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I don't mean my username! Yours!

I guess this is more of a game and maybe not strictly the right place. But, the idea is to make a top level reply with you asking 'guess' or saying ':)' or what have you, and everyone else should answer what they think the username means or refers to, without looking any words or concepts up! Off the cuff, what do you think it means when you see this person's username?

Not sure about the mobile apps, but if you hover over someone's name in Lemmy it will show their username if they have a display name set. My username is quite boring and straightforward, but I like seeing other people's weird usernames especially on semi-anon places.

Bonus: What do you visually think when you read it? Even if you misread it as a typo, what did you imagine when you read it & saw their avatar?

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[โ€“] Annies_Boobs@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Some may get mine others may think Iโ€™m a weirdo.

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think googling will help, but I'm up for some guesswork.

[โ€“] sup@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Communist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Mine's insanely on the nose... i'm not very creative.

[โ€“] ryuko@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Mine isn't very interesting, but sure

[โ€“] six@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love to participate but I think mine may be a little too easy. haha

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] six@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's a beat tape, but absolutely! ^-^

[โ€“] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Two small hints for mine: 1. Latin, and 2. it has nothing to do with the smoking chimp avatar.

[โ€“] marz@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] marz@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

yep that's it

[โ€“] TheV2@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not what you probably think first...

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

The 6 short cousin of vegetable drink.

[โ€“] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, I don't know how old you are!

[โ€“] ZeroTheRed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know how long lemmy posts tend to last/float up and down, so let's just say you're right on time?

Zero The Red, being in The Red means in debt, so you are trying to 'zero out' the the debt in some place. Could be taken metaphorically.

[โ€“] ZeroTheRed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like that interpretation :p but I had a different thought process with my name

The "Zero" is a nod to Zero from the Megaman X series (I love him mad) and "the Red" is a nod to Axle the Red, a maverick boss from Megaman X5. He's my favorite boss across the MMX games, so I did a dumb mashup of the two lol

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's how my best friend makes his usernames! It's very fun that way.

[โ€“] Foon@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm actually curious what people would say about mine!

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's Dutch short for telefoon

[โ€“] Foon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good one too!

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Foon to me is the sound of a pool noodle being thrown.

[โ€“] Foon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's hilarious, I think I'll use that next time someone asks me where the nickname comes from ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] pineapple@lemmy.pineapplemachine.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody is guessing this one

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You don't go on pizza

[โ€“] Satiric_Weasel@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you figure it out, would you kindly tell me? I have absolutely no idea.

[โ€“] misnina@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know you mean satiric as satire but I sort of read it as "sarcastic" which fits with your reply, lol. A weasel that is ineffective on the internet, because satire is dead.

[โ€“] InstantWeasel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

THAT weasel might be ineffective, but not me ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

(I Know, answering 2 days later kinda defeats the purpose of my name... Mine is an obscure and regional reference, so i wouldn't be mad if you don't get it.)

[โ€“] LucidDaemon@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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