What does your instructables username mean?

I'd like to know what your instructables usernames mean. I think most of us have unique ones that others are dying to know what they really mean. I guess I'll start with mine, splazem. To me, it means a brain freeze. It's not a real word, but one that my family uses. So c'mon, post what your instructables username means, it will take a minute, and I'm sure someone out there is curious.

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Tinworm says: Aug 14, 2012. 2:48 AM
Tinworm is a cute euphemism for RUST. For the last ten years (on and off, when not learning to fly and then being distracted by flying, and by other car and bike projects, etc) I have been restoring a very badly rusted 1958 Austin 101 small truck.

I have been blogging the restoration in the name of Tinworm
Thergox says: Jul 2, 2012. 2:37 PM
Thergox spawned when I was dwelling upon character names for my stories. Actually, I was in the middle of writing my best one (Or so I call it) and the name hit me like a rug (Yes, a rug). I immediately scribbled it down on the side of the paper and continued writing. When my usual screen name, 3Rr0r, happened to be taken, I switched to Thergox as a. . . Forgot the name. Substitute! yes, substitute.
LResha157 in reply to ThergoxJul 26, 2012. 7:27 AM
Forgot the word... haha ;D is the rest of sb posted on edu yet? maybe i should check myself.
Thergox in reply to LResha157Jul 26, 2012. 3:00 PM
Whoa! Hey! Glad you got in! Did someone already take the Pyro username, then?
LResha157 in reply to ThergoxAug 11, 2012. 4:07 PM
no i use that one way to often...
AussieAnglerGal says: Aug 4, 2012. 3:59 AM
well

Aussie (slang for Australian)
Angler (someone who fishes)
Gal (need i explain?)
5hockwave says: Jun 22, 2012. 11:30 AM
I chose Shockwave because it was a random nickname given to me by my best friends, but to my horror it was taken. Henceforth I change the S to a 5, giving me the the name 5hockwave
crapsoup in reply to 5hockwaveJul 28, 2012. 3:23 PM
oh, kinda like S.mouse!
crapsoup says: Jul 28, 2012. 3:17 PM
Um....Well....uh...
LResha157 says: Jul 26, 2012. 7:51 AM
The first part of my username is simply my favorite amime character, Lady Resha, form Rave Master, because her past self created the Holy Brings that could help save the world from being overcome by evil, but in the process of making the last and final Holy Bring she was killed because the power of etherion was too strong for her. In recognition to the girl who risked her life to save many, they renamed the Brings to RAVE by taking the first and last letters of her first and last name (ReshA ValentinE). 50 years in the future a girl, Elie, who lost all her memories, is discovered to have the same power of Lady Resha when she meets up with Haru Glory to find the rave stones and restore the world to its initial happines. Elie is known to look a lot like Lady Resha and very well may be (But I haven't gotten that far yet) She acts a lot like me in many ways.
Long story short LResha is my favorite anime character and 1547 is my favorite number.
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LResha157 in reply to LResha157Jul 26, 2012. 11:47 AM
*157 sorry its so long..
Hack42Moem says: Jul 26, 2012. 8:00 AM
Moem is my nickname of choice. It's from the Dutch version of the books about the Moomintroll family, one of my favourite series of books ever. Moem is simply Dutch for Moomin.
I'm Moem on BookCrossing, Dreamwidth and on the wiki of our local hackerspace, Hack42.

Of course, over here it was already taken... and as usual by someone who doesn't use the account at all. So I'm Hack42Moem, to distinguish me from that Other Moem.
Greg Inc. says: Jul 10, 2012. 1:07 PM
Greg Inc, because I am constantly building things, drawing or something or another.
THEGRIMM says: Jul 2, 2012. 5:07 PM
THEGRIMM came to life when me and my girlfriend were deciding on a name for our band so it's a good memory and to me it sounds cool and mysterious
Greg Inc. in reply to THEGRIMMJul 10, 2012. 1:05 PM
yeah like that one
sanchez05 says: Jul 7, 2012. 1:08 PM
mine is very simple my last mane and the number of family members
schumi23 says: Jul 5, 2012. 1:32 PM
I got this nick when I was playing Brothers In Arms with a friend. He was Schumi22, and another friend was Schumi24. I've kept the nick ever since, though I only played the game 5 times, and not for over a year :)

