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What do our usernames symbolize

What do our usernames symbolize? Simply asking, what do they mean? Share their meanings with the OSx86 community. WinLInMac01 for me means, Windows, Linux, and Mac is # 1. Get it? Win=Windows, Lin=Linux, Mac=Mac OS X, however, 01 means…

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@naquaada (5)@WinLinMac01 (2)@R0GUE (2)@CyCLoBoT (2)@Puttabong@bhast2@DoiX@xx66stangxx@Ianxxx@seren@Derwood@mrburns05@laxattack@bajanboy@zuz242@spy974+10 more

What do our usernames symbolize? Simply asking, what do they mean? Share their meanings with the OSx86 community. WinLInMac01 for me means, Windows, Linux, and Mac is # 1. Get it? Win=Windows, Lin=Linux, Mac=Mac OS X, however, 01 means that Mac OS X is number (#) 1! =) - Cheers!

What does your username mean?

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Author Update #1 @WinLinMac01 2008-04-24

Seems like something that originated from Star Wars or some robot found in Sci-Fi movie, or show. :-p

[cite] CyCLoBoT:Very interesting to know where they all came from. If only I knew what my meant. Came up with it back in high school (around 9 years ago).

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27 technical responses curated from 33 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Puttabong 2008-04-23

Darjeeling Puttabong Tea, First Flush (picking) is a light bodied, green infusion with a light flowery flavor.

Field Note #2 @bhast2 2008-04-23

well my username is bhast2
my first name is---- bill
lastname----- hast
and i got clever with it and if you put it in a sentence (or this is how i came up with it
bhast2 do something. as in bill hast 2 do something
and you pronouns lastname like it has t

so that is why i use that name i came up with it about 13 years ago
and been using it ever since

Field Note #3 @DoiX 2008-04-23

DoiX< DoixDD < 2xDD (2=doi in romanian) < Eddie (2 dd's) got it? basically it stands for eddie(my real name) in a strange way :))

Field Note #4 @xx66stangxx 2008-04-23

xx66stangxx- xx xx because 66 stang was already taken in aim. 66stang because I restored my first car with my dad and if you can't already tell by the name haha it's a 1966 Ford Mustang coupe.

Field Note #5 @Ianxxx 2008-04-23

ian because its my name xxx cos I couldn't be arsed to think of something to fill in the remain characters.
I suppose it could be my deep down urge to become a porn star but it isn't.

And please people call me ian not Lan and that's not a dig at any one person I seem to be getting it all the time.
I guess ian being a galic name is rare except in the uk.

Field Note #6 @naquaada 2008-04-24

Naquaada (original written: Naqahdah) is the material from which the Stargate is built of. That stuff's like me: powerful, has high energy, great potential if you know how to use it, - but it's not from this world In the logo you'll see that a travel though the Gate is always worth a try (you see what's awaiting you).

BTW: There are a lot of X's in the names - does anyone else have a Q ?

Field Note #7 @R0GUE 2008-04-24

I guess I like being a Rogue
Mine evolved from a gamertag I used back in the early 90's paying homage to one of my favourite comic characters: Rogue Trooper. He featured in a publication called 2000 A.D. which some of the older readers from the UK might remember.

Field Note #8 @R0GUE 2008-04-24
[cite] naquaada:Naquaada (original written: Naqahdah) is the material from which the Stargate is built of. That stuff's like me: powerful, has high energy, great potential if you know how to use it, - but it's not from this world In the logo you'll see that a travel though the Gate is always worth a try (you see what's awaiting you).…

I love that show!

Field Note #9 @naquaada 2008-04-24

Have all episodes + Making-Of's in English & German - more than 170 GByte!

Field Note #10 @Derwood 2008-04-24

My nickname from when I was pledging my fraternity. My real name is Darren, but I came into the fraternity house one day when people were watching the 60's TV show Bewitched (USA). The husbands name was Darrin, but the mother-in-law called him Derwood, Dagwood, and a few other things. I instantly became Derwood…

Field Note #11 @CyCLoBoT 2008-04-24

Very interesting to know where they all came from. If only I knew what my meant. Came up with it back in high school (around 9 years ago).

Field Note #12 @mrburns05 2008-04-24

mrburns05=

Last name is burns (like on the simpsons)

05, cuz thats just the year i got my own PC

Field Note #13 @laxattack 2008-04-24

well mine is from, high school when i played lacrosse, lax is short for lacrosse, and attack is the position i played. granted now I dont even play anymore but the name has stuck

Field Note #14 @bajanboy 2008-04-24

Very interesting…

Mine is bajanboy...

