Which PF usernames stand out as the best?

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The discussion revolves around the appeal of various usernames within the forum, with participants sharing their favorites and debating their pronunciations. Usernames like ZapperZ, chroot, and StatutoryApe are highlighted for their uniqueness and cleverness. Participants express fondness for names that evoke personality traits or clever wordplay, with some joking about the potential for misspellings. The conversation also touches on the cultural significance of certain names and the stories behind them, leading to humorous exchanges about the meanings and associations of usernames. Additionally, there are nostalgic references to past forum members and light-hearted banter about avatars and character associations from comics, showcasing the community's camaraderie and shared experiences.
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I need to think about this. I noticed that I like the sound of ZapperZ. Sounds cool...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZapperZeeeee. :biggrin:

And I have always like Hypnagogue and selfAdjoint, and our long lost friend Bolderhead, who now lives in South America. Evo is cool, Moonbear, Math is Hard , but they are all friends so I'm biased, I guess.
 
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I really don't know, there are a lot of clever usernames here. I'll have to look through the list of who's online when there are more folks around to see if any names stand out more than others.

In the meantime I nominate both dextercioby and franznietzsche as most likely usernames to be misspelled! :smile:
 
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Dude, c'mon. chroot is the best username EVER. You guys have no idea how much competition I have for it!

- Warren
 
chroot said:
Dude, c'mon. chroot is the best username EVER. You guys have no idea how much competition I have for it!

- Warren

Don't worry, your username is on the list I'm formulating. And I nominate you and Evo for least likely to be misspelled (though I recall someone managed to misspell Evo's name once; I think they called her Eva). :biggrin:
 
chroot, soot, boot, moot, loot, woot, proot.

Yeah, it's a cool name.
 
arildno said:
chroot, soot, boot, moot, loot, woot, proot.

Yeah, it's a cool name.

Which reminds me to ask:
Does chroot rhyme with soot or boot?
 
proot, I'd say..
 
It's um, sort of unpronounceable. It'd rhyme with boot, I guess, if you could say it.

- Warren
 
chroot said:
It's um, sort of unpronounceable. It'd rhyme with boot, I guess, if you could say it.

- Warren


Since root rhymes with boot, yes this would be most likely.
 
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I vote for danger :biggrin:
 
  • #11
Zero. Absolute Zero... and nothing else... ever wanted to see what's beyond the limits?
0°0'0"
 
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franznietzsche said:
Since root rhymes with boot, yes this would be most likely.
That takes care of the second part; so is it now 'Kroot' or 'Shroot'?
 
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Danger said:
That takes care of the second part; so is it now 'Kroot' or 'Shroot'?

Or, urm, 'Chroot'... :smile:






Anyway, why are we having this discussion. Brewnog wins by a country mile!
 
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brewnog said:
Anyway, why are we having this discussion. Brewnog wins by a country mile!
who is brewnog?
 
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Danger said:
That takes care of the second part; so is it now 'Kroot' or 'Shroot'?
I always say Skhroot, I guess because the name reminds me of Scrooge :-p
 
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Didn't this thread come up last year? And didn't we all love Zoobyshoe?
(Where is he now, eh?)
 
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I like 'Astronuc'. I usually just let my eyes zip over names on forums and such because, like chroot, I have no clue how they are pronounced. However, Astronuc explained his name to me once and then I realized how to say it.
 
  • #18
I thought it was great when in the Nerd/Pirate thread Math Is Hard changed her name to "Math Be Hard." That cracked me up.

Moonbear is a cool user name, I aslso like Zoobyshoe and for this forum Integral.
 
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The only problem with my nick is that, if you are not in North America, then it is pronounced as "ZapperZet". Then, it sounds rather dorky. :)

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
The only problem with my nick is that, if you are not in North America, then it is pronounced as "ZapperZet". Then, it sounds rather dorky. :)

Zz.

I'm English & I always read it as ZapperZee.

I'm not quite sure why as I don't go by the American pronunciation in any other circumstances.
 