So, It means nothing!
nutsandbolts_64 says: Jul 5, 2012. 3:19 AM
"nutsandbolts_64" was an idea born because I worked in a hardware store (erm, family business :D). Given all the stuff there, all I could think was "nuts and bolts... nuts and bolts" so I gave that a shot. What with 64? Honestly, that's just completely random. Only the left side of the underscore actually means anything at all.
onrust says: Jun 30, 2012. 3:18 PM
The Isalnd of Onrust. A 12 acre island with a restless and violent history. Also.....The Onrust, a yacht, was the first decked vessel to be built entirely in North America. The construction, with help from the Lenape Indians, took an entire winter. I LOVE nautical history, fables, yarns, superstitions, and "opinions"......try me!
Mike73 says: Jun 29, 2012. 12:58 PM
After reading some of the posts, I must say I could have come up with something more creative than what I chose. But I try using this online name where ever possible (unless the screen name is already taken).

So, here it comes:
My name is Michael and I've been working in the US for 3 years. One of my colleagues always called me mike, and I was born in '73.
Usually I use an underscore between Mike and the 73, but the name was either taken or underscores weren't allowed.

I love underscores. They allow linking files in windows. No underscore and most links to files on the company network don't work :-)
lime3D says: Jun 27, 2012. 1:36 PM
My company name: lime3D
cdslashetc says: Jun 24, 2012. 5:47 PM
I tend to mutter to myself when I am working intently and "cd /etc" is something that I say quite frequently. I imagined that my co-workers might call me that behind my back. "Oh look, here comes ol' cdslashetc!"
ehudwill says: Sep 6, 2011. 5:29 PM
My username is a combination of my name and the name of Ehud the judge from the bible. He was left handed and so am I.
5hockwave in reply to ehudwillJun 22, 2012. 11:25 AM
ehud was also fat and got stabed in the stomach
pfred2 in reply to ehudwillJun 11, 2012. 7:54 AM
Ehud was a sneaky cur and gave the rest of us southpaws a bad name!
ehudwill in reply to pfred2Jun 11, 2012. 12:17 PM
He was an assassin and therefore cool.
pfred2 in reply to ehudwillJun 11, 2012. 4:31 PM
Ehud hardly cut the image of a great hero. He was a snake who used deceit.
ehudwill in reply to pfred2Jun 11, 2012. 5:46 PM
He was delivering the Israelites from the Moabites.
pfred2 in reply to ehudwillJun 11, 2012. 7:49 PM
No, he was lying, and killing in cold blood, then fleeing. Other parallels may be drawn, but they are hardly primary to his crimes. At any rate he'd get the chair here today for his deeds. Or however they put down mad murdering dogs these days.
Lithium Rain in reply to pfred2Jun 11, 2012. 7:54 PM
While differing interpretations of historical texts may well be equally valid, your obnoxiously dismissive attitude is not conducive to fruitful discussion.
pfred2 in reply to Lithium RainJun 11, 2012. 10:33 PM
But it is OK for you right?
Lithium Rain in reply to pfred2Jun 12, 2012. 5:01 AM
Case in point.
splazem (author) in reply to ehudwillSep 11, 2011. 7:32 AM
Nice.
Lithium Rain in reply to ehudwillSep 7, 2011. 4:45 AM
I would just like to take this opportunity to mention how long I've thought that you really look like an English teacher somehow. :D

