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I don't mean my username! Yours!

I guess this is more of a game and maybe not strictly the right place. But, the idea is to make a top level reply with you asking 'guess' or saying ':)' or what have you, and everyone else should answer what they think the username means or refers to, without looking any words or concepts up! Off the cuff, what do you think it means when you see this person's username?

Not sure about the mobile apps, but if you hover over someone's name in Lemmy it will show their username if they have a display name set. My username is quite boring and straightforward, but I like seeing other people's weird usernames especially on semi-anon places.

Bonus: What do you visually think when you read it? Even if you misread it as a typo, what did you imagine when you read it & saw their avatar?

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[–] Countmacula@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly I just wanted something that sounded funny and non controversial lmao

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[–] MrsEaves@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ahhh, excellent. Let’s see if I can find my community here. Guess away.

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[–] Cattypat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] arbiter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Pegistia@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine has a special meaning, I doubt anyone will guess

[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

your name is kylee and you like any of the -onite crystal names, and thus you are kionite

[–] Kurt@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

One of my professors in college was named kurt vargo. He was in a commercial where he drove the bike across the screen, and in the take that was on the commercial, he drove too far and trashed very very expensive equipment and lighting.

[–] mstankiewicz@karab.in 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe my original nickname - Miersetnik. What do you think?

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[–] CoqPants@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

The proof is in the pantaloons?

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[–] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Ok, let's do this. If you can guess where it's from, you have great taste.

^And^ ^don't^ ^worry,^ ^I^ ^don't^ ^actually^ ^harvest^ ^eyes.^

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I gave up and looked it up. Thank you for your nickname! (You likely get what I mean, I don't want to spoil it for the others.)

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[–] Magusbear@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give it a shot if you like

[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Magus makes me think of a mage for some reason? I don't remember the word root of why that would be. So, mage bear!

[–] foosel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I would second that, I also immediately had the "mage" association.

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[–] foosel@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's give this a shot then!

[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

foosel, I can't figure out a meaning. It makes me think it would sound like a type of cute weasel. That's very weird for me to think that of a word that I don't know, but it is what it is!

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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Two small hints for mine: 1. Latin, and 2. it has nothing to do with the smoking chimp avatar.

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[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] marz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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