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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I made it up myself. I came up with the phrase decades ago, and recently decided it was time for a new online moniker since a number of people were able to deduce my real identity based on my old one I'd used for a couple decades prior.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I eat a lot of pasta

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'll let you guess the second half 👍

The first half is actually short for Indigo.

Back in the day my old internet alias was Indigo Michigan. I eventually dropped the Michigan when I became a Brony. "Indigo Brony" didn't really sound great, so I shortened it.

[–] dlok@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I was originally called deadlok, it was a gaming name I came up with when I was 10 and stuck to it other than contracting it a bit.

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Resol = bunch of jumbled letters that are completely meaningless, but can be interpreted as either the first 5 letters of "resolution", or the backwards spelling of "loser"

van = Dutch word meaning "of" or "from"

Lemmy = this is insanely obvious

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[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

It's my lizard's name

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like Marvin from hhgttg. Also, I have sleep issues.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Named after Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, first anime movie I ever watched. The 08 was my jersey number when I played soccer.

Ninja Scroll

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

kill cry > blacklisted word on whatever I was trying to sign up for originally > jumbling intensifies > kryllic

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[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Golden Sun for GBA... except it was taken so I added an I... it's occasionally taken so sometimes I switch it for a 1 but I hate doing that

[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I had a boss back in the day that I had a really good rapport with, and he would jokingly call me Shrek because I was almost a foot taller than he was. I also worked in a lot of restaurants in my late teens to early twenties and found a love for cooking that has never really gone away.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 2 years ago

I read Les liaisons dangeureuses my second year in France and loved it. Misspellt de Valmonts name though :-)

The upside of the misspelling was that the name was always free on any forum up til not that long ago where bots started to recycle existing usernames all over the place.

[–] kirbowo808@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just love the Kirby game series cuz it’s really cute but I also love Kirby himself as well at it being a reference to Kirbo from TerminalMontage, who I also equally love as is one of my fave YouTubers.

808 is a reference to the Roland TR-808 drum machine, referencing to many of my favourite electronic/alternative/hip hop musicians that have used it.

Also I love being cringe too so there’s that too xD

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think mine is kinda obvious but in case it isn't, it's "GNU" in the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. I got it because I like aviation and Linux... and also because I'm too autistic to get a more normal one

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It came from a one-off inside joke with some online friends (I don't remember the context) as PopeJoeI (Pope Joe the First). I eventually embraced it fully and changed all my online handles. At some point, Discord added crowns to server owners where it wasn't immediately obvious who owned it and it evolved into "Pope-King Joe".

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

A fairy name generator.

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's a reference to Hollow knight and Subnautica

Also it's a double negative

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Shit!

I got bored of winning all these fuckin accolades for porn.

Then the world started runnin outta french fries and burrito coverins, people starvin and shit.

Enough was enough!

President Camacho 2024!

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't remember where my name came from but maybe it's a variation off the NES game The Astyanax

It's just a name I put into a BBS when I signed up 35ish years ago and I've used everywhere since.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A resemblance to Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon. It's my nickname amongst my friends and round the pub (some of whom don't know my birth name) to the point you could go into my local and ask for the Emperor and someone would point you in the eight direction. So when I signed up online, it made sense to use this name and it has since became my nom-de-plume and is, in effect, my Common Law name.

[–] RoseRose56@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used the username blackandred56, until one day I used blackrose56, and since then it's blackrose56 or roserose56. I just liked rose.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Typing and limited clicking

[–] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

wanted a zerg sounding name when I started playing SC2 and then mained terran instead

[–] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I mostly enjoy but not competitive online player from UO and Everquest era so I tired of typing good game no re do

[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

If by that you mean the URL one, it's a combination of different anime characters, but if by that you mean the one you see on comments, it's short for the one I've had at birth. You can change how it looks in the account settings.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. It's the name of an optional NPC that writes you a few letters and then dies. He has no relevancy at all, but I like him. Based on where you are, he may be written without the 'r'.

[–] Alchalide@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I had to make a new name for the then brand new game: league of legends. I was high af and came up with this. Inspired by boss names in wow I guess.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Random word generator.

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My xbox Gamer tag was oXOrangeBudXo because i was very cool and unique and just started smoking weed. I then went normal and was OrangeBud in different ways. Then Orange because i didnt smoke anymore. And then PixelOrange because i like the pixels. And if that name is taken, its PixeIOrange with upper i.

[–] sailormoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I am the pretty Guardian in a sailor suit who fights for love and justice!!!

[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Keys on a qwerty keyboard.

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