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I appreciate numbers.

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

A fairy name generator.

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

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

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

It's a reference to Hollow knight and Subnautica

Also it's a double negative

[–] kryllic@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

kill cry > blacklisted word on whatever I was trying to sign up for originally > jumbling intensifies > kryllic

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[–] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

It's a portmanteau of federation and degenerate. This account was going to be a porn account and I am a degenerate.

[–] 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!

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I eat a lot of pasta

[–] 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.

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

I was originally called deadlok, it was a gaming name I came up with when I was 10 and stuck to it other than contracting it a bit.

[–] 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

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

It makes me seem like someone from Belgium/the Netherlands, but to be honest, this is not my legal name, nor am I from these countries (I would like to live in Belgium, though), I'm actually from... ugh, Morocco.

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

my friend's username started with "int" and I wanted a similar username, and interstellar sounded cool (I was also 12 when I made it) and then I added a 1 because interstellar was taken

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

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

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

It's my lizard's name

[–] 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.

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

I think mine is kinda obvious but in case it isn't, it's "GNU" in the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet. I got it because I like aviation and Linux... and also because I'm too autistic to get a more normal one

[–] 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.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 1 year ago

I read Les liaisons dangeureuses my second year in France and loved it. Misspellt de Valmonts name though :-)

The upside of the misspelling was that the name was always free on any forum up til not that long ago where bots started to recycle existing usernames all over the place.

[–] 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

[–] 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

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

I like Marvin from hhgttg. Also, I have sleep issues.

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 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. 😁

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

I like popcorn and may or may not be royalty..

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

I mostly enjoy but not competitive online player from UO and Everquest era so I tired of typing good game no re do

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

It's a drink that makes you feel good and I drink a lot of it

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

I am the pretty Guardian in a sailor suit who fights for love and justice!!!

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

My xbox Gamer tag was oXOrangeBudXo because i was very cool and unique and just started smoking weed. I then went normal and was OrangeBud in different ways. Then Orange because i didnt smoke anymore. And then PixelOrange because i like the pixels. And if that name is taken, its PixeIOrange with upper i.

[–] RoseRose56@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used the username blackandred56, until one day I used blackrose56, and since then it's blackrose56 or roserose56. I just liked rose.

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

I had to make a new name for the then brand new game: league of legends. I was high af and came up with this. Inspired by boss names in wow I guess.

[–] 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.

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