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Why that Name?

Nos150
Nos150 Posts: 150
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
After reading another thread about our real names i was wondering, why did you pic your screen name?

Nos is an energy drink that was sitting beside me at the time. it has 150 calories.

:)
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    Well mine's pretty obvious. I'm a Chicago Cubs fan lol. And 23 is the number of my all time favorite player, Ryne Sandberg...
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    This is where I was born ...

    ... my name was already taken on MFP.
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  • CrawlingChaos
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    My name is Jenna Coffee.
  • H_Factor
    H_Factor Posts: 1,722 Member
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  • Pocket_Pixi
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  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    double post sorry!
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    Poustotah is the character in a Russian novel. He's the hero of the novel and is basically a nobody that has to overcome some pretty bad guys to save the country. I really have no idea why I still use it.
  • loseiteli
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    mine is motivational...my name is Elisabeth (most called me Eli)...so "Lose It Eli"
  • hersheygirl09
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    i got engaged at Hershey Park! and I LOVE Hershey's! i got married in 09. so i became Hersheygirl09!
  • scrapdreams
    scrapdreams Posts: 13
    scrapdreams has been my online moniker for 10 years... ever since I got involved in scrapbooking... it's how I'm known all over the internet.
  • LuvsToSpin
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    I started taking spin classes last spring to try and switch up my workouts and became addicted to cycling, hence the name! :)
  • blueyegrl
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  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
    Had to come up with a password for another system earlier in the day, and it just stuck with me! :embarassed:
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    Before not being able to eat anything, I was a major foodie. You can still see all the food pics on facebook. I've got about 300 pics of food there.....and I have about 150 pics on Instagram.
  • Tonnina
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  • _SusieQ_
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    I LOVE the Beatles and I was born in '87
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  • ThePhoenixRose
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    well, because i'm a mom, and i hope to be a hot one soon. soooo. hot mama soon. made sense to me! :happy:
  • schnugglebug
    schnugglebug Posts: 330 Member
    Many years ago when I joined a dating website... I needed a name that would describe me and it was Schnugglebug...
    and well it stuck lol

    I use it for almost everything lol I have since met the man of my life... and am engaged... but the name has stuck... I am a schnugglebug who loves to schnuggle huggle and cuddle !!
  • cNhobbes
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    I LOVE CALVIN AND HOBBES!! :laugh:
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Irish!
  • AggieLu
    AggieLu Posts: 873 Member
    Mine is my first name and Lu is a nickname from a coworker and a loved one :) I kinda like Aggie Lu together :)
  • whitehandlady
    whitehandlady Posts: 459 Member
    I'm an H P Lovecraft nerd. The crawling chaos is a story by HPL, but is also what they call Nyarlathotep, who is basically the avatar for all the "Outer Gods" of the mythos.

    friggin awesome
  • Pangui
    Pangui Posts: 373 Member
    "Pan Gui" (pronounced "pan gway") is the name the orphanage gave my Chinese daughter before I adopted her. It means "Hope to come back". We kept it as her middle name.
  • whitehandlady
    whitehandlady Posts: 459 Member
    i've posted this before but here goes (don't everyone yawn at once...lol)

    i named myself after a character in an ages old love story

    the story:tristan and iseult (not like the not-quite-named -right awful movie tristan and isolde

    the counter to iseult the fair is iseult of the white hands

    and i identify with her .....both in identity and in love
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