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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Resol = bunch of jumbled letters that are completely meaningless, but can be interpreted as either the first 5 letters of "resolution", or the backwards spelling of "loser"

van = Dutch word meaning "of" or "from"

Lemmy = this is insanely obvious

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[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had it for forty years, it was my CB radio call sign.

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Mine is an old Black Crusade character name. The original Xariphon was a scholar-warrior.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shit!

I got bored of winning all these fuckin accolades for porn.

Then the world started runnin outta french fries and burrito coverins, people starvin and shit.

Enough was enough!

President Camacho 2024!

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It was my username on my porn account on Reddit. I derived it from my not porn account that I also used for other things and people IRL knew. I ended up using this one way more so kept it when Reddit banned me and I came over here.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Named after Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, first anime movie I ever watched. The 08 was my jersey number when I played soccer.

Ninja Scroll

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't remember where my name came from but maybe it's a variation off the NES game The Astyanax

It's just a name I put into a BBS when I signed up 35ish years ago and I've used everywhere since.

I appreciate numbers.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Mistakes.
I created a test account on SDF pubnix. Since it was a test account, I didn't use my usual username, but just user224. Then some good user (xiled) decided to verify my account. Thus I had to stick with it.
Then later on Twitter I've seen SDF announce their Lemmy instance. Not knowing what Lemmy is, I've used the same username as on SDF pubnix, which was an accident.
I can't change it either, and this account has some history already. Just building up on mistakes. Just like when I find a "temporary" solution to something.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'll let you guess the second half 👍

The first half is actually short for Indigo.

Back in the day my old internet alias was Indigo Michigan. I eventually dropped the Michigan when I became a Brony. "Indigo Brony" didn't really sound great, so I shortened it.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was making a WoW character (back in the days even the Burning Crusade wasn't there yet). It was a troll with big tusks, so I thought he'd need a toothpick or two.
And the spelling is from "Don't be a menace to South Central...", there was a stupid gangster under this name, he's my soul animal.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Axollo - Moonstruck and replaced the letters.
My earlier name was childhood cringe.

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One of my favourite characters from a book.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Abbreviation of my real name yields "NW". I decided to add wind to make it a Hong Kong slang.

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It came from a one-off inside joke with some online friends (I don't remember the context) as PopeJoeI (Pope Joe the First). I eventually embraced it fully and changed all my online handles. At some point, Discord added crowns to server owners where it wasn't immediately obvious who owned it and it evolved into "Pope-King Joe".

[–] kirbowo808@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just love the Kirby game series cuz it’s really cute but I also love Kirby himself as well at it being a reference to Kirbo from TerminalMontage, who I also equally love as is one of my fave YouTubers.

808 is a reference to the Roland TR-808 drum machine, referencing to many of my favourite electronic/alternative/hip hop musicians that have used it.

Also I love being cringe too so there’s that too xD

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Was my reddit username for ten years. When I joined reddit it was through the swimming sub, looking for info on waterproof MP3 players so I could swim laps while listening to AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Slayer, etc etc. I'm a bogan that swim laps pretty much every day.... therefore waterbogan

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Golden Sun for GBA... except it was taken so I added an I... it's occasionally taken so sometimes I switch it for a 1 but I hate doing that

[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It's my lizard's name

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a reference to Hollow knight and Subnautica

Also it's a double negative

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like penguins and 90s nostalgia. It's a Legends of the Hidden Temple fake team name.

Could I have gone for the alliteration? Perhaps. But Purple Parrots already existed. And I don't like pink.

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I just really like the character.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Typing and limited clicking

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

my dad came up with it on his own and I adopted it

[–] hasecilu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I wanted to upgrade my cringy username and realized it was very hard to choose something, after a while I decided to do the same thing Seba Jun (rest in beats) made for its stage name. 🎶

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A resemblance to Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon. It's my nickname amongst my friends and round the pub (some of whom don't know my birth name) to the point you could go into my local and ask for the Emperor and someone would point you in the eight direction. So when I signed up online, it made sense to use this name and it has since became my nom-de-plume and is, in effect, my Common Law name.

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

A half-assed variation of "bah humbug"...

[–] Popsip@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

I used to like soda a lot when I was a kid.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. It's the name of an optional NPC that writes you a few letters and then dies. He has no relevancy at all, but I like him. Based on where you are, he may be written without the 'r'.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

As with all my online accounts:

  • Visit a name generator website.
  • Find one that doesn't suck.
  • Check if it's available.
  • Here we are.

And each has a different email address. I hope adtech loves me. 😁

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I stole it from some old-timey sailors who were shooting the breeze.

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