Username Origins

[Greybear]

Greybear:

I used to work for Greyhound and I'm a rather large-stature man, roughly the size of a bear. Hence the name.

[signalman]

Well, I like traffic signals and I'm a guy.  I'm not very inventive with that kinda stuff.  Plus, it makes it easy for me to remember my user name on here.

[njroadhorse]

NJ- because I'm from NJ
roadhorse- because I'm all over the place on the road

[HalifaxTravaler]

HalifaxTravaler,well,i am from Halifax Nova Scotia and i enjoy travel  when ever i can,

[BigMattFromTexas]

olh and "BigMatt" is a nickname I got in football

[Hunty2022]

Bringing this one back from the grave...

"Hunty" is a nickname I get from a ton of people.
"2022" is the year I created the account in.

[Big John]

More recent thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=30786.0

[kphoger]

More recent thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=30786.0

And apparently, I haven't posted in either thread.  Weird.

My username is my actual name:  H. Belkins.

[Big John]

More recent thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=30786.0

And apparently, I haven't posted in either thread.  Weird.

My username is my actual name:  H. Belkins.

Thought it was Abe Froman, who uses that form.

[kphoger]

More recent thread: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=30786.0

And apparently, I haven't posted in either thread.  Weird.

My username is my actual name:  H. Belkins.

Oh, now I see.  I've posted in this conversation, but it was a third iteration, part of the "Random Thoughts" thread—starting here:

Do we all read usernames the same? I read kphoger is "K P Hoger"

[NWI_Irish96]

I just want to find out how you guys chose your usernames. I'll start:

ComputerGuy: I like computers and I am a male.

NWI_Irish96

NWI = Northwest Indiana resident

Irish96 = 1996 Notre Dame graduate

Also my username on Twitter, TravelMapping, mobrule

[MATraveler128]

The last car I owned was a Subaru Outback which was blue which is where I got the username from with the 7 just being a random number  The username is also used on my Minecraft account.

[Max Rockatansky]

Mine is simple, I watched Fury Road before I signed up for the forum.

[epzik8]

"epzik8" is something nonsense I thought of for my YouTube channel in 2008 (a lot of YouTube users seemed to have meaningless handles back then), and I ended up making it my Internet-wide identity.

[cockroachking]

The Haken song:

[elsmere241]

When I joined, I lived in Elsmere, DE, and my house number was 241.

[pianocello]

I've been playing the piano and cello since I was a kid. Used to be more serious about it back then, but I'll still play from time to time.

On some sites I add a "130" to the end, a simultaneous reference to the nearest state highway to where I was born (IN 130), the nearest state highway to where I grew up (IA 130), and the highway with the fastest speed limit in the US (TX 130).

[LilianaUwU]

My first name is Liliana, and UwU is an emote often used by furries. However, despite UwU being in my username, I'm not a furry... yet.

[Flint1979]

I just chose mine from the city I was born in and the year I was born.

[MikeTheActuary]

Over 20 years ago, when Dee Snider had a morning show on local radio in the Hartford area, they made quite an effort to get listeners engaged.   It was common for people to be referred to as [Name] from [Town of residence].

At the time, I lived in West Hartford.   There was already a "Mike from West Hartford" and "The Other Mike from West Hartford", so when I wrote in, I went with a [Name] the [Profession] nomenclature.

I've adopted it as my standard handle online, outside amateur radio use, when I don't need quasi-anonymity.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Kind of weird to see all the name of posters, in this thread, who haven't posted in years (or got their accounts disabled).
(Not counting David Backlin's passing earlier this year)

[jlam]

Really bringing this one back from the grave, eh?

My username's origin has remained the same throughout the 22 months since that thread:

j: First initial
lam: First three letters of last name

On mobrule, travelmapping, etc.:

Noco: Northern Colorado
Roads: Wide ways leading from one place to another, especially with specially prepared surfaces which vehicles can use

[gonealookin]

"gonealookin" is a baseball announcer's call.  I sync up Oakland A's radio broadcasts with the TV feed.  Vince Cotroneo, one of the A's radio announcers, will say, "There's a breaking ball, strike three called, and Mike Trout is gonealookin!"  It's something nobody else would be likely to think of, so I use it on a few forums.