What's in a DU Name?

[Chovexani]

I just love the threads where people explain what their DU handles are about, and I thought it'd be fun to start up a new one.

Okay, me first. "Chovexani" is a Romanes word derived from Armenian that means "witch" (pronounce it "cho-vay-SHA-knee"). I chose it because it's one of my favorite words, it is a nod to my Romani heritage, and it also describes me. I am a very proud Pagan and Witch, and I claim the word as a spiritual and political act.

What does your DU handle mean?

[realisticphish]

1. Last year

my roommate got a care package from his parents that had one of those little sliding puzzles. On the package, it described the picture as "realistic fish". so, i combined realistic fish with my favorite band... presto. realisticphish

[Chovexani]

3. That's cute.

BTW, that dancing Hammer in your sig has me hypnotized. :rofl:

[realisticphish]

7. he has quite a few fans

on DU :D

but i may have to retire him next week, because i will be going home for the summer, and will have dial-up. not sure if slow internet will like that image

[Seneca]

2. Named for the Roman philosopher

He birthed the school of Stoicism, which to me, is required for survival in these tough, sad times.

[rogerashton]

18. And not the Indian tribe. OK.

But one could do worse than the "Keepers of the Western Door of the Lodge Extended Lengthwise." They were pretty stoic too, I think.

My name is -- my name. (first and middle.) Lack of imagination.

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. Mine is a passage from the sacred scrolls in "Planet of the Apes."

Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust, or greed. Yea he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert out of his home, and yours. Shun him, drive him back, for he is the harbinger of death...

[gizmo1979]

5. I have a horrible memory.

So I use the same screenname everywhere.

[Archae]

17. Same here.

I'm "Archae" (pronounced r-kay) on a lot of boards.

[Rick Myers]

6. It's my name...

To explain, when I wanted to get into radio at age 16 my mom said ok, but I should never use a fake name. I've done all kinds of radio, including liberaltalk, and this board is alot like a talk show.

I will NOT hide from the Freaks!!!

And so it goes.

[Redstone]

13. You don't need to hide from those punks. And if they ever

get up the courage to outnumber you, just call me. Two of us have got to be worth, what, eighteen or so of them?

Redstone

(Oh, the point of the original post. I forgot. Redstone is one of my middle names, thank you so much for asking.)

[kmla]

8. kmla -

An acronym of my response to freeperzoids that I encounter when they use the 'L' word in a pejorative fashion -

Kiss
My
Liberal
Ass.

And the dancing chicken? I just thought it was funny...

[Chovexani]

10. Awesome.

I'll have to steal that one. :D

Love that dancing chicken. It almost makes me want to put my old Ashlee Simpson Hee Haw jig back in my sig...

[enigmatic]

9. All my life I've been told I'm enigmatic...

So it fits..

[Lady Effingbroke]

11. It is a proud old family name,

and one which is very common these days, to wit:

ME: "So pleased to meet you, I'm Sylvia Smoot-Hawley, Lady Effingbroke."

GENTLE STRANGER: "What a coincidence! I happen to be effing broke, as well!"

[SnohoDem]

23. I've always loved your DU name

I got it immediately and thought it was hilarious.

These are the Bush years. If you ain't effing rich, you're probably effing broke.

[sniffa]

12. mine is shortened from

footsniffa

the 'a' ending is for my boston accent.

[iconoclastic cat]

14. On my first evaluation as a student teacher, my CT complained that

I was "pushing my iconoclastic views about Chicago's educational system and U.S. history" on the students.

Then, weeks later, I got really drunk and registered at DU, and when I woke up I was in the Lounge, logged in under this username.

[Left Is Write]

15. You have a great name!

Mine is very simple. I'm a lefty, both in politics and in handedness. I write, so I used "write" as a play on "left is right."

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. It means that one night at dinner with my best friends kids I made

a spoonerized comment that something would make MrsGrumpy very harper. And there you have it, again. :hi:

[uppityperson]

19. I am uppity

I couldn't think of any other good name when I signed up.

[Awsi Dooger]

20. My little apricot poodle Awsi

He was lying beside me when I discovered DU. I sat there for a few minutes pondering a user name before deciding to honor him with it. A dooger is what I called a dog when I was a little tike and my parents made a big deal of it, so it sort of stuck.

Awsi will be 16 years old in September. He is sadly almost deaf and blind but his sniffer still works great so he finds the bones I've been cooking for him every morning. His cherished walks around the block are shorter in distance and much slower, but he still loves them.

I may be the only DUer who misspelled his own user name upon registration. I didn't notice I typed an unintentional "e", making it Awsie. Kudos to Skinner for allowing the name changes last year. It made me feel like an idiot logging in with the wrong name for two years.

[qnr]

21. I've been using mine since my DJIS and BB days, back in '81, in one form

or another. I used to have a list of about 3,000 things that people guessed it was on GEnie and CompuServe (amazing, considering it has a 'Q' in it).

It's an operating signal, a code in communications that means exactly the same thing no matter what your native language is. As an OPSIG, QNR = "I am approaching my point of no return" (it's an aviation one, meaning if I fly any further I won't have enough fuel to return to my departure point). I like it because it implies a lot about my mental/emotional state.

Edit: added a closing parentheses

[hyphenate]

22. I use mine in a whole bunch of places too

It started in 1993 when I was working at Universal Studios. One of the guys in the mailroom and I were just getting onto AOL back then, and suggested we come up with names that would suggest the entertainment industry. He chose "backlot" for his, and I went with "hyphenate." In entertainment, hyphenate is a term used for a production member "above the line" which includes the performers, exec. producer, writer, director, etc. That production member wears more than one hat, so their title is "writer-director-producer" for example. That's why they're called a "hyphenate." And yes, I was an English major, so it carries more than one meaning.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Well, I hadn't thought about it at all, until I was registering...

I knew I wanted to use my real name, and it seemed logical to include my state; therefore: CaliforniaPeggy! A lot of people have abbreviated it, and that is just fine with me...

:hi:

[Kingofalldems]

25. It means what it says

diehard Dem thru and thru.

[sakabatou]

26. See the Demopedia entry

[NMMNG]

27. Mine is a humorous stab

At those lovable "fundies", who would turn our nation into a theocracy, set the course of human rights and scientific progress back a century (or more), start the crusades all over again, and make "freedom of religion" exist only for themselves.

[NMMNG]

28. I might change it if there were that option

Since people might be offended, particularly by the "slayer" idea (not that I condone harming anybody, it is entirely a pun on the tv show), but nonetheless if the option to change my name were available I'd do it.

[tenshi816]

29. "Tenshi" means "angel" in Japanese

A long time ago I had a half-Japanese boyfriend who called me that. "816" refers to my birthday.

Not really as interesting a story as yours!