Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic What’s the story behind your usernames?

So I thought I'd resurrect this thread so any newbies can add their name stories. It's been fun reading through all these again.

I never saw this thread the first time ... hm, until Steph Skywalker here brought it up today. My user name is decidedly uninteresting: I'm an editor, and Jax is a play on my maiden name. I started using EditorJax when I was on theknot.com planning my wedding, and it stuck.

On IRC, though, and among my FoLC friends, I'm Pinky/Pinks/PinkyPie. Something about me having a fondness for a certain color.

As any "Firefly" fans out there could most likely tell you, my alter-ego is the sly minx who managed to embarass most of the ship's crew when she took over their ship, Serenity, in order to sell it to a gang of ship-thieves.

Of course, we learn over the rest of the too-short series that 'Saffron' was only one of the names she goes by, so some fans would be more familiar with her nick-name of 'YoSaffBridge' but that's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it??

There's an old, old song by John Fred & His Playboy Band that one my friends in high school used to sing to me constantly (which, in itself, is a really long story). The short version is that the song, "Judy In Disguise" has sentimental value for me. So, when I wanted to stay somewhat anonymous on the internet, I altered my name to "Judy D'guise". I shortened it to JDG here on the boards.

J.

Ooh, I missed this last time around.

A few years ago I (finally) saw the Matrix films and became obsessed with them. My obsession with Keanu Reeves was born, and Trinity was my favorite character. I love a strong leading lady and Carrie-Ann Moss did a phenomenal job. I loved the films so much a few of my friends started called me Trinity as a joke, but it never stuck as a nickname until I joined the Focldom. And now, like Sue said, it feels as much like my name as my real name does, even if no one except my folcs friends use it.

I already mentioned mine, *these* guys think my login name is funny.


TEEEEEEEJ

Fauve is a character from the 1984 Judith Krantz mini-series 'Mistral's Daughter'. I always loved the sound of the name which means, I believe, 'wild cat or beast' in French. When the child was born with a crop of red hair, her father thought she looked like a little wild beast so named her...Fauve.

There is a secondary reason why I love the name...the character of Fauve, with her fearless nature but gentle heart, eventually redeems another central character in the story and she thereby contradicts her name in a way.

I don't want to give away the story for anyone hasn't seen it. This many years down the track, it is still a story I enjoy.

Fauve

Hmmm... well lindseysevilhand wasn't really appropriate for these boards, so I picked something LnC related.

And I like it!

I changed my nickname 2 days ago. I won't change it again, I'm sticking to this one really!!
McLeod's Daughters is another tv show I LOVE.. and therefor: Mrs. McLeod. I just think it's more fun than: another folc. I'm sure my friends would tell you I'm very creative, but.. I'm really not

Camy

My nick is just a substring of my first name combined with the middle and last name initials...

Ankit K. S.

Alisha is taken from a pop group I used to love when I was younger and Knight is a family name.

Ironically, a couple of months after I decided on this name a relative of mine had a baby girl and called her Alisha!

This is a fun and interesting thread.

I joined my first message board way back during my second year of college and being as it was a He-Man one, I chose the name Zoar. Zoar is the falcon form of the Sorceress of Castle Greyskull, a character from MOTU that I admire. 3 is simply my "lucky number."

Mona

My name is in honor of my favorite and most relatable Lois Lane, Teri Hatcher. Of course 9397 stand for the years LNCTNAOS, was on.

Mine is pretty boring.
Smiley is my last name, and D is the initial for Desiree (my real name)

I was assigned this as a username at school, and it just kinda stuck. I also sometimes use D_Smiley1, which I have on occasion stretched out into 'the smiley one'

by the way, some have asked what to call me. In real life most people call me Desi. It's easier than convincing people to say Dez-ir-EE instead of the Dez-ir-Aye they insist on. So you can call me desi, desiree, smiley or smileyd. I'm not really all the picky, so long as you pronounce it right! (and really, it's not like I can hear you trying to say it :rolleyes: ).