(Also, left-handed? Why would...OH, that's the judge who stabbed the king in the bathroom, with all the ensuing grossness, isn't it?)
ehudwill in reply to Lithium RainSep 7, 2011. 2:22 PM
Yes, Ehud was able to smuggle a sword in because he was left handed. The king he stabbed was so fat he just let the blade sink in and left it. Really gross...
caitlinsdad in reply to Lithium RainSep 7, 2011. 7:45 AM
True English teachers distinguish themselves with blue tape on their nose, whereas true science teachers distinguish themselves with a pencil through their nose.
Kiteman in reply to caitlinsdadSep 7, 2011. 7:49 AM
Ahem, that was a pen...
caitlinsdad in reply to KitemanSep 7, 2011. 7:57 AM
see, higher learning teaches you to improvise, but it would be foolish to be seen with a crayon through your nose.
Goodhart in reply to caitlinsdadOct 13, 2011. 7:05 PM
Next, be a real man and use a metal Scribe >:-)
aldricnegrier says: Jun 12, 2012. 8:45 PM
My Name is mobile_earth_explorer i Am From The Andromeda Galaxy,
My Current Location is Inside A Space Station Orbiting Your Planet,
My Mission is To Remotely Explore Your Planet Using Your 3.5G/4G Network :)

PS: i Come in "Peace"
PaulMakesThings says: Sep 13, 2011. 6:39 PM
Interesting thread. Mine you can probably guess, my name is Paul and the rest is a simple statement of fact. I use the same name on all the sites about making things I frequent and on my blog.
pfred2 in reply to PaulMakesThingsJun 11, 2012. 7:35 AM
This is confusing because my name is Paul and I make things, but you're not me!
splazem (author) in reply to PaulMakesThingsSep 18, 2011. 10:38 AM
Cool.
sunshiine says: Aug 18, 2011. 10:53 PM
I love sunshine so I picked sunshiine. I wanted it to shine so I added an I.
splazem (author) in reply to sunshiineAug 21, 2011. 8:32 AM
We all love sunshine, I think!
pfred2 in reply to splazemJun 11, 2012. 7:09 AM
I hate the Sun and would blot it out of the sky if I could ...
sunshiine in reply to splazemAug 21, 2011. 6:15 PM
We should it makes everything green and bright!
Goodhart in reply to sunshiineOct 13, 2011. 7:06 PM
Although I love the sunshine, it doesn't like me. Being fair skinned, I am prone to melanoma if I spend more then 15 minutes in direct sunlight without protection.
sunshiine in reply to GoodhartOct 13, 2011. 7:36 PM
My little brother had the same problem! He had white hair all his life and was very fair skinned. I am sorry you have that.
Goodhart in reply to sunshiineOct 13, 2011. 7:44 PM
Well, I am a red head, but I have had some precancerous carcinomas removed from my back, so I do have to be very careful and I DO burn very quickly. It is hard for me to balance and get the proper amount so I get Vitamin D. I even have to be careful in the winter time *sigh*. But we live and use what we've got and do the best we can :-)
pfred2 says: Jun 11, 2012. 7:03 AM
p = Paul
fred = Frederick
2 means my second account

I was pfred1, well I still am I suppose, I just don't know what I did with my password for that account.
eclipsed says: Jun 9, 2012. 1:16 PM
It's nothing to do with Twilight, first of all.
I had the nickname eclipse on some other websites before those horrid books ever existed. I just liked the name and I like astronomy and the moon.
Then I came to Instructables, and eclipse was taken, so I added a d to the end.

and now people see my name and think I am some 14 year old sparkly vampire fangirl.
:p
NOT!
Thrasym says: Jun 8, 2012. 5:06 PM
From Plato's Republic, Thrasymachus...yup...I'm awesome original. But at least I know it. Right?
wherewillwhy says: Jun 8, 2012. 7:04 AM
wherewillwhy was given to me by a fellow hacker .the abbv www and my name is will
vroom...vroom... says: Jun 2, 2012. 4:58 AM
vroom...vroom...vroom?...........I got nothin'.
monsterlego says: Sep 24, 2011. 11:59 AM
I chose Monsterlego becuase I MAKE MONSTER LEGOS! GGRAAAWWRR!!!!!!!!
iproberry1 in reply to monsterlegoJan 22, 2012. 5:30 PM
you do.
splazem (author) in reply to monsterlegoOct 1, 2011. 6:10 AM
Nice!
freeza36 says: Jan 22, 2012. 11:24 AM
Freeza' Burn is my "rapper" name that i came up with a couple years ago. 36 is my favorite number. I am freeza36
Ilija Miljkovac says: Jan 20, 2012. 11:31 AM
M-Y NAME
FlatLinerMEDIC says: Jan 17, 2012. 11:58 AM
Flatliner= what we call dead people as paramedics, I like dark stuff and death and Ive seen death its turned my life around.

