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divegeester
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STARMERGEDDON

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Possibly a thread idea run before.

What is the origin or root of how you chose your username?

Happy to kick off.
Mine is a combo of two words; dive and geester. “Dive” refers to my love of scuba diving (although I have not dived for a few years now), and secondly “geester” a work nickname from many years ago.

Great Big Stees

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@divegeester said
Possibly a thread idea run before.

What is the origin or root of how you chose your username?

Happy to kick off.
Mine is a combo of two words; dive and geester. “Dive” refers to my love of scuba diving (although I have not dived for a few years now), and secondly “geester” a work nickname from many years ago.
Mine comes from a niece who had three family members named Steve. She pronounced Steve, Stees . She had a cousin Steve, so he was Little Stees, another uncle Big Stees and with me being the eldest I was Great Big Stees.🤔😲👍

mchill
Cryptic

Behind the scenes

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@divegeester said
Possibly a thread idea run before.

What is the origin or root of how you chose your username?

Happy to kick off.
Mine is a combo of two words; dive and geester. “Dive” refers to my love of scuba diving (although I have not dived for a few years now), and secondly “geester” a work nickname from many years ago.
mchill is an abbreviation for a well-known hill in the North Seattle suburb of Shoreline called "motorcycle hill" Our track and cross-country teams often ran up this hill a dozen times or more during practice - - decades ago when pretty girls walked the halls of our high school, the sounds of Chicago filled the airwaves, and all was right with the world! 🙂

rookie54
free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

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@divegeester said

What is the origin or root of how you chose your username?
i was invited to an orgy
i told them i was a rookie
like a lot of things that evening, it stuck

Kewpie
Felis Australis

Australia

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I looked for a short one-word name which would be easy to find in alphabetical lists. My secondhand desltop had a sticker QP on it. As a wartime child I saw kewpie dolls. It was inevitable that i ended up with this choice.

Drewnogal
Constant Gardener

The Plot

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Drewno is the Polish word for wood - thus Wood Gal 🤗

Great Big Stees

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@Drewnogal said
Drewno is the Polish word for wood - thus Wood Gal 🤗
Hmm, then my name in Polish drewno be Steven Drewno.🤔😲👍

Suzianne
Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

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@divegeester said
Possibly a thread idea run before.

What is the origin or root of how you chose your username?

Happy to kick off.
Mine is a combo of two words; dive and geester. “Dive” refers to my love of scuba diving (although I have not dived for a few years now), and secondly “geester” a work nickname from many years ago.
When I first saw it, I misread it as "geezer".

Suzianne
Misfit Queen

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My mom called me "Susie" until one day I announced to everyone that going forward, my name was "Suzi", complete with a little heart over the i (I was, like, 5).

Susan + Anne = Suzianne

Drewnogal
Constant Gardener

The Plot

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@Great-Big-Stees said
Hmm, then my name in Polish drewno be Steven Drewno.🤔😲👍
Stefan Drewno actually 😉

The Gravedigger
Jack Torrance

Overlook Hotel

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“The Gravedigger” is a horror thriller film. It tells the story of a lonely gravedigger whose life takes an unexpected turn when he discovers a horribly scarred man hiding in the graveyard.

A Unique Nickname

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"We recommend using a unique nickname."

RHP recommended it to me.

rookie54
free tazer tickles..

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@A-Unique-Nickname
i don't know how the code is written,
but,
it occurs to me that any username chosen that is exactly like one already in use would create an instant red flag warning of unacceptability

thus,
all usernames would automatically be "unique", right outta the gate

The Gravedigger
Jack Torrance

Overlook Hotel

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I'm going to come back as 'The Undertaker.'

A Unique Nickname

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@rookie54 said
@A-Unique-Nickname
i don't know how the code is written,
but,
it occurs to me that any username chosen that is exactly like one already in use would create an instant red flag warning of unacceptability

thus,
all usernames would automatically be "unique", right outta the gate
@Rookie53 and @rookie54... unfortunately the uniqueness ruined.

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