Can You Decode the Usernames from These Cryptic Clues?

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This thread revolves around a game where participants create cryptic clues that hint at the usernames of members from Physics Forums. The discussion includes attempts to decode these clues, with participants guessing usernames and providing reasoning for their guesses. The scope is primarily conceptual and exploratory, focusing on wordplay and lateral thinking.

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  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Participants present cryptic clues and attempt to guess the corresponding usernames, such as "fancy Russian included" and "disenfranchize, without Che inside."
  • Some participants express frustration with the difficulty of the clues, suggesting simpler methods like mixing up letters.
  • Multiple interpretations of clues are proposed, with some participants offering reasoning for their guesses, while others challenge or refine these interpretations.
  • Specific usernames are guessed based on the clues, including "franznietzsche," "rocketboy," and "moonbear," with varying degrees of agreement on the correctness of these guesses.
  • Participants engage in playful banter, with some expressing uncertainty about the clues and others providing hints or corrections.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion contains multiple competing views and interpretations of the clues, with no consensus reached on several of the usernames. Participants frequently challenge each other's reasoning and offer alternative guesses.

Contextual Notes

Some clues may rely on specific knowledge or wordplay that is not universally understood, leading to confusion among participants. Additionally, the clues are designed to be intricate, with every word potentially playing a role in the solution.

Who May Find This Useful

Members interested in word games, cryptic puzzles, or the usernames of Physics Forums members may find this discussion engaging.

  • #61
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
 
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  • #62
George Jones said:
3. Yikes!

Time for bed.
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.
 
  • #63
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
 
  • #64
wolram said:
3. see no jogger stumbling -- unsolved

George jones.
That's right, wollie.

Answer is an anagram of 'see no jogger'.
 
  • #65
12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- unsolved

HRW
or

Entropy
 
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  • #66
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
 
  • #67
siddharth said:
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
I bet it's El Hombre Invisible. French is also = Le, I believe.

9. mount Saint Man, clumisliy

Mattms...he is quite clumsy, isn't he? :biggrin: Mount = mt Saint = st + man
 
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  • #68
Or it could be just
"EL"
 
  • #69
Gokul43201 said:
Yeah, it's bedtime for you. :biggrin:

I'll probably be turning in as well. I now call clue-making open to all.

Huh, it should be a game rule that no one goes to bed before his/her clues are solved :smile:
 
  • #70
Crazy as shelter

I'd have said shmoe for this if it had been "Crazy as shelters"

Shelters = homes ---crazy-> shmoe

Anyway, is shmoe the right answer?

The ouroborous one...

The circle of life, evolution --> Evo?
 
  • #71
1) It can be Russ or Cyrus :wink:
 
  • #72
9) Tom Mattson, clumsily because it isn't a perfect anagram ?
 
  • #73
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
 
  • #74
That cyclovenom one is quite clever but I see that now :biggrin:
 
  • #75
arildno said:
I thought of Dimitry Terr(yn) since he is sort of cute and (yn=in), but I don't think I am right with that.
Besides, I won't suggest this, because then I will be called a gutterbrain again.:frown:

I am? Gosh! :redface:

This game has got me flabbergasted! You've got a mind like a corkscrew Gokul. :smile:
 
  • #76
arunbg said:
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
That was a good one.
 
  • #77
sid said:
"The French back"

Is it Doc Al?
Frech --> la -->back---> Al
Not what I had in mind, but it's equally good.

neutrino said:
I bet it's El Hombre Invisible. French is also = Le, I believe.
So is this one.

sid said:
Or it could be just "EL"
That's the one I had in mind, but either of the others works as well.
 
  • #78
neutrino said:
9. mount Saint Man, clumisliy

Mattms...he is quite clumsy, isn't he? :biggrin: Mount = mt Saint = st + man
mattmns is correct.
 
  • #79
arunbg said:
12) Cyclovenom, googled ouroboros :biggrin:
Nice one - that's the correct answer.

Regular snakes have venom, so tail-eating snakes should have cyclo-venom! Also, one could make the fairly tenous connection of Ouroboros -> Kekule -> organic chemistry -> cycloalkanes, but that's not the primary clue-solving path.
 
  • #80
neutrino said:
Crazy as shelter

I'd have said shmoe for this if it had been "Crazy as shelters"
If it were, that would have worked, but it's not. It's actually a little more direct.
 
  • #81
Further update:

1. fancy Russian included -- cyrus (hidden clue) - solved by cyrus

2. disenfranchize, without Che inside -- Franz (remove all the letters in 'Che inside' from 'disenfranchize') - solved by cyrus

3. see no jogger stumbling -- George Jones - solved by wolram & George (anagram of 'see no jogger')

4. handheld firework, somewhat spoonerized - larkspur (spoonerize 'sparkler') - solved by mattmns

5. the French back -- EL, Al, etc ('the' in French is le/la; backwards) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

6. In short, are you Schutzstaffel? -- Russ (are = R, you = U, Schutzstaffel = SS) - solved by arildno

7. be a moron, silly! -- moonbear (anagram of 'be a moron') - solved by George

8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ ! -- Math Is Hard (Math is a subject and the Vickers Test measures hardness) - solved by George

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily -- mattmns (mount saint man = mt+st+man, and jumble it) - solved by neutrino

10. crazy as shelter -- unsolved

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange! -- loseyourname (anagram of 'only a resume o') - solved by George

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- cyclovenom - (Ouroboros is a snake swallowing its own tail) - solved by arunbg13. Shere Khan, with room -- SpaceTiger (Shere Khan = tiger (from, for instance, Kipling's Jungle Book, with room or space) - solved by neutrino

14. one turin collision -- neutrino (anagram) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

15. if real, then symmetric -- SelfAdjoint (think matrices) - solved by Sir George
__________________

Looks like #10 is the only one remaining.
 
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  • #82
Gokul43201 said:
If it were, that would have worked, but it's not. It's actually a little more direct.
My first thought was an anagram of as shelter, but I didn't come close to a satisfying answer.
 
  • #83
Here's a few easy ones :

13. Shere Khan, with room

14. one turin collision

15. if real, then symmetric
 
  • #84
neutrino said:
My first thought was an anagram of as shelter, but I didn't come close to a satisfying answer.
Really, it didn't ?
 
  • #85
Gokul43201 said:
Really, it didn't ?
That didn't, but #13 is Space Tiger. :biggrin:
 
  • #86
Hmmm...I really wonder who #14 could refer to

:P
 
  • #87
15. A mentor who works selflessly, much to the benefit of Physics Forums.
 
  • #88
neutrino said:
That didn't, but #13 is Space Tiger. :biggrin:
Close enough. It's actually 'SpaceTiger' - without the space before the 'Tiger'! :biggrin:
 
  • #89
George Jones said:
15. A mentor who works selflessly, much to the benefit of Physics Forums.
Correct - SelfAdjoint. If a self adjoint (~ hermitian) matrix is real...
 
  • #90
14 is neutrino

whoops, waay too late on that one :biggrin:
 

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