pluribus unum, baby.
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
my names an obscure reference to hitchhikers guide (book 1 of 5 in the trilogy).
the personality of the large furry creatures appealed to me for some reason.
i was orignially called 'dead parrot', but thought i needed something that sounded a bit happier.
my names an obscure reference to hitchhikers guide (book 1 of 5 in the trilogy).
the personality of the large furry creatures appealed to me for some reason.
i was orignially called 'dead parrot', but thought i needed something that sounded a bit happier.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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Location: Bristol / London / Norwich / Chennai, India (UK) (...
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Location: Bristol / London / Norwich / Chennai, India (UK) (...
Posted:
for as long as I can remember .
safe
garbo
quote:That and the fact that I've been called variations of this
garb:
"An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation ."
for as long as I can remember .
safe
garbo
be excellent to each other: safe:
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Location: Minneapolis
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Location: Minneapolis
Posted:
I was called this as a kid when I would daydream and not pay attention to things. I didn't realize for a long time that even though grown-ups meant it as an insult, being a space cadet could really be rad. (Especially if you got to wear a cool helmet and got a ray gun and stuff!) I also play music with friends in an a/v improv collective sort of thing, and our sessions are often analogous to space missions; as we are star princesses and space pirates to the end. We're sci-fi geeks who aren't too old to make robot suits out of tinfoil and spaceships out of cardboard boxes sometimes.
I was called this as a kid when I would daydream and not pay attention to things. I didn't realize for a long time that even though grown-ups meant it as an insult, being a space cadet could really be rad. (Especially if you got to wear a cool helmet and got a ray gun and stuff!) I also play music with friends in an a/v improv collective sort of thing, and our sessions are often analogous to space missions; as we are star princesses and space pirates to the end. We're sci-fi geeks who aren't too old to make robot suits out of tinfoil and spaceships out of cardboard boxes sometimes.
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729 posts
Location: OK, USA
729 posts
Location: OK, USA
Posted:
Dio (pronounced "DIE-oh") is short for Dionysus, the Greek god of ritual dancing and festivity/drunkenness. I chose a deity because the troupe I joined had stage names with mythology themes. I chose the one that summed up my performance the most since I started doing poi to teach myself rhythm and how to dance. It was the best for the job, and "Dio" just sounds cool anyway
Dio (pronounced "DIE-oh") is short for Dionysus, the Greek god of ritual dancing and festivity/drunkenness. I chose a deity because the troupe I joined had stage names with mythology themes. I chose the one that summed up my performance the most since I started doing poi to teach myself rhythm and how to dance. It was the best for the job, and "Dio" just sounds cool anyway
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
well im known as oli, so i thought that would be as good a nickname as any....
suppose i could have been all exciting and called myself shalabi, after the great sam shalabi... or agim (a masculine Albanian first name that means Dawn or Daybreak).....
but i think oli is easiest.
well im known as oli, so i thought that would be as good a nickname as any....
suppose i could have been all exciting and called myself shalabi, after the great sam shalabi... or agim (a masculine Albanian first name that means Dawn or Daybreak).....
but i think oli is easiest.
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They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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Location: sitting on the step
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Location: sitting on the step
Posted:
since i grew up in the middle east i wanted my nickname to be arabic,narr means fire, see guys an gals you learn something new everyday
since i grew up in the middle east i wanted my nickname to be arabic,narr means fire, see guys an gals you learn something new everyday
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Patrick badger king: *they better hope there's never a jihad on stupidity*
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Location: London/ Surrey
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
Posted:
For all those of you that accuse me of having a fetish-inspired nickname: WRONG!
I'm a nice girl
Um, to tell the truth I couldn't think of anything to use, looked around and the Feeder album was on my desk (now everyone knows there's no exciting story )
For all those of you that accuse me of having a fetish-inspired nickname: WRONG!
I'm a nice girl
Um, to tell the truth I couldn't think of anything to use, looked around and the Feeder album was on my desk (now everyone knows there's no exciting story )
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The pessimist fears this is true.
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still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
bender is made of 40% titanium
so am i
:creaks:
bender is made of 40% titanium
so am i
:creaks:
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
I got my nick name when I was like 13 and used to play in Ultrazone (lazer tag) tournaments. My RP name was Royal Assassin (after the Magic card) and my friends just shortened it to Royal. Now Ive been stuck with that name for 7 years. Ive been banned from entering Ultrazone for like 4 years now but everyone still calls me Royal.
I got my nick name when I was like 13 and used to play in Ultrazone (lazer tag) tournaments. My RP name was Royal Assassin (after the Magic card) and my friends just shortened it to Royal. Now Ive been stuck with that name for 7 years. Ive been banned from entering Ultrazone for like 4 years now but everyone still calls me Royal.
