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It's kinda from my surname, in a way... | It's kinda from my surname, in a way... | ||
Also elephant made me. | Also elephant made me. | ||
==[[User:butlerx|butlerx]]== | |||
i miss typed butlerc a few years ago and it stuck | |||
==[[User:cain|cain]]== | ==[[User:cain|cain]]== | ||
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==[[User:carri|carri]]== | ==[[User:carri|carri]]== | ||
I wanted giggleberry but its too long. So me being my epically cool self just used my actual 'name'. | I wanted giggleberry but its too long. So me being my epically cool self just used my actual 'name'. | ||
==[[User:cianky|cianky]]== | |||
I mean it's quite literally just my first name, plus the first character of my surname, along with a 'y' chucked on the end of it. But it works! | |||
==[[User:coconut|coconut]]== | ==[[User:coconut|coconut]]== | ||
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==[[User:david|david]]== | ==[[User:david|david]]== | ||
The year that I joined DCU Hasselhoff was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. With all the new challenges in my life at that time I found that he was someone I could look up to. I could admire his achievements. He was like an uncle to me. I grew up on Kinght Rider and am looking forward to the new movie coming out this year. And then when I got a little older and started noticing girls I got interested in Baywatch. I wanted to be the stud that he was on that show. Appropriately in 2000 when I joined redbrick he released one of his many hit albums in Germany - "The Magic Colleciton". So I chose david as my redbrick username because ... well actually its not that interesting really, its my name in real life. | The year that I joined DCU Hasselhoff was given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. With all the new challenges in my life at that time I found that he was someone I could look up to. I could admire his achievements. He was like an uncle to me. I grew up on Kinght Rider and am looking forward to the new movie coming out this year. And then when I got a little older and started noticing girls I got interested in Baywatch. I wanted to be the stud that he was on that show. Appropriately in 2000 when I joined redbrick he released one of his many hit albums in Germany - "The Magic Colleciton". So I chose david as my redbrick username because ... well actually its not that interesting really, its my name in real life. | ||
==[[User:distro|distro]]== | |||
My username before I joined college was "DistroByte" but that was one too many characters for redbrick LDAP. So I chose distro and it stuck. | |||
==[[User:doc|DoC]]== | ==[[User:doc|DoC]]== | ||
It's the initials of my real name. I've been called DoC in real life by friends, family, etc, for as long as I can remember. | It's the initials of my real name. I've been called DoC in real life by friends, family, etc, for as long as I can remember. | ||
==[[User:dogmeat|dogmeat]]== | |||
I was attached to the dog in the fallout games. | |||
==[[User:drag0n|drag0n]]== | ==[[User:drag0n|drag0n]]== | ||
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It's my surname. | It's my surname. | ||
==[[User:eamon_c|eamon_c]]== | |||
I regret this | |||
I regret this | |||
I regret this | |||
I regret this | |||
Call me Flannel | |||
==[[User:elmer|elmer]]== | ==[[User:elmer|elmer]]== | ||
My username came from my first ever email address(elmer@clubi.ie) which i chose based on the looney tunes character elmer fudd | My username came from my first ever email address(elmer@clubi.ie) which i chose based on the looney tunes character elmer fudd | ||
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Cause I'm an xphile and Mulder's first name is Fox. :) | Cause I'm an xphile and Mulder's first name is Fox. :) | ||
==[[User:fructus|fructus]]== | |||
I am sometimes get called "Fructis", "Fruitcake" or "Fruitcaek", despite "fructus" and "fructis" (the shampoo) being spelt alike thats not where the username came from. Once opon a time I was trying to come up with some username that wasn't going to taken everything time I tried signing up to things, After some thinking I came up with "Fructus Sum" which is latin for "To Be Fruit" which was as close as I could get to "I am mad" in latin with out it being long or just not to my liking. Of course when Redbrick doesn't allow that many chars so I dropped the sum and go by "Fructus" which yes means "Fruit" a long which a whole lot more. | |||
Of Course Fruitcake was my "friends" when they found out where the user name came from after I got sick of the shampoo comments... not sure is it better or worst. haha | |||
Suprisingly Fructus which I like more is starting to be taken on a lot of sites. :( | |||
==[[User:gizmo|gizmo]]== | ==[[User:gizmo|gizmo]]== | ||
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==[[User:gmblitis|gmblitis]]== | ==[[User:gmblitis|gmblitis]]== | ||
Would've been gamblitis but for those dam restrictions!so the idea came in the first place came from my unhealthy obsession with horses and cards! | Would've been gamblitis but for those dam restrictions!so the idea came in the first place came from my unhealthy obsession with horses and cards! | ||
