wooÐs

Any sort of significant meaning to it or just something you threw together at the last minute?

I think I was burning some sandalwood att. I love wood incense. So 'Woods' just popped into my head. As far as the 'Ð' is concerned, I mess around with hacker text (zomg,) every so often. Liked the way the Ð looked in the name so I just kept it. It basically took me about 6 minutes to finalize a username for this forum.

Vigilante

Mine is based off a theme concerning my favorite writer, Andrew Vachss.

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Daniel_

Mine is my name. Spoofs search engines. If you're called "OMGWTF1990FTW" you'll probably find google picks up everything you think is private (witness the recent searching of usernames on the missing condom thread).

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
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The Echo of a distant time
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Reese

There's no wrong way to EAT ME!

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seamaiden

I live near the ocean, LOVE the sea and the mythology of mermaids.

dlish

i joined many moons ago thinking it was going to be a fly by night nick. i decided to get it changed and shortened a few years ago after i asked for suggestions on a name change.

i think jazz came up with the username i decided to take in the end

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I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay?
- Filthy

Charlatan

I sell snake oil to tourists and bibles to true believers.

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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke

uncle phil

aunt phil gave me mine...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ShaniFaye

mine is a combo of my first and middle name...Shani is something my grandmother started calling me from birth, so most of the family followed suit. When I got online in 1993 thats what I used and its stuck.

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Xerxys

flat5

flat5 is a music interval. It refers to the tritone. It may be considered the basis of western harmony. There is much one could say about the tritone!

The_Jazz

I thought I'd told this story elsewhere but don't remember exactly where. We might have had a thread about it someplace, but it looks like it's buried. Which means that a new one is probably in order.

Mine's one version of a college nickname that went through about 7 permutations involving a mispelling of my real name at an indoor track meet coupled with Will Smith's populatity. It originally was Jazz Viner (who placed 3rd in the 1000M while I was dead last; injuries and the wrong distance did not make me a happy guy) but eventually evolved into The Jazz by graduation.

This is one of only two forums where I use this name. Everywhere else, it's one of 3 or 4 others.

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Craven Morehead

self explanatory

Actually, its a little deeper than meets the eye. Many years ago, I wrote various names on adhesive name tags that have "Hello, I'm" printed on them before a few of us went to a strip club. "Hello, I'm Miles Long" "Hello, I'm Craven Morehead" My best friend Jim was Craven Morehead. A dancer totally bought into it and thought that was his real name. It became a longstanding joke after that. A few years after that, Jim was killed in a plane crash. So in part my name is in tribute to Jim, that very funny moment at a strip club and also, who doesn't crave more head?

The_Jazz

You know, until you explained it, I didn't get it. And I've been reading your posts for how long now? Facepalm.

I guess you're not a coward after all.

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LoganSnake

I had to come up with a nickname for mPlayer (multiplayer service that came before Heat.net and gamespy) when I started playing Quake 2 online in 1999. LoganSnake is a combination of names Gabe Logan and Solid Snake of Syphon Filter and Metal Gear games respectively. I'm not as much into video games as I used to be, but the name has been used as my alias since that time for pretty much everything other than a few select sites.

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LordEden

Back when I was 12/13 when I first had to come up with a username for AOL 3.0, I went through a dozen of them that never stuck. I used to read Wizard alot (Magic the Gathering was my drug of choice back then), so when I saw an expansion for a CCG called Lord of Eden, I thought it was cool sounding. I was lordofeden for awhile, but then I shortened it to lordeden. I have various variants of the name; LordEden, LostEden, LostChildofEden, DarkEden. It was never really based on a religious subtext, tho some people think it is.

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Magpie_1

Magpie is a nickname Martian gave to me

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Glory's Sun

gather round and I shall tell all of you (some of you again) how the name guccilvr (guccilover) came into existence. It's a grand tale full of enchantment and betrayal.

It all started when I was 17. When I was 17 I was a super jock. I had multiple offers for scholarships to Div I. schools for multiple sports. I was a god. One of my good friends was similar to me in that he had some offers to play for Div. I schools but he was always the second or third pick. He was a friend but had a bit of jealousy.

Anyway, this friend of mine also had a mother. His mother was affluent and had cash. I don't know if it was her husbands cash or what, but not only did she have a nice bankroll, she was HOTT. HOTTTT. Can you hear the words sizzle?? Well, I was over at this friends house quite a bit and would always flirt (harmlessly) with the mom. She seemed to enjoy the attention.

