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The Etymology Of NickNames?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-did-you-choose-what-you-did dept.

not_cub asks: "In the Slashdot FAQ CmdrTaco says he hates when clueless reporters ask where his nickname comes from but also gives an explanation. I for one find this sort of explanation quite interesting. I guess we can all guess where 'CyberBob' got his name from, but I'd love to hear Slashdotters give their reasons for choosing some of the weird and wacky nicks we see round here (especially that Anonymous Coward guy)."

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  1. anagrams by greenplato · · Score: 3

    My nick is an anagram of my real name.

    Try out the Internet Anagram Server.

  2. Re:Moebius by The+Mayor · · Score: 3

    If you cut a Moebius strip down the middle, trying to cut it in two, you end up with a single Moebius strip that's twice as long and half as wide. Do it again, and it gets twice as long, again. There is a very strong correlation between Moebius strips and infinity.

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  3. Re:History by biglig2 · · Score: 3

    Any geeks visiting "London, England" as you so quaintly call it in the colonies, should definitely check out the Science Museum. They actually finished one of his Difference engines.
    Try http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/on-line/treasure/objects/186 2-89.html

    In one of the more delightful of life's little ironys, the only way they could make it precisely enough to work was to use computer controlled machining. ;-)

    Back on topic, a big Lig is Ulster Scots for a very foolish person or idiot.

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  4. My nicks by CrayDrygu · · Score: 3

    Well, I've only had two nicks that stuck for any amount of time.

    The first is my old AOL name -- DOOMGuy. I was obsessed with the game at the time, and as everyone knows whether you've used AOL or not, all the good nicks are taken. Took me the better part of a half hour to find this one (I refused to pick a name with numbers tagged onto the end). That stuck with me for at least 2.5-3 years.

    Near the end of my AOL years is when I switched to this nick. I picked up "Cray" from a short story I have since lost, with a character in it named Cray that could easily have been me. Since we were so alike, and I was looking for a new nick, I picked up the name.

    The "Drygu" half of it comes from my boyfriend (no, the "DOOMGuy" above wasn't lying, I'm male). His online monicker had that last name, and since I was lacking one, I adopted his.

    P.S. If any of you knew me as DOOMGuy on AOL, could you reply to this? I'm just curious to see =)

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