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We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
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Location: Newcastle, Australia
264 posts
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Posted:
Mine is in memory of a really fantastic person - His name was Jimmy and he used to live at the same Uni residential college as me...Pyro_Tech came from the fire group that he used to twirl under... he would have loved this site and having random chats about random stuff, so when i signed up I picked that name...
My signature is also a quote that he sent in an email ages ago - and it's on his memorial stone in our college.
He was killed in Sydney almost two years ago and I miss him heaps, but I'm at that stage now that things that remind me of him make me smile instead of being sad - so having the screen name Pyro_Tech is full of happy memories for me
Rach
Mine is in memory of a really fantastic person - His name was Jimmy and he used to live at the same Uni residential college as me...Pyro_Tech came from the fire group that he used to twirl under... he would have loved this site and having random chats about random stuff, so when i signed up I picked that name...
My signature is also a quote that he sent in an email ages ago - and it's on his memorial stone in our college.
He was killed in Sydney almost two years ago and I miss him heaps, but I'm at that stage now that things that remind me of him make me smile instead of being sad - so having the screen name Pyro_Tech is full of happy memories for me
Rach
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From the Ashes of a Ninja Rise THE HIPS OF RAGE
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Location: Edinburgh
371 posts
Location: Edinburgh
Posted:
For anyone who wasn't at the EJC I changed to the approving ninja beacause ROB, Ken and I did a Robert Heart Piss taking act on the renegade with me dressed up as a ninja to give "approval" to Ken's top student. That day the favourite quote was "twenty martial artist have approved my style" so we got 1 martial artist (me) to approve and I've been ninja ever since
For anyone who wasn't at the EJC I changed to the approving ninja beacause ROB, Ken and I did a Robert Heart Piss taking act on the renegade with me dressed up as a ninja to give "approval" to Ken's top student. That day the favourite quote was "twenty martial artist have approved my style" so we got 1 martial artist (me) to approve and I've been ninja ever since
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
my name is cole.
about four or five years ago my girlfriend at the time and a very good friend randomly started calling me coleman.
i like it because although it was given as a nickname, it's where my name originally came from too; coleman was my great grandfather's first name and is my father's middle name.
my name is cole.
about four or five years ago my girlfriend at the time and a very good friend randomly started calling me coleman.
i like it because although it was given as a nickname, it's where my name originally came from too; coleman was my great grandfather's first name and is my father's middle name.
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
I'm a program I was using at the time for figuring out seismic responses of buildings to earthquakes. Crap program, but I liked the name.
I'm a program I was using at the time for figuring out seismic responses of buildings to earthquakes. Crap program, but I liked the name.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Location: Berlin
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Location: Berlin
Posted:
doh!!!
everyone seems to have a story more interesting than mine.
well to you all&keep em coming!!!
heard about your renegade mr approving ninja but didnt hear the details about it- i musta been somewhere else at the time
doh!!!
everyone seems to have a story more interesting than mine.
well to you all&keep em coming!!!
heard about your renegade mr approving ninja but didnt hear the details about it- i musta been somewhere else at the time
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Miss Whippy
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Location: Cornwall & Oxford
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Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Posted:
Well, i was born with mine... well sorta, my full name is Bethany but i didnt want to put that. Usually, on other boards or wherever, im Cora (just coz i like it) or Calliope (the greek muse of epic poetry)... oops, didnt think of Calloipe for this board, ah well, too late now
But yeah, born with my name so thats about it really...
Well, i was born with mine... well sorta, my full name is Bethany but i didnt want to put that. Usually, on other boards or wherever, im Cora (just coz i like it) or Calliope (the greek muse of epic poetry)... oops, didnt think of Calloipe for this board, ah well, too late now
But yeah, born with my name so thats about it really...
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Location: mods suck
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Location: mods suck
Posted:
tiamat i got from an old video game i liked (ff1) and the 22580 is my school i.d so when tiamat didnt work when i tried to sign up for my e-mail, i added 22580 with an underscore _ and thats my name for where ever i go . so thats that.
i bet at least someone was wondering about the 22580
oh yeah and the tiamat part you can now see in various newer type games other than final fantasy
tiamat i got from an old video game i liked (ff1) and the 22580 is my school i.d so when tiamat didnt work when i tried to sign up for my e-mail, i added 22580 with an underscore _ and thats my name for where ever i go . so thats that.
i bet at least someone was wondering about the 22580
oh yeah and the tiamat part you can now see in various newer type games other than final fantasy
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
lol, approving ninja, so finally the truth comes out. Man that sounds like such a funny story!!
Pyrotech, that's a truly touching story, and brings so much significance to your name. It's awesome that your friendship is honoured in this way.
lol, approving ninja, so finally the truth comes out. Man that sounds like such a funny story!!
Pyrotech, that's a truly touching story, and brings so much significance to your name. It's awesome that your friendship is honoured in this way.
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