OR (versatile)
ZOMBIE

Medic-Paramedic
lemonie in reply to FlatLinerMEDICJan 17, 2012. 2:09 PM
You're a paramedic and you like dark stuff and death?
Is this some happy job-satisfaction thing?*

L

*I am being serious
FlatLinerMEDIC in reply to lemonieJan 17, 2012. 5:48 PM
Its not like a fetish if you mean that lol. Im not gothic or anything. Im a girlie girl I love dresses and high heels painting nails but I love getting the rush of blood everywhere and being able to tolerate tht is a great thing some people cant handle. Again not a fetish of hurting people or watching it but the adrenaline of when im there and helping them. I love medicine and adrenaline and helping people.
lemonie in reply to FlatLinerMEDICJan 18, 2012. 11:42 AM
I didn't mean like a fetish, "job-interest" was more like it. Thanks for the explanation.

L
FlatLinerMEDIC in reply to lemonieJan 18, 2012. 4:38 PM
I know im playing with you lol
monsterlego in reply to FlatLinerMEDICJan 17, 2012. 12:13 PM
dead medic!
Jerina says: Jan 14, 2012. 2:38 PM
I have usted my username for ages now, or at least 7 years. I thought that I was clever when needing a name for a rpg on a forum, so i combined Jessica with Catharina and thought that I had made a new name. Turns out, I haven't, but it's been with me ever since.
I'm also known a Lady Jerina or Lj for short, in EVE Online
modaawesome says: Jan 14, 2012. 7:07 AM
mine (modaawesome) means mo (my home nickname) the awesome
moneyfuskie935 says: Jan 13, 2012. 7:35 PM
well- mine started out as monocleice, which didn't sound good- so I went with monoICE- which became mono935- 9 = I, 3 = C, and 5 = E, and then, one day, I saw a guy with the username hucking fuskie on a forum- and it was a match made in heaven. I decided on Monofuskie935, and with some tweaking, I got moneyfuskie935.

So basically- it means monocle ice, or dust.
canucksgirl says: Jan 12, 2012. 6:02 PM
Mine is a double entendre. I am a huge Vancouver Canucks Hockey fan and also a Canadian (which are sometimes referred to as Canucks), so since I'm a girl, I went with canucksgirl. I opted to use the Team Canada Hockey Jersey versus the Vancouver Canucks Jersey just to emphasis the meaning. :D
Flintlock says: Oct 1, 2011. 10:21 AM
I needed a nickname, so I went to wikipedia, and hit "random article".
iproberry1 in reply to FlintlockJan 12, 2012. 5:53 PM
cool
splazem (author) in reply to FlintlockOct 8, 2011. 5:50 PM
Nice!
AndTheHuxtables in reply to splazemNov 5, 2011. 4:52 PM
double nice!
ElvenChild in reply to AndTheHuxtablesDec 27, 2011. 1:36 PM
I would say nice but that seems overused... Nakamichi Yamanashi (I went to wiki and hit random article hoping to find something to describe the wittiness of your idea).
bikerbob2005 says: Jan 11, 2012. 2:53 AM
this is my nickname my godson uses for me cept the 2005 part it is when i started this id. i use it on neopets,youtube,as well as a few other sites
gooseloops says: Jan 10, 2012. 3:32 PM
I grew up on a farm and my family had four geese, Mad goose, Gooseloops, Tuloose, and Rasberry
iproberry1 says: Jan 7, 2012. 7:18 AM
I have a YouTube channel and my name there is proberry1.....so the "i" means instructables....and then my YouTube name....makes everything almost the same,iproberry1.
dreadyjazz says: Jan 3, 2012. 9:32 PM
I have dreads and my name is Jazmin= Dready Jazz
isaacwilk says: Dec 29, 2011. 5:27 PM
My usernames just missing the last 5 letters of my last name. Pretty nuts aye?
Solskinner says: Dec 29, 2011. 11:05 AM
Mine means sunshine in Danish. It's an old nickname.
sokamiwohali says: Dec 27, 2011. 8:39 PM
Mine stands for Soaring Eagle in Cherokee and is my native american name. I am really not native american, but a white man. when i became an eagle scout, i had native american dencers come to my cerimony and they suprised me by giving me the honor of having a native american name. actually, it looks like this:

So-ka-mi Wo-ha-li, or Sokami Wohali but i smushed it together here on 'ibles.

