What does your username mean?

[SelfMadeMan]

Well I am just excited to have a new username because my old one (fastnfurious) just didn't feel like ME anymore. My new one embraces my transition and the fact that I made myself the man I am today through years of determination, tears and hard work, and I am proud of that!

[Sam]

Its the start of my wonderful new life.

the best is yet to be.

[D-Money]

Originally Posted by Just_G

Mine is pretty easy to figure out. When I introduce myself to people and tell them my name is G, they always tilt their head to the side....I then say, "Just G....just the letter G."
So, here I am.

Now, you might wonder what the G stands for...well, it could be many things: gigalo, goofball, gentleman, geek...you fill in the blank!

dude ... i will never be able to call you "G" ... i love you so much i need THREE letters! besides ... back in the day when we met, that was several years pre-Just G.

[D-Money]

once upon a time i was Kyssme. that happened because "Kissme" was already taken on that particular site which was my first.

then one day i realized i had outgrown Kyssme. that realization came around the same time i discovered that "femme" didn't work for me anymore, either. i'm sure they're connected- the name Kyssme was a HUGE part of my socialization as a femme. had to shed it all at once.

went with Papa Donna for a bit- a nickname given to me by some RT friends ... but the online B/F community seemed confused by that moniker on me. it felt awkward to me, too.

so ... now i'm D-Money, another RT nickname. my friend, Omar, dubbed me "D-Money" one night after i kicked his ass at Trivial Pursuit.

i dig it ... simple, ballin', a little sentimental ... holla!

[PinkieLee]

I love reading where people came up with their usernames. Interesting...

Well, mine is pretty simple. Ever since I was a little girl, Grease has been one of my favorite movies. I've probably seen it over a 1000 times. Of course, I had a crush on Rizzo (just sayin'). The one scene, where Rizzo & Kanicki are fighting in the diner, she throws the strawberry milkshake in his face and says "from me to you, PinkieLee".

[PoeticWitch]

my username... is because I am a rubber ducky fanatic... I collect them... my bathroom is done in rubber duckies.. I have a couple of shelves full of rubber duckies... I have rubber ducky rainboots (from torrid) Ducky is also my nickname in RT... a year ago (I think) I had a rubber ducky party down in Austin for my birthday.. it was great.. I got a ton of rubber duckies... I have a big one what was signed by almost all of my friends who came to that party... that one is my favorite and always makes me smile when I am down... oh and yes I have rubber duckies that go in the bathtub with me too

You have to love the

[Bit]

My screen name was originally a joke... I had HAD it up to THERE with people ignoring me because I was Femme and therefore couldn't know anything--no matter the subject, they talked to the Butch--even when she said, "gosh I dunno; let's ask Cath" they would ignore me and pretend that she had answered the question!!

I was really steamed so I drew a cartoon and labeled it "NO MORE MS NICE GUY! Baby Butch In Training--B-BIT!" Big joke, the best one I ever told on myself, since I haven't got a Butch bone in my body.

Then we got online, and I found a queer website, but I didn't have a clue what to name myself. My Butch said, "why not b-bit?" So I did. Then I got caught up in chat and discovered how fast people had to type, and how frustrating hyphens were, so eventually I just went went with bit.

THEN a couple years later I discovered a bigger website where it actually had a completely different meaning that my name wasn't capitalized--oy!! People got the wrong impression all the time; someone even said they assumed I was into pony play because of my name! So when I came to the planet, I capitalized it.

I still prefer my real name, Cath, but it's been twelve years now, so I think I'm stuck with Bit.

[Arwen]

Originally Posted by Bit

I was really steamed so I drew a cartoon and labeled it "NO MORE MS NICE GUY! Baby Butch In Training--B-BIT!" Big joke, the best one I ever told on myself, since I haven't got a Butch bone in my body.

To say I am stunned is not even close. I am howling at my own assumptions.

I thought "bit" because you were just a bit of a girl. Not as in only a bit girl but a little bit of a girl like small and delicate.

It's why I call you Bitty Bit. LOL

However, if you prefer Cath, I will change to that. One of my "things" is to call people what they want to be called. It's important to me on a magical level.

[julieisafemme]

Mine is me. Literal, direct and to the point. I came up with it last year when I finally found out about the butch/femme dynamic and said "That's ME"!!!!! Julie is a femme!!!!!! Thank you God for helping me figure that one out at the ripe age of 42!!! It makes me happy every time I type it.

[BullDog]

Lol Bit, Butch in Training. You sure fooled us all these years! I thought the same thing as Arwen.

[Bit]

The TX Self can call me anything she wants and I love nicknames! I'm actually glad to see that you prefer Arwen; I felt awkward for a long time calling you that because you had given me the choice and I knew people call you by your first name, face to face. Now I'll just relax about it.