I am from Barbados in the West Indies and we are affectionately referred to as "bajans" for short, the boy is, well
because I am boy at heart…bajanboy

Field Note #15 @zuz242 2008-04-24

well, the zuz part is really old, dating back in the time of c64 and acarde games.
most highscores only had 4 characters to fill in, so the name had to be short.
i guess the name was based on zuzka, a east europaen girl i had a chrush on
in an international youth camp back in the eighties

as for 242, it stands for the nice, romantic, sunny & sublime band of front 242.
well, rather harsh electronics that is i had to add this because usernames are
not 3 digits anymore..

"immer im rythmus bleiben!"

Field Note #16 @spy974 2008-04-24

hummm.
Do you know spy vs spy comic ? (I knew it in the mad magazin) > spy
974 is because zip code of my country (Reunion Island) begins with 974.

Actually, my real nickname is spy. But I had 974 due to loginname restriction ( 6 chars min.)

Field Note #17 @kutsaratinidor 2008-04-24

KutsaraTinidor = spoonfork

Kutsara = spoon in filipino, like cuchara in spanish
Tinidor = fork in filipino

=)

Field Note #18 @Darth Vader 2008-04-24

Darth Vader

every one has seen me. But what is behind the mask? I´m also an old man. 35 years of computer experience.
In 1972 my live changed.

=> The first TI pocket calculator visited my desktop.

In the early eighties my live changed again.

=> Star Wars!

The next project started. The aim: To look like Darth Vader on the next "Faßnacht". Since that time, my nickname is Darth Vader.

In 2007 my live changed again.

=> Zephyroths Leopard appears.

The next project: "You will see in cinema."

Field Note #19 @CyCLoBoT 2008-04-25
[cite] Darth Vader:Darth Vader every one has seen me. But what is behind the mask? I´m also an old man. 35 years of computer experience. In 1972 my live changed. => The first TI pocket calculator visited my desktop. In the early eighties my live changed again. => Star Wars! The next project started. The aim: To look like Darth Vader…

That's some deep stuff. You just lost me after the first line.

Field Note #20 @farcaller 2008-04-26

Farcaller originates to old times of Turbo Pascal, x86 assembly and far calling convention

Field Note #21 @ToroLoco 2008-04-29

Well mine comes from my sign Taurus, which in spanish is Toro and when I was in Barcelona they used to call me Crazy Greek so I combine it with Loco...

Field Note #22 @broncoboy 2008-05-31

broncoboy is because my NRL (National Rugby League) team in Australia is the Brisbane Broncos. I am fanatical supporter.

Field Note #23 @smileyme 2008-06-03

My last name is Smiley, and cuz there are so many smileys out there, I added me to the end

Field Note #24 @cgsheen 2008-06-06
[cite] broncoboy:broncoboy is because my NRL (National Rugby League) team in Australia is the Brisbane Broncos. I am fanatical supporter.

Dude! They use the old (American) "Wild West" term for a "fiesty" horse in OZ? I thought that was only here in Arizona (well, and Denver)...

To stay "on topic" my user name is - just my name.

Field Note #26 @nfoav8or 2008-06-13

nfoav8or came about when I joined the service. I'm a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) which is also an aviator, hence the av8or...

Field Note #27 @naquaada 2008-06-14

If you rearrange the letters, it could be '8 no favor' which sounds like 'ain't no favor'. Don't think this was supposed to be...

Corroborated & Participated: @seren @naquaada @christurner @kourosh
Sources & Contributor Provenance (26 credited usernames · Thread #990)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@naquaadaCore Contributor52008-04-24 → 2008-06-14
@WinLinMac01Primary Author22008-04-23 → 2008-04-24
@R0GUEContributor22008-04-24
@CyCLoBoTContributor22008-04-24 → 2008-04-25
@PuttabongContributor12008-04-23
@bhast2Contributor12008-04-23
@DoiXContributor12008-04-23
@xx66stangxxContributor12008-04-23
@IanxxxContributor12008-04-23
@serenContributor12008-04-24
@DerwoodContributor12008-04-24
@mrburns05Contributor12008-04-24
@laxattackContributor12008-04-24
@bajanboyContributor12008-04-24
@zuz242Contributor12008-04-24
@spy974Contributor12008-04-24
@kutsaratinidorContributor12008-04-24
@Darth VaderContributor12008-04-24
@farcallerContributor12008-04-26
@christurnerContributor12008-04-29
@ToroLocoContributor12008-04-29
@broncoboyContributor12008-05-31
@kouroshContributor12008-06-01
@smileymeContributor12008-06-03
@cgsheenContributor12008-06-06
@nfoav8orContributor12008-06-13