ElvenChild says: Dec 27, 2011. 1:34 PM
Well I would of thought that mine would have been fairly obvious/nonsensical, however here it goes: Elf's are just plain awesome (Just take a look at Link or Legolas) so naturally I wished to incorporate that into my name now adding the fact that I am a child in the eyes of the world ElvenChild seemed to be perfect (I wanted "ElvenChild" (with the quotes)) however it would not change to that from the username I had when I originally signed up back in 2008 (boy).
Goodhart says: Dec 26, 2011. 7:25 AM
Apparently some believe mine means naive or ingenuous. Sorry guys and gals, I know to much to ever go back to the dark ages of ignorance and anosogosia...
Thrasym says: Nov 15, 2011. 6:37 PM
From Plato's Republic, Thrasymachus. I used to use the whole thing but got tired of people complaining about having to type in such a long name and started using a shorter version. It's not original but at least it isn't too common.
DasBrunstigUnicorn says: Nov 13, 2011. 6:15 AM
Das Brunstig Unicorn it means the horny unicorn in German. I thinks its a clever little innuendo.
MissouriVillian says: Nov 11, 2011. 1:27 PM
Missouri born and raised, and I've always fancied myself a villain. The misspelling in the handle is deliberate nowadays thanks to an error made by a friend who created a forum tag for me years ago. I also go by ShadowPuppet, Gilgar, and game under Lucis Ferre ( my truly evil alter ego).
AndTheHuxtables says: Nov 5, 2011. 4:51 PM
mine rhymes with "instructables", and it is also an allusion to the Bill Cosby show
cdawisconsin says: Oct 31, 2011. 3:48 PM
My husband came up with CDAWisconsin. We were living downtown Chicago and he was dreaming of moving away from the city to some wide open spaces in Wisco. The C is for Christopher. The D is for me, Deidre, very Irish. A is for my oldest daughter and at the time our only child. She is on Instructables as sistrgldnhair. We are technically now CDACBWisconsin.
Deslivres says: Oct 29, 2011. 5:15 AM
"Books" in my native language, basically.
Archemedes54 says: Oct 21, 2011. 3:29 PM
Archemedes ye old scientist.
gutbucket says: Oct 20, 2011. 1:06 PM
Long time reader but just signed up yesterday. :)
Gutbucket is my username in most domains, except Flickr where, surprisingly, it was already taken.
I heard it uttered as an insult at somebody years ago and took a shine to it.
Physically, it suits me. But be forewarned; I'm much faster (both on a bike & off) than I would appear. :)

or you can call me Dave.
Jack A Lopez says: Oct 8, 2011. 11:34 PM
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
;-)
splazem (author) in reply to Jack A LopezOct 9, 2011. 7:17 AM
:)
iceng in reply to splazemOct 13, 2011. 9:56 PM
You are very deft at managing an appropriate response to a very wide
variety of situations, leading me to surmise you are awesome for your age.

A
splazem (author) in reply to icengOct 15, 2011. 5:24 AM
Thanks.
MichelMoermans says: Oct 9, 2011. 1:39 AM
MichelMoermans stands for my first name Michel and my last name Moermans. I never really liked submitting under a different name. I don't care who knows my name and who doesn't. Plus it's much easier to just point to this site in jobinterviews and say look at the instructables of MichelMoermans then for example "crazy donut guy 101" or something like that...
sassimo03 says: Oct 5, 2011. 8:50 PM
Hi. New to Instructables.com but anywho....
sassimo is just a weird word that popped into my head when one of my friends just blurted out, "That's just so awesome-o!" and 03 is when I graduated from high school.
splazem (author) in reply to sassimo03Oct 8, 2011. 5:50 PM
Cool.
mikeasaurus says: Sep 30, 2011. 11:52 AM
...because I'm ferocious, like a _______
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