Profile name
            
                
                    ChapinaGrande                
                
                    Posts: 289 Member                
            
                        
            
                    I see that you all have the most interesting profile names. How did you come up with yours?
I'll start. My husband is from Guatemala. A person from Guatemala is informally known as a Chapin/Chapina. Even though I am gringa by birth, I consider myself an honorary Chapina by marriage, especially since I now have a scar from burning myself while making homemade tortillas. In addition, all the Central Americans I have ever met are very short. My husband is 5'5 to my 5'10, so I am pretty durn gigantic to him and his friends and family--hence ChapinaGrande. My husband always chuckles when he sees me on here because of my name.
                
                I'll start. My husband is from Guatemala. A person from Guatemala is informally known as a Chapin/Chapina. Even though I am gringa by birth, I consider myself an honorary Chapina by marriage, especially since I now have a scar from burning myself while making homemade tortillas. In addition, all the Central Americans I have ever met are very short. My husband is 5'5 to my 5'10, so I am pretty durn gigantic to him and his friends and family--hence ChapinaGrande. My husband always chuckles when he sees me on here because of my name.
0        
            Replies
- 
            From Texas, nickname used to be Angel and was born in 790
 - 
            Typo0
 - 
            I love the show Dexter. And since I'm not a man, I change it to Dextress. = )0
 - 
            It's a play on my last name. In high school I played sports and the sports page had a lead an article headlined "A Spanntastic finish" (my last name being Spann) after I scored 8 points in the last minute to win the game. After that everyone kept calling me spanntastic and well I just used it as my e-mail and username since then.0
 - 
            Come on. Definitely a given. Ive been in love with Red Bull since I started high school. So.... it's probably been about 8 years. Give or take. It really does give me wings.0
 - 
            my name and age..I'm not very creative!!! lol0
 - 
            My nickname in college was Mac (that user name was taken) and my nieces & nephews always called me Uncle Mac.0
 - 
            PG is My Initials
3 is for the Union I belong to
IBEW is for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers0 - 
            Im a red head and a fan of Clockwork
                        0 - 
            Because I fell down the steps many many years ago and apparently looked like a Slinky toy. The nickname Slinky just stuck and I started using it for everything, only that spelling was taken so I changed it to Slinkee. It evolved into IMSLINKEE (I'm Slinkee) and has just stuck ever since.0
 - 
            My first name and one of my DJ aliases smashed together xD0
 - 
            My initials and year of birth... everything else I tried was taken so my choices got smaller and smaller. I am very impressed with some peoples usernames. So creative!!!!0
 - 
            Short for my last name and the name of a business I had for a short time then the year of my birth tacked on; I use the kdeaux name several places online.0
 - 
            My Hubby calls me Kitten and sometimes Kitty... and you guessed it, sometimes Kitteh.0
 - 
            My name is Diana hence the di
2=to
lose well obvious
w8=weight
Always wonder if people think it means dying to lose weight…not so!0 - 
            Mine means whatever anyone wants it to mean... I like the word wicked... and bean... well yeah i can't put why I decided to choose that or I would get a warning at the very least.0
 - 
            My name is Terry, which is always taken, so I just add to it. Here it's Terryism, sometimes I go with Terryastic or Terrylific...I'm just goofy like that.0
 - 
            I like The Crow a lot and the Joker so that's where the "smile" part comes from. The "untold" part of it used to be the name of my blog "The Untold Smile" before I changed it. I use different versions of "smile". I like it.0
 - 
            One of my good friend's name going all the way back to the days of myspace (lol ancient nowadays) her name was nikki novacaine. and i wanted something cool like that for my name. we couldnt think of a drug that sounded nice with my name but we came up with symphony. So it's my name, Shalea with symphony added to it
                        0 - 
            I've always had a few issues with following rules. My childhood dance instructor gave me the name because I was a "pistol." Crystal is my real first name. Sadly, at 31, it still fits.0
 - 
            I don't care. I don't give a ****.0
 - 
            I am:
Big
Aussie
and a
Bloke.....
I am so complicated!0 - 
            Laserturkey is a World of Warcraft reference to "Balance" druids who look like large, owlish creatures and inflict damage with magic spells.0
 - 
            My name is Molly, and I had my little man Oliver (Ollie) on Jan 12, 2012, sooo...Olliesmolly11212!0
 - 
            I think mine's pretty self explanatory...
                        0 - 
            My hubby's nickname is Hunts.........(last name Hunter) therefore I am MrsHunts LOL
                        0 - 
            You guys are cracking me up...
I tried several different names myself but they were all taken so I just went with something I remembered from work that day :-)0 - 
            My name is Terry, which is always taken, so I just add to it. Here it's Terryism, sometimes I go with Terryastic or Terrylific...I'm just goofy like that.
I'd call myself "Terryfying", lol, but that;s just me. =D0 - 
            A fellow MFPer Re-named me to 'LemonBurns' after an EXcellent conversation involving Mr. Burns and turning Lemons into Lemonade. It's a great story, I'll tell you sometime - or not.0
 - 
            mine came from a line in the song "Ashes" by FFDP0
 
This discussion has been closed.
            Categories
- All Categories
 - 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
 - 398.4K Introduce Yourself
 - 44.7K Getting Started
 - 261K Health and Weight Loss
 - 176.4K Food and Nutrition
 - 47.7K Recipes
 - 233K Fitness and Exercise
 - 462 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
 - 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
 - 8.7K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
 - 153.5K Motivation and Support
 - 8.4K Challenges
 - 1.4K Debate Club
 - 96.5K Chit-Chat
 - 2.6K Fun and Games
 - 4.7K MyFitnessPal Information
 - 17 News and Announcements
 - 21 MyFitnessPal Academy
 - 1.5K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
 - 3.2K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
 



















