Where did your screen name come from?????

[princessbelle]

The name change thread gave me this idea a few weeks back. We all have screen names and some of us just use our real names but may have used screen names in the past.

I thought it would be fun to have a place to explain why you picked the one(s) you did and if it is meaningful to you in someway.

I'll go first....

I was SouthernBelle for many years because, well i am southern. I used this name for around 10 years on yahoo and in yahoo chat rooms. When i found the dash site, a few years ago, that name was already taken. I was at a loss. My dad always called me his princess so i just picked that and combined it with belle because most people called me belle anyway and still do.

Ok....now your turn....

[Apocalipstic]

Back when I picked Apocalipstic I wanted something powerful, explosive, shocking and funny.

I was playing around with "the Apocalypse" and Apocalipstic jumped in my head and I totally cracked up.

[clay]

My wife and I owned a paint your own pottery studio. She loved to throw on her wheel and I loved to handbuild with clay. We came up with name of "claybabytwo" since it was two babes who loved to play in clay..so it stuck..recently I "changed" mine to just claybaby...since she is no longer here...it is just one babe playing in the clay...RIP Cathy!
Thanks for this thread, as I , too wonder what the significance is of people's screen names...Clay

[BullDog]

Not too long before I found the Dash site I was helping some friends fix up a house they had just purchased. It had a lot of woodwork that was painted over that they wanted stripped off. There was one door that was being very stubborn. I tried everything- a heat gun, chemicals, etc. The paint was just not coming off. I wailed away at it for hours and hours. My friends told me to stop or take a break. I refused, lol. They said you are such a bulldog and started calling me that. When I found the Dash site I thought bulldog sounded like a good butch screen name. So I chose that and have been BullDog ever since. I do think it suits me. I may be just a little stubborn.

As to Bully, Hank and some others were the first to start calling me that on the Dash site. Quite a few people call me that, here online as well as in real life. My former roommates (butch femme couple) call me Bully and they haven't been on a bf site in years. Their whole family does as well and other people they have introduced me to.

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by BullDog

Not too long before I found the Dash site I was helping some friends fix up a house they had just purchased. It had a lot of woodwork that was painted over that they wanted stripped off. There was one door that was being very stubborn. I tried everything- a heat gun, chemicals, etc. The paint was just not coming off. I wailed away at it for hours and hours. My friends told me to stop or take a break. I refused, lol. They said you are such a bulldog and started calling me that. When I found the Dash site I thought bulldog sounded like a good butch screen name. So I chose that and have been BullDog ever since. I do think it suits me. I may be just a little stubborn.

As to Bully, Hank and some others were the first to start calling me that on the Dash site. Quite a few people call me that, here online as well as in real life. My former roommates (butch femme couple) call me Bully and they haven't been on a bf site in years. Their whole family does as well and other people they have introduced me to.

yes...it does suit you darlin.

*said in the most loving way.

I remember when i was there and we met a friend of yours in the grocery store and she said "Hey Bully" I was shocked.

It is perfect for you!!!!

[SoNotHer]

The one who wouldn't dare
reach out, reach in and touch you
the way you needed her to,
who made an art form of her feigned despair,
who believed the needs of one far outweighed the needs of two,

I'm so not her.

[The_Lady_Snow]

My Owner renamed me after I turned 26 to Snow, I was allowed at that time to use the Lady hence The Lady Snow. Snowy, Snowie One, Snowball, Snowflake,Snowypuffarooos are all names friends or chosen family have and do call me.. DJ refers to me as bestest FBG in the world.. Heh

[tapu]

New Zealand.

It's Maori for "special," "sacred," "untouchable."

What?

[hottprof]

For years on a different site I was called katrinka82 (katrinka was a nickname given to me by my grandfather so I was honoring him). I moved sites and wanted a fresh start (not that i am a bad girl or anything, just growing up a bit). I am a college professor to hence the Prof part and a good friend of mine was always calling me a hottie (i don't always see it but I am trying)...

hottprof

[1QuirkyKiwi]

Tapu, May I ask; are you from NZ?

Mine is self explanitory; I'm New Zealander and have a quirky personality - I'm not poor enough to be crazy and not wealthy enough to be eccentric, lol! The number 1 because one of the websites I'm on a numeral has to be used in the username.

[Slater]

Many years ago there floated around Usenet this "what is your porn name" meme, except they weren't called memes yet. The formula was your mother's maiden name + the street you grew up on. My mother's maiden name made me sound like an accountant rather than a porn star so I used my grandmother's instead. Hence I was Slater Bates. I started using that as a screen name for awhile and then shortened it.

[Corkey]

I had a welch corgi mix years ago, she was like my daughter, went every where with me, from the shelter in Maui where I found her to Fresno where she passed at 15, and several states in between. Her name was Corkey, my best bud and my heart. It is my perpetual reminder of her and her spirit.