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ZapperZ said:
The only problem with my nick is that, if you are not in North America, then it is pronounced as "ZapperZet". Then, it sounds rather dorky. :)

Zz.
I'm Norwegian and read it Sæppersett. It has an exotic, quirky ring to it.
 
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arildno said:
I'm Norwegian and read it Sæppersett. It has an exotic, quirky ring to it.

.. and if you tell me that it also has a vulgar and obscene meaning, I'm adopting the Norwegian version! :)

Zz.
 
  • #23
ZapperZ said:
.. and if you tell me that it also has a vulgar and obscene meaning, I'm adopting the Norwegian version! :)

Zz.
Unfortunately, no. It just sounds weird in a fuzzy, friendly way.
 
  • #24
I like 1,1,2,3,5... aka fibonacci
 
  • #25
matthyaouw said:
I'm English & I always read it as ZapperZee.

I'm not quite sure why as I don't go by the American pronunciation in any other circumstances.

I always saw it as 'Zapperzed'. I kinda prefer it like that...
 
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Danger said:
That takes care of the second part; so is it now 'Kroot' or 'Shroot'?

Heh heh. I pronounce it Ch-root. (Ch as in choo choo)
 
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ZapperZ said:
The only problem with my nick is that, if you are not in North America, then it is pronounced as "ZapperZet". Then, it sounds rather dorky. :)

Zz.

It always reminds me of that B-52s song, Channel Z when they sing the Zeeeeeeeeee on a higher note than the rest of the song. ZapperZeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Yep, it's a fun one to say.
 
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Chi Meson said:
Didn't this thread come up last year? And didn't we all love Zoobyshoe?
(Where is he now, eh?)
I talked to the Zoobster a few weeks ago. We have the same birthday so I had to call him up and wish him a happy one. He's doing ok. He got a job herding nocturnally roving jellyfish and that keeps him real busy. He comes by and visits PF once in a while, he just doesn't post anymore. I miss him, too.
 
  • #29
Chi Meson said:
Didn't this thread come up last year? And didn't we all love Zoobyshoe?
(Where is he now, eh?)


Zoobyshoe wins.
 
  • #30
How the hell has no one mentioned TheStatutoryApe? That's far and away the best username.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I talked to the Zoobster a few weeks ago. We have the same birthday so I had to call him up and wish him a happy one. He's doing ok. He got a job herding nocturnally roving jellyfish and that keeps him real busy. He comes by and visits PF once in a while, he just doesn't post anymore. I miss him, too.
Herding nocturnally roving jellyfish? I've heard that term as a modification of the idiom "managing <blank> is like herding cats" for cases where the folks you're managing can sometimes get you stung.

So, is he a pimp or is he the supervisor on the night shift of a computer network? :confused:

And if he really does herd nocturnally roving jellyfish, does he get to wear a cowboy hat? And what does he ride?
 
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BobG said:
And if he really does herd nocturnally roving jellyfish, does he get to wear a cowboy hat? And what does he ride?

I suppose he rides a bicycle when he's wrangling jellies (since he only goes after the ones that try to sneak onto land), and I believe he wears a glow-in-the-dark cowboy hat since he works at night. He rides around with a long net, scooping up the little purple suckers, and flinging them back into the ocean.

He's doing an excellent job. I haven't been stung in the middle of the night by a land-roving jellyfish in 6 months. :smile:
 
  • #33
BobG said:
And what does he ride?
Wouldn't it be a seahorse? :confused:
 
  • #34
BobG said:
And if he really does herd nocturnally roving jellyfish, does he get to wear a cowboy hat? And what does he ride?

:rolleyes: No, of course he doesn't wear a cowboy hat, he wears a purple jellyboy hat. He rides on a network of multicolored strings. But I guess we couldn't expect someone who isn't versed in jellitivity to know that. :rolleyes: :biggrin:
 
  • #35
I love BobG's new avatar too! :biggrin: Danger started this, so maybe he can remind me of the names of these cartoon characters. :smile:
 
  • #36
Awesome! Bob G looks so handsome!