One day, I was over at her house, when, she came out wearing what was described as a dress and her heels. This chick always seemed to wear high heels. She asked how she looked and I made some inane senior in high school comment about "I'd do you". I don't really know how or what happened next, but, I do remember ending up in the bedroom with this lady. She was a freak. She wore her heels which incidentally happened to be Gucci brand.

Fast forward a few days later, and word somehow got out that I had banged this dude's mom. Naturally, I had to have a few fights with the kid because he wasn't fond of me fuckin' his mom. Go figure right? So some of the guys started callin' me guccilover because she was my gucci lover who wore gucci heels.

That concludes this tale. If I think of more details I'll add them, but for now, I have to go and buy the wife some heels

Craven Morehead

somehow?

There would have been only two that knew this. Who bragged?

Plan9

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Glory's Sun

ok..you got me.

I had to tell at least one person didn't I?

Grancey

Several years ago Red started talking about this TFP stuff, interesting threads, cool people, etc.... He kept telling me I should take a look, so one day I did. He was standing there and said I had to pick a user name if I wanted to post anything. I had no intention of posting and no intention of browsing around for longer than Red was standing there watching me. But, to make Red happy I chose a user name. One of the cats was sitting there so I said, okay, I'll use his name....Grancey. Several years later I'm still browsing around, I have posted, and the cat is still with us. I thought about changing it, but that is a mind-blowing process. However, if the cat should move on to the great beyond it could get a little creepy.

CM.....never occurred to me.

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wooÐs

I try to utilize the search function as often as I can when making new threads. Bumping a 2 year old thread just didn't make sense to me. Glad you agree .

Plan9

Okay, I'll bite:

What's the point of starting a brand new thread on the exact same topic simply because of time? Doesn't it lend to continuity to just keep rolling?

That and I don't want the weapons forum to have 19 threads on "shotgun for home defense" because a year went by since the last post in the old one.

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Whatever you can carry.

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The_Jazz

Just trying to save you a bit of grief, my dear, from the curmudgeons that will scurry from under the woodwork with "geez, use the search button next time, would ya?"

Plan9, if we started to get multiple threads on the same topic, we have this handy "merge thread" option that we can use. If you see some that need that, then we'll happily use that tool. Personally, my threshold is 2 years for a thread that's beyond resurrecting unless there's something noteworthy within it (generally Hall of Fame material). But that's me and not really a staff directive or anything.

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wooÐs

I know I really don't care to catch up on 16 pages of a 2 year old thread just to keep on top of things. Starting fresh is a better option imo. If a thread is less than a year old though, I'll bump it.

Plan9

Just checking.

Fuckers.

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World's King

Yes, that's my back.


There are many many reasons for the name. And for the tattoo. Most I like to keep private.

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Giant Hamburger

It chose me.

Strange Famous

its a reference to a rapper

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Shauk

"I offered you eternal life; I just didn't say where."-Shauku, Endbringer -- Magic: The Gathering - Infernal Harvest

Shauku was a female so I dropped the u to turn it in to a more masculine name.


yes, I'm a magic nerd.

Reese

Is REALLY liking Titanic what you're trying to keep secret?

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Redlemon

I didn't plan to hang around. I was only visiting TFP for the porn. After a while, the rules changed and you had to log in to reach the porn. I didn't want to use my regular username, and I had just read a guide to creating usernames on highly popular sites where all the good ones were taken. So, I combined my favorite color and my favorite flavor, and Redlemon was created.

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lostgirl

I tried others and this one worked. I was looking at a Lost Boys DVD when I came up with it.

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blahblah454

Linked here many many years ago through guitar.com's misc forum.

blahblah was just completely random, and 454 for the engine.

I now have the worst name on TFP and I am sticking with it. When people say blah in threads I always think they are making a reference to me and I feel good about myself! Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Toaster126

Just when you think you know a guy...

EDIT: Oh yeah, I think I was eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch + my birthday. The weirdest thing about my name is that I am not the only one that has it. Several people use it on the intrawebs... but it seems I was first. Kind of creepy, actually.

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Craven Morehead

If I had to bet,,,,,,,,

I would have won.

12Packaday

It's my limit... you have to set limits, ya know.

snowy

Mine used to be longer and more unique, but I changed it a while ago to something shorter and more common. My original name was a reference to Hedwig, Harry Potter's snowy owl. Now it's more of a reference to something I'd like it to be!

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Plan9

You will always be my favorite yowl.

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