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

The name change thread gave me this idea a few weeks back. We all have screen names and some of us just use our real names but may have used screen names in the past.

I thought it would be fun to have a place to explain why you picked the one(s) you did and if it is meaningful to you in someway.

I'll go first....

I was SouthernBelle for many years because, well i am southern. I used this name for around 10 years on yahoo and in yahoo chat rooms. When i found the dash site, a few years ago, that name was already taken. I was at a loss. My dad always called me his princess so i just picked that and combined it with belle because most people called me belle anyway and still do.

Ok....now your turn....

Glad you cleared things up, I suspected a Little Mermaid connection.

[princessbelle]

See?

These are already touching stories. Even if it is a just "fly by night" type of name, to me, it is still interesting.

Afterall, these names are who we are when we first meet people on here.

I just find it very informative and meaningful. Call me sappy lol.

Thank you to all who share!!!!!!!

[musicman]

It was not very hard to come up with my username. I am in the music industry hence music and well man is self explanatory lol lol lol

[PinkieLee]

My all time favorite movie was Grease. My screen name comes from the scene in the diner where Rizzo throws a strawberry milkshake in Kinicky's face and says, "from me to you PinkieLee".

When I joined the dash site in 2002... it was the first name that popped into my head!

[Arwen]

I dated a guy in high school who was in an Explorer troop. Explorers were (are?) the co-ed Boy Scout level.

The whole group had nicknames from Tolkien. He was Strider. I am fair skinned and dark hair. I became Arwen. My best friend at the time was blonde. She was Galadriel. Our other friends were Eowyn and Morwen. I also dated Treebeard from that group. Treebeard and I are still very good friends.

I've used Arwen as a camp nickname although that got changed to Sarge (long funny story).

I'm Arwen in Circle although that is not my full name but it is my Outer Court name.

I'm Arwen to those that know me socially.

The only ones that call me Stephanie are those who think it makes them closer to me or my family or work.

I've been called Arwen off and on beginning in 1976.

Yes, I've even read the Simarillion. LOL

[WolfyOne]

Many years ago, I belonged to MSN & Yahoo groups and was ButchieBandit on them.
That name was comprised from 2 cats I had at the time, Butch and Bandit

Since leaving those groups behind for real butch femme sites, I wanted a fresh start and a name that fit ME. I adore wolves and I was alone at the time. Although wovles usually run in packs, every now and then, you will find a lone wolf. Trying to find a name a few of my ex's would not recognize and try to follow me around (until I started writing poetry again), the thinking process began. That my Planeteers is how WolfyOne came to be. It sounded good, it seemed to fit and I've run with it for years now. I'll never change it for another.

[Cin]

I believed that I never had trouble accepting myself as a woman. I always felt my sensibilities lay with women. However, there was a sort of disconnect when it came to identifying with society’s definition, as well as a sense of invisibility because I could never see myself reflected in other women. Then I found butch and that felt right. The masculine male thing was a bit of a struggle, because despite a real gender incongruence in my presentation in the eyes of others, I had never really felt like I was male. I looked it. At least there was always a good deal of gender confusion from the world in general regarding if I was male or female. But I never was confused. But I do find comfort in my masculinity, it fits like my old black t-shirt. But I am never comfortable with it. I hold it suspect and watch it like it was a cranky old dog prone to biting. In the spirit of this very tiresome way I have of looking at my masculinity I thought it would be great fun to give myself a feminine name this time around. Miss Tick is a very minor character in a couple of Terry Pratchett novels. I liked that it was a kind of oronym. So I decided to try it out.

I’m having such a hard time with it. When I see it beside my words I cringe. It’s beyond being uncomfortable with it. I pretty much hate it. But I’m going to keep it. At least until the fear and loathing of a too feminine name passes or it just gets too much to look at. I am pretty surprised at myself. I didn’t think it would be this hard. But it is. It's so hard that I sometimes feel detached from my own words once they are out there authored by this Miss Tick person. I wonder what that says about me. I think it needs a touch of masculine to make it more palatable. I keep telling myself that tick is kind of male. But really what the hell does that even mean? How can a word be male? I think I'm losing it. Maybe I should just give in and change it.

[intrigue_in916]

Originally Posted by princessbelle

The name change thread gave me this idea a few weeks back. We all have screen names and some of us just use our real names but may have used screen names in the past.

I thought it would be fun to have a place to explain why you picked the one(s) you did and if it is meaningful to you in someway.

I'll go first....

I was SouthernBelle for many years because, well i am southern. I used this name for around 10 years on yahoo and in yahoo chat rooms. When i found the dash site, a few years ago, that name was already taken. I was at a loss. My dad always called me his princess so i just picked that and combined it with belle because most people called me belle anyway and still do.

Ok....now your turn....

My S/N ~~~ Is simple.~~ I have been Intrigued by another and also Intriguing to someone.