==[[User:greenday|greenday]]== | |||
I was wearing a greenday hoodie and panicked. | |||
==[[User:gw|gw]]== | ==[[User:gw|gw]]== | ||
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I wrote down kehoe, my surname and an old nickname, on the slip. However, due to my incapability to write h's correctly, the admins read it as keloe. | I wrote down kehoe, my surname and an old nickname, on the slip. However, due to my incapability to write h's correctly, the admins read it as keloe. | ||
==[[User:koffee|koffee]]== | |||
I was holding a cup of coffee when I signed up after coconut's Ruby talk in first year. I was put on the spot. | |||
also: | |||
I like coffee, I drink a lot of coffee, I'm known for drinking large amounts of caffeinated beverages. It made sense | |||
==[[User:kpodesta|kpodesta]]== | ==[[User:kpodesta|kpodesta]]== | ||
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==[[User:marvin|marvin]]== | ==[[User:marvin|marvin]]== | ||
There are three references here : Starvin Marvin from South Park, Marvin The Paranoid Android from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Marvin the Martian from the Warner Bros cartoon. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which one was the greatest influence (hint: it wasn't Starvin Marvin). | There are three references here : Starvin Marvin from South Park, Marvin The Paranoid Android from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Marvin the Martian from the Warner Bros cartoon. I'll leave it to the reader to decide which one was the greatest influence (hint: it wasn't Starvin Marvin). | ||
==[[User:mctastic|mctastic]]== | |||
I mean, it's pronounced "mactastic", but it's spelled "mctastic". | |||
I'm often referred to as Mac, though I heard there was another one during sign ups (looking at you maK > . >) so I went with something more elaborate, "mactastic". | |||
Sadly it was one letter too long, and this prompted zergless to suggest cutting the first a. I did as many first years do while choosing a username, and crumbled under the mounting pressure of the line waiting to sign up behind me. | |||
==[[User:merchelo|merchelo]]== | ==[[User:merchelo|merchelo]]== | ||
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On redbrick irc i'm known as Darz0re, It was a in-joke at the time when myself and dizer stuck z0re at the end of out names | On redbrick irc i'm known as Darz0re, It was a in-joke at the time when myself and dizer stuck z0re at the end of out names | ||
hence thez0rekorp.com and z0re.org | hence thez0rekorp.com and z0re.org | ||
==[[User:thegirl|thegirl]]== | |||
induxi0n chose it. I'm the only girl to have ever been in my course (CPSSD) so hence thegirl. | |||
==[[User:tiernep|tiernep]]== | ==[[User:tiernep|tiernep]]== | ||
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As a kid my dad used to always call me Belle.When I got older and after many trips to Disney I took a loving to the mischiefious tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell though was too long so JesJes decided on tnkrbell instead. | As a kid my dad used to always call me Belle.When I got older and after many trips to Disney I took a loving to the mischiefious tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Tinkerbell though was too long so JesJes decided on tnkrbell instead. | ||
==[[User:tome|tome]]== | |||
my surnam | |||
==[[User:train|train]]== | ==[[User:train|train]]== | ||
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A God from one of William Blake's epic poems. Thought it sounded epic, so that seemed right. | A God from one of William Blake's epic poems. Thought it sounded epic, so that seemed right. | ||
==[[User:voy|voy]]== | |||
My name is Wojtek, pronounced a bit like "VoyTech", so voy is just the first part. I was first called voy in Carlingford Adventure Centre by the instructor in 6th class. | |||
==[[User:werdz|werdz]]== | ==[[User:werdz|werdz]]== | ||
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Long story, guys i used to know named me Wilburtino, i didnt really like it cos they were muppets. However, it grew on me over time. Wanted Wilburtino or Will as my username but they wouldnt let me :( so wilburt was the only one left. Like all rb usernames i think, they are spur of the moment. (or admin mistakes) | Long story, guys i used to know named me Wilburtino, i didnt really like it cos they were muppets. However, it grew on me over time. Wanted Wilburtino or Will as my username but they wouldnt let me :( so wilburt was the only one left. Like all rb usernames i think, they are spur of the moment. (or admin mistakes) | ||
==[[User:xoreax|xoreax]]== | |||
Inspired by the username of this cybersecurity guy who gave a really cool talk at DEFCON about an Intel ME (yes, ring -3) exploit iirc. and it stuck with me. we're cooked. | |||
Also the better way to zero out EAX [xor eax, eax]. Pronounced either /X-or-E-A-X/, /X-R-X/ or just /xerox/. | |||
==[[User:zergless|zergless]]== | |||
At the time I was playing Starcraft 2 alot and was going to choose watchmecreep but it was too long. So the first thing that came to mind was zergless | |||
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