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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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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

It's from valarin (Tolkien's language of the Valar)

https://glaemscrafu.jrrvf.com/english/motsvalarins.html

Akasan is 'he says'

-z suffix is a person's name

So it's basically 'Teller' (I'd say storyteller) in valarin.

The 'h' was supposed to help in pronunciation, it only mildly does, I find

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

I couldn't think of a name but I wanted an account. Every time I tried to think of something, I hit a mental block. "I don't want to"

[–] ReeferPirate@lemy.lol 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My cousin, brother and I used to get high and play MTG quite a bit back in the day. There's a card called "Reef Pirates" that we used to joke around and call them Reefer Pirates. When I was making an account on Diablo 2 some time around then it's what popped into my head and stuck.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm a huge fan of Bathory, so I just combined Quorthon with his previous stage name, Ace.

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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

I couldn't think of a better one, and just shortened my full name.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I‘m doing a 6-2 job in finances on autopilot while mentally at another place to not be drained when I follow my hobbies after work

[–] TheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Username should be pretty self explanatory. If you still don't get it you can either ask me or bravely run away.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I think I picked it when registering with Sharky Forums back in like 2000, it just means a wage labor worker.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 9 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.

[–] ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I’m chaotic and I like cookies, nothing more to it!

[–] urata@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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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[–] Masamune@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] Nikki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

i like the swapnote girl so i borrowed her name

[–] Uriel_Copy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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

[–] hypna@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I mashed the keyboard.

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

[–] TrippaSnippa@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

https://youtu.be/FhykvrPZwA4

The pinnacle of Australian culture

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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

[–] superminerJG@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Minecraft username I coined at the age of 8. The name speaks for itself.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 9 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.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Because I like these little guys: Grasshopper Mouse

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Redditors are stupid in very specific ways and it annoys me.

[–] Braz666@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Surname plus 3 random numbers

[–] Hominy_Hank@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hank likes hominy.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

From a famous Australian poem called... "Said Hanrahan"

https://www.australianculture.org/said-hanrahan-john-obrien/

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 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.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Just needed a name and combined a word with an animal

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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.

[–] DM_Me_Boobs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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

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