I was uncomfortable with "bit" as a sn for a long time because I knew most people were assuming it meant I was small and delicate, and I felt deceitful... hadn't expected anyone to think that, yanno? But once we could put pics online that feeling eased off. Today it's just my name, and you are most welcome to call me Bitty Bit if you like.

[Bit]

{{{{{{{{{{{Bully}}}}}}}}}}}} Oops, lol... well, time for me to come out from behind the curtain again, eh?

[Isadora]

Isadora came from Isadora Duncan, the dancer, as I love to dance. It also fits my Goddess self because it means "Gift of Isis" or "Gift of the Sun".

[Apocalipstic]

I wanted something epimystically explosive and cute all at the same time.

[WhiteTigress]

Originally Posted by Arwen

I'd have to reconsider how much I like you if you were an Oiler fan.

Originally Posted by Oiler41

Nope,,I'm a Saints fan,,among a few other teams. I was a fan all the way back before the days of the unknown Saints fan, lol. Never did much care for the Oilers,,and I guess Houston didn't either since they left!

Glynn

HEY, HEY, NOW! You're looking at a native Houstonian, and I WAS an Oiler fan. To the extreme of even going to that after game pep rally, where Bum Phillips said that they had knocked on the door, and the next year were going to kick the SOB in. We didn't dislike our team. We had some great players in those years, such as Dante (Dan) Patorini and Earl (The Tyler Rose) Campbell. What we were happy to lose was Bud Adams. What an...........oh, we don't have a donkey smilie.

Ok, as for my screen name, well on a large site out there, I had another name in the beginning, but after a turbulent time in my life came to a close, I decided to stop using that one, and moved to this one. I was once lovelyintexas, but that name and that naive person both have gone loooooong by the wayside. WhiteTigress is because I've always viewed myself to have a feline energy within. I've loved white tigers, because they are rare, striking, different. Some people think that I'm tied to the color or racist because of the "white" in the name, but it has to do with the rare cats instead. As someone else mentioned, hyphens and even spaces are a pain in the tush, so I just ran them together, but kept the uppercase letters for each part. Sometimes people shorten it to "White", but I'd prefer if they want to shorten it, that they use "Tigress" or "WT", as I do in my signature.

In the leather world, I've got a different name, and most everyone in the Houston and Austin gay and leather community know me as Treasure (still not my birth name). It was given to me by my first dominant. Besides my blood kin, and a handful of my friends and LGBT charitable community associates, no one calls me by my real name, which is Kimberly. My blood kin and Timber are the only people I will allow to call me Kim. It's too common, and there are waaaaaaaaay to many people out there with that name. For the most part, I'm Treasure, and when people get to know me, they tell me that it suits me.

As for here, you can just call me WT or Tigress. I'm happy either way.

WT

[violaine]

cocteau twins.

[Rook]

I'm a fan of Chess.
I used to collect chess boards + pieces.
My most expensive board cost 400, made with beach glass + crystals { I loved that board..My lovely ex wrecked it }
My favorite piece is the Rook, because of its value + power in the Game and strategic moves that make it seem innocuous, almost risky..until the Player puts it in motion..


I've had other usernames elsewhere in the past, I can tell how Long a friend has known me based on their comfort with a specific Nickname.
The Longest being "BD" {BlueDragon, a nick I used about...10-ish years ago}
Very few get away with calling me by my birth name, unless they're my immediate relatives, or my spouse/companion, my companion usually has a good fuckin reason, else they can use my legal name.Otherwise, at best, I'll stare and/or ignore.

[Words]

Originally Posted by D-Money

once upon a time i was Kyssme. that happened because "Kissme" was already taken on that particular site which was my first.

then one day i realized i had outgrown Kyssme. that realization came around the same time i discovered that "femme" didn't work for me anymore, either. i'm sure they're connected- the name Kyssme was a HUGE part of my socialization as a femme. had to shed it all at once.

went with Papa Donna for a bit- a nickname given to me by some RT friends ... but the online B/F community seemed confused by that moniker on me. it felt awkward to me, too.

so ... now i'm D-Money, another RT nickname. my friend, Omar, dubbed me "D-Money" one night after i kicked his ass at Trivial Pursuit.

i dig it ... simple, ballin', a little sentimental ... holla!

Damn it, so NOW I know you are you!

You could have told me LOL...

I've missed you. BIG time.

Words

[Words]

When I first started hanging out online I was working as a journalist and freelance editor. So, when it came to picking a name, well, words just sprang to mind.

Boring huh?

[foxyshaman]

Well I have loved red tailed foxes for years and have always thought of myself as a vixen. I love shamanism. So foxyshaman seemed to be good fit.