How did you come up with your Nickname?

Mine is simple enough.

The protagonist of "Matrix" + A shortened version of my Alma Mater's nickname(Penguins).

Setanta means "pathfinder," i was trying to think of a name to use at AFUZZ, and was lost for an answer, so it occurred to me as a nicely ironic moniker . . .

I'm a scientist who enjoys "Pinky and the Brain" (two cartoon lab mice trying to take over the world). I'm not cute enough to be a mouse, though, so I settled for "lab rat".

Mine come from a Country Song that I love. Not to count, how much I miss it when a man can make you shiver......

Beat you to the rat, didn't I, Lab Rat?

Norville Wesley Cargile III Sherman. Who can handle that? For years, and before me, nicknames have tended to be normal for my family. Over the years I've used many, some of which were used for relatively short times and for specific purposes. My wife calls me Wes, and only the very closest family ever calls me Norvill, or some varient of it. The children generally call me Da, or Uncas. Other nicknames used by the world have come and gone. Some just sorta happened, but the one that has tended to stick longest was "Al".

My features tend to the round, my eyes are said to gleam on occuasion with wicked innocence, and my weird take on the world reminded my old school chums of Alfred E. Neuman, hence "Al".

Over ten years ago the computer nazis of the city I worked for dictated that my Email address would forever after be Asherman. That followed their protocol of using the first initial and the surname as Addresses. They didn't realize that "Al" was just a nickname. My presence in the city was a bit shadowy in the years following. My office was often moved, usually to out-of-the-way locations. New employees were hired, and the first thing I knew I was being introduced in meetings as Asherman. Those who knew me when I was more accessable to the world still called me Al, but "Asherman" was a name to scare mid-level executives into doing a better job.

Now I'm retired, but Asherman is the name under which I paint, and write. My computer server had already used Asherman, so I ended up with Asherman34. There's the tale.

Colorbook is the name of a Java Applet. I thought it would make a nice nickname.

Montana is the character name of a cowgirl played in one of my favorite old western series who reminds me a lot of myself.

...and now for the one with no imagination...

Hi, my name is Suzy, but not from Suzette...Suzette is...as in coquette:

Definition:
[n] a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, flirt, mash, minx, philander, prickteaser, romance, tease, vamp, vamper
See Also: adult female, speak, talk, vamp, wanton, woman

onyx: black jewel/gemstone
elle: female

i'm an african american female...i don't think it's very imaginative but i like the way it sounds :-)

Daddy has a Harbor Seal
You can depend upon it.
Be thankful it's a quatrain
And not a whole damn sonnet!

The first three letters (ker) is the beginning of my bestfriends first name and the last three letters (ver) is the beginning of my first name, therfor making the name "kerver".

I feel it a duty to guess:

Kerry

Veronica

What do I win? :wink:

i dont think you won anythiing, because he said 1st 3 and last 3....maybe kerry and carver???

Oh my God! We are in the midst of greatness! It is Kermit the Frog and Vern the Toad.

I am honored.


My name, by the way, is simply a shortened version of my real name.

How embarrassing, onyxelle! Apparently, while Diane is away this week, I've caught a bit of DYSLEXIA.

suzette:
very close, if kerry is spelled keri, u'll have to keep guessing on my name though.
Onyxelle:
lol...I am a she, not a he! Just to clear that up.

i have been thoroughly tweaked :-)

actually my real name is Chauntay HerManyHorses but it seems to confuse people about my gender.