How did you come up with your username?

[jw24]

So here's something I've always wondered: How and why people choose the usernames that they have on this forum? I'm sure when you registered to be part of this great forum, some of you had a couple of interesting choices in mind but could only pick one. Others may have had one solid choice for a username and was going stick with it assuming no one else had it already. Or you had to do a second choice because the username you wanted was already taken. Anyway, what's your story behind your username? For me, it's simple but short. jw are the initials of my name and the 24 in my username is well, my favorite number. My username is also something I go by on other forums I'm a part of and I wouldn't want another username. How about you?

 

[unkadug]

My name is Doug and I'm an Uncle.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Lion King is my favorite Disney animated classic and Hakunamatata is my favorite song from the movie.

 

[MouseDreaming]

I seem to always be dreaming of the last trip/next trip. So, it seemed fitting.

 

[cba]

For some strange reason I was thinking of the alphabet when trying to come up with a username, and I just put the first three letters reversed.

 

[Sans Souci]

Mine is ironic.

 

[Pooh Lover]

Mine is fairly obvious but I can tell you, had I thought about it a little longer and known how much time I'd be spending on this site, I probably would have chosen something else.

 

[PUSH]

I was thinking of something Disney related that didn't have to do with the main characters, and something that only Disney fans would understand. I was actually shocked when it was available.

 

[PUSH]

For some strange reason I was thinking of the alphabet when trying to come up with a username, and I just put the first three letters reversed.

Whenever I see your name, I think of "Collective Bargaining Agreement."

 

[trr1]

my Initials and I'm #1

 

[Nemo14]

The youngest of the kids I nannied at the time was really into Finding Nemo, so she voted for Nemo and the 14 is the birthdate of both my kids, my dad, and his dad.

 

[englanddg]

It's my nick...I have used it on the net since Prodigy.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

When the hubby & I were getting married maaaaany moons ago we were very young & very broke. We did good just affording to buy wedding bands. As a big splurge we took each other's wedding bands to have our nicknames for each other engraved on the inside. My husband is quite possibly the worlds worst speller. He misspelled SweetPea on the form and wrote "sweetpee". So that's what's in my wedding band and its how we've spelled it ever since. 1993 is the year I met my husband and the year I got married. On many levels, I feel like MY life began that year so its noteworthy.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I was in WDW when I made the account and my mind was on Star Tours.

 

[PUSH]

When the hubby & I were getting married maaaaany moons ago we were very young & very broke. We did good just affording to buy wedding bands. As a big splurge we took each other's wedding bands to have our nicknames for each other engraved on the inside. My husband is quite possibly the worlds worst speller. He misspelled SweetPea on the form and wrote "sweetpee". So that's what's in my wedding band and its how we've spelled it ever since. 1993 is the year I met my husband and the year I got married. On many levels, I feel like MY life began that year so its noteworthy.

I've never noticed that "pea" was spelled wrong! I mean, I guess I noticed, it just never registered. And I know some pretty awful spellers, so I don't think your husband is the worst!

 

[AllyInWonderland]

I couldn't think of anything so I put my name and 3 for March which is my bday month.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I've never noticed that "pea" was spelled wrong! I mean, I guess I noticed, it just never registered. And I know some pretty awful spellers, so I don't think your husband is the worst!

Yep, bad speller. He used to call me all the time from work to ask how to spell things. Simple things. Like 'elevation'. Stuff like that. Cracks me up!

 

[Californian Elitist]

My middle name is Raven and I was born on the 24th of April.

 

[Matt7187]

My names Matt and 71 and 87 are my two favorite sports players, Geno and Sid!

 

[GenerationX]

I've had mine since the old CompuServe days in the mid 90s. I've used it ever since on various sites.

I picked it at the time to be ironic. The movie Reality Bites had just been released, and all the talk on the news and in the papers was how our entire generation was comprised of directionless slackers. I never felt that description fit me.

I'm a big fan of late 70s - early 80s punk music, though, so that alternate meaning does fit.

And since I was born in Generation X's first year, I felt that made me an elder statesman of the generation. Thus, I could speak on behalf of all of us.