What's in a name? Username meaning discussion thread.

[Spondulix]

Wikipedia: "Spondulix is 19th-century slang for money or cash, more specifically a reasonable amount of spending money. Spondulicks, spondoolicks, spondulacks, spondulics, and spondoolics are alternative spellings, and spondoolies is a modern variant."

The chips came up on a whim. Thought it suited the name, strangely.

[Pooperman]

I've explained the name, but not the picture. I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

[arebelspy]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

[matchewed]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

[Jon_Snow]

I should have gone with Bastard of Winterfell... a little more edgy.

[Pooperman]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

[arebelspy]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

[GuitarStv]

Dictators tend to have sweet moustaches.

[matchewed]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

[OutBy40]

Mine should be pretty easy.  OutBy40, meaning, I'm out of the rat race by 40 years of age.  :)

[Pooperman]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

Love how you guys missed out on me giving the answer.

[P1]

Since apparently we explain the avatar too, it's the greatest villain of all time.

[arebelspy]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

Love how you guys missed out on me giving the answer.

Castro?

[matchewed]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

Love how you guys missed out on me giving the answer.

I know I picked up on it. :) Pretty sure Rebs did too. Was more fun to keep playing than stop playing.

[arebelspy]

I know I picked up on it. :) Pretty sure Rebs did too. Was more fun to keep playing than stop playing.

Nope.

No idea.

I truly thought the picture was of Hitler.

[matchewed]

I know I picked up on it. :) Pretty sure Rebs did too. Was more fun to keep playing than stop playing.

Nope.

No idea.

I truly thought the picture was of Hitler.

Heh, :) Well I personally like being a little goofy. I also blame it on an old high school teacher of mine who taught an entire class on communist Russia. Not that recognizing Stalin requires that.

[matchewed]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

Love how you guys missed out on me giving the answer.

Castro?

Do beards count?

Bashar al-Assad?

[arebelspy]

I know I picked up on it. :) Pretty sure Rebs did too. Was more fun to keep playing than stop playing.

Nope.

No idea.

I truly thought the picture was of Hitler.

Heh, :) Well I personally like being a little goofy. I also blame it on an old high school teacher of mine who taught an entire class on communist Russia. Not that recognizing Stalin requires that.

matchewed!  I didn't think I'd be too subtle for you.

[matchewed]

I know I picked up on it. :) Pretty sure Rebs did too. Was more fun to keep playing than stop playing.

Nope.

No idea.

I truly thought the picture was of Hitler.

Heh, :) Well I personally like being a little goofy. I also blame it on an old high school teacher of mine who taught an entire class on communist Russia. Not that recognizing Stalin requires that.

matchewed!  I didn't think I'd be too subtle for you.

[SporeSpawn]

Have you met a forum member who you keep hoping will turn up to explain what, exactly, that weird name means?

[MandalayVA]

Have you met a forum member who you keep hoping will turn up to explain what, exactly, that weird name means?

Here I am!  :D  Just kidding.

I've used this name in a few places.  Mandalay comes from a song called "The Road to Mandalay," which I'll probably also use for my journal name here if I ever get one started, and VA stands for Virginia, where I live.

[Chaplin]

Charlie Chaplin had a nice little 'stash. Hitler ruined it, but Chaplin got his revenge in 'The Great Dictator.'

Funny how this thread got into dictators before I came across it to add my two bits.

Very OT, but if you watch 'The Great Dictator,' the Austin Powers scene when Dr. Evil is bouncing the globe will make more sense.....because it's important that Austin Powers makes sense.

[MandalayVA]

I share a birthday with this famous dictator (and he has a nice mustache).

Hitler?

Sadaam Hussein?

Joseph Stalin.

Ooh, good guess. 

Gaddafi?

That guy looked like a sweaty shoe.

Francisco Franco?

Love how you guys missed out on me giving the answer.

Castro?

Do beards count?

Bashar al-Assad?

Borat?

[gatorNic]

Nothing crazy here.

University of Florida Alumni.  gator + my name

[frugalnacho]

Borat?

Very nice guess.

[kiblebuka]

My typical username is also a four syllable mishmash of pronounceable letters. I didn't want to reveal myself to the rest of the internet that knows me, so I made a similar sounding one. Starts with the same letter, at least. Also, it is fun to say.

[jordanread]

Borat?

Very nice guess.

I thought the same thing.

[TootTootBeepBeep]

Donna Summers - Bad Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jUFq3k7DA

Also my S.O. and I call each other Toot Toot and Beep Beep respectively.