Here's some reference for you SOS: http://www.lil-abner.com/

I believe your character is Moonbeam Mcswine..
http://www.lil-abner.com/images/moonbeam.GIF
 
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SOS2008 said:
I love BobG's new avatar too! :biggrin: Danger started this, so maybe he can remind me of the names of these cartoon characters. :smile:
Good grief, I've created a monster. Okay, MIH is Daisy Mae & BobG is Li'l Abner. I can think of a couple of appropriate users for some of the auxilliary characters, who can be found http://www.lil-abner.com/other.html , among other places.
 
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Danger said:
Good grief, I've created a monster. Okay, MIH is Daisy Mae & BobG is Li'l Abner. I can think of a couple of appropriate users for some of the auxilliary characters, who can be found http://www.lil-abner.com/other.html , among other places.
I remember reading the Li'l Abner comics as a kid, but only remember some of these characters. Very interesting--Thanks! :biggrin:
 
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my screenname is odd, but fibonacci is kinda cool, however i would have to vote for chroot, just because you can't say it, unless you happen to be polish, they seem to like that thing where words have many few vowes in places where you need them.

Fibonacci
 
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I think it should be math is hard, because it's so true


vote math is hard! :biggrin:
 
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yomamma said:
I think it should be math is hard, because it's so true


vote math is hard! :biggrin:
yay! votes for yomomma right back! :biggrin:
 
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loseyourname said:
How the hell has no one mentioned TheStatutoryApe? That's far and away the best username.
Thank you. :blushing:
I like your's too, but I'd have to say selfAdjoint is my favorite.
I like Evo, it's simple but sexy.
Math Is Hard is cute... er I mean the name, though I understand the user is too. ;-p
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
I like Evo, it's simple but sexy.
Aww, thanks. I like your name too. :smile:
 
  • #44
Who has the best avatar?
 
  • #45
We've been over that before. Please don't get them started again.
 
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yomamma said:
Who has the best avatar?
Yeah I think that would call for a separate thread.
 
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SOS2008 said:
I remember reading the Li'l Abner comics as a kid, but only remember some of these characters. Very interesting--Thanks! :biggrin:
Isn't Li'l Abner required reading in our education system? It should be. Li'l Abner and Peanuts are the two comic strips that have had the greatest impact on our culture.

"If I had my druthers..." - straight from the Li'l Abner comic strip.

"Sadie Hawkins Day" dances - straight from the Li'l Abner comic strip (in fact Sadie Hawkins is one of the Li'l Abner characters).

I'm sure there's a few other phrases that came from Li'l Abner.

Actually, Li'l Abner was in its heyday (yet another hick reference) a little before my time, too. It's peak popularity was in the 50's and earlier. It was pretty biting political commentary - it was the conservative answer to the liberal Pogo (another classic comic strip). By time you and I were reading it, Al Capp had lost a lot of interest in the whole idea and was just churning out gags because it was a job.

Errrgg. Now everyone knows where I find my "classic literature". :redface:
 
  • #48
brewnog said:
I always saw it as 'Zapperzed'. I kinda prefer it like that...
That sounds just a little too much like 'Zipperhead', one of our standard insults around here.
I've got to go along with Loser in that 'StatutoryApe' is one of the most clever ones. 'Evo' evokes a techno-sexiness that's hard to beat. I'd like to know where 'Moonbear' came up with hers, 'cause it sounds really cool but has no significance that's obvious. Same for 'SOS2008' and 'Ivan Seeking'. 'Integral', 'Derivitive', 'Chronxeh', fib, and 'Astronuc' are particulary appropriate for the site.
If I absolutely had to chose, I think that I'd have to vote for 'Brewnog', both for originality and because it seems to project his personality.
 
  • #49
best name is Astronuc
ZapperZ is too widely used...i have encountered many Zapper's on the net

Danger and Evo have the best avatars

marlonB

i also like mooberrymarz, but that's just because she is so beautiful...just like Evo's youngest daughter with the tan...
 
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Danger posted the greatest photo's ever...he should be in the movies...

marlon
 

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