[jordanread]

Donna Summers - Bad Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jUFq3k7DA

Also my S.O. and I call each other Toot Toot and Beep Beep respectively.

And now every time I see a post from you, that song will get stuck in my head.

[Freckles]

Donna Summers - Bad Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jUFq3k7DA

Also my S.O. and I call each other Toot Toot and Beep Beep respectively.

I remember making up a roller skating routine to that song.  I played my cassette on my little boom box and dragged my family out to watch my spectacular (ahem) performance.

[mancityfan]

Not at all creative. I am a lifetime fan of the English football (soccer) team Manchester City. For years they were terrible, a joke, and lived in the shadow of the much more well known Manchester United. Think Mets and Yankees, Clippers and Lakers. Then 5-6 years ago, City were taken over by members of the Abu Dhabi royal family. Cue blank check book, massive investment in the team and facilities. Manchester City are the current English league champions, and have been better than United for a few years now.

[babysnowbyrd]

I like warm weather and was envious of the "snow birds" (people who move to warmer locations during winter months) in my area. Most were older, retired folks. I thought it would be cool to live like that young, so that's where I added "baby." Using a "y" in bird makes it unique enough that it's usually mine. I use this handle other places too.

[Mesmoiselle]

It's a splice between mademoiselle and mesmerizing because I'm into fancy titles and hypnosis. Nothing to do with frugality or finance, I suppose.

[Indexer]

I like index funds... and they are getting me to FI. 

[rightstuff]

When I was in high school, the movie "The Right Stuff" came out.  My friends proceeded to mash my last name into the title, as friends often do for each other. For me, being mustachian means having the right stuff, so I pulled the nickname out of mothballs.

[caliq]

My first horse's show name was California Queen -- should really change my handle to caliQ to make the pronunciation more obvious but I keep forgetting

[cavewoman]

I worked at a cave for 2 seasons.

I used to use mariamaria04 everywhere, because of the the Carlos Santana song (reminds me of a west side story) and because maria is my name.  And I graduated high school in 04. 

I've been pleasantly surprised lately at how often cavewoman is available.

[mm1970]

my first and last initials are MM
I was born in 1970

[LadyDriver]

It is an antiquated term for a female trucker. Perhaps if I take up golf in the future it will have a different meaning. Or if DH discovers he is the heir to a title.

Internet eons ago (15 years) I was bondfan, because of James Bond. Then I started participating in financial websites like the Motley Fool and bondfan became misleading.

I bet there is a P.h.D. Psych candidate out there right now writing their dissertation on the vital significance of Internet user names.

[choppingwood]

Chopping wood, hauling water" is a buddhist saying. Before enlightenment, you spend your days chopping wood and hauling water, and after enlightenment you spend your days chopping wood and hauling water. The difference is in what you think about it. I find it useful to help me focus on the moment, and be good with it.

[Kris]

My, uh...

name is Kris.

[Sibley]

Sibley is one of my cats, and she is my sweetie. (I have cats, not kids.)

It's easy to remember!

[Philociraptor]

Name's Phil, buddy from college used to call me Philasaurous Rex, I liked the dinosaur theme so went with Philociraptor. Just so happened to be an internet meme, so that made the avatar easy.

[ontario74]

Anonymity :) Nothing more. I figured there are a lot of 40 or 41 year olds living in Ontario. It's so boring :D

[Wupper]

Wupper- it's my dead dog's name.

[fartface]

I chose this handle b/c it can be quickly typed using only my left hand.

NOT because I'm a childish 40 year old who still plays with whoopee cushions and laughs at flatulence.

P.S. Informal survey, how many of you pseudo-keyed 'F -A -R -T- F-A -C -E' on your keyboard w/your left hand just now?

[HazelStone]

One of my favorite Heinlein characters. :P

[Cheddar Stacker]

P.S. Informal survey, how many of you pseudo-keyed 'F -A -R -T- F-A -C -E' on your keyboard w/your left hand just now?

I did, but only after you asked the question. Good idea though, keeps one hand available to do whatever. Efficient.

Catrest...Starwars...Fatcat...Wasdead...Carfart

Fun game.

[dragoncar]

P.S. Informal survey, how many of you pseudo-keyed 'F -A -R -T- F-A -C -E' on your keyboard w/your left hand just now?

I did, but only after you asked the question. Good idea though, keeps one hand available to do whatever. Efficient.

Catrest...Starwars...Fatcat...Wasdead...Carfart

Fun game.

deadbeef

[fartface]

LOL -

Weedreader