What does your username stand for?

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  1. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Long story. It's Wrey. Trust me. ;)
     
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    Is Wrey like a nickname? Ooh, does William call you that? :p
     
  3. Kinzvlle

    Kinzvlle At the bottom of a pit Contributor

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    Kinzvlle comes from webkinz..so yaaa. Granted they spell it with a extra i which ...makes more sense. *shrugs* Years ago in a galaxy far far away, when I was debatably to young for the internet and was on webkinz. I then ripped off a name (which I misspelt) and the name and spelling has stuck because it would take to much effort to change it.
     
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  4. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Well, William can't call me that since it's pronounced just like Ray, which is the traditional shortening of my overlong name.

    Ok, long story long...

    I was an angsty, broody little teen growing up in a military household, which is the kind of environment that exacerbates angst and brood if one is already of that bent. When goth (yes, goth) was happening the first time around, I plunged in deep. Though no active goth will admit it, goth is all about persona and carefully cultivating disaffection, and very, very superficial. My dad and I have the same name and that was an untenable situation to my little "undead" self. I adopted the affectation of the W when I was like 13 or 14 to rectify that situation and it hung around long enough that it just stuck with me ever since.

    Tada.

    [​IMG]
     
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    123456789 Contributor Contributor

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    My username is Hillary's last email password.
     
  6. Oscar Leigh

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    Wait, seriously?
     
  7. Kamran Ali

    Kamran Ali New Member

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    hahahaha No no not really. I am saying it with all the humbleness in me. What can I do and say now my parents kept that. I do feel I am a little bold but not successful at all... lol . Prayers needed
     
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  8. Steerpike

    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

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    Yeah, but they have cool music.
     
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  9. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Oh, yes. No argument there. ;) Every once in a while the mood strikes and Sisters of Mercy or Nick Cave or really early Siouxsie gets played at home, accompanied by many sidelong glances from William who, I think, becomes a little concerned for me. :bigeek:
     
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  10. Steerpike

    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

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    Yep. Same here. Occasional Bauhaus as well. Good stuff.
     
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  11. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Yeah, so anyway, to round out the reason for the W, they're awesome to trick out when you want your signature to be as gothy as you are. :whistle: :-D
     
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    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

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    Couldn't you have thrown in an umlaut somewhere as well?
     
  13. Nicole-tan

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    Nicole - My first name
    -tan - an informal Japanese honorific
    Nothing special :D
     
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    No-Name Slob Member Supporter Contributor

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    As a reformed goth kid, myself, I can attest to this. :rolleyes:
     
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    Rambling chapter conveys one of my weaknesses as a writer. Too wordy, lacking proper pacing. Hoping to rectify that with a thing we all call practice :cool:
     
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  16. Oscar Leigh

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    I was just joking.
     
  17. Brindy

    Brindy Senior Member

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    I had two cavalier spaniels, Brandy and Brinkley. I couldn't use one name over the other, so I merged them into Brindy, and kinda liked it.

    Meaning of life? Onwards and upwards, whatever curve balls are thrown at me.
     
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    Okay, so Trey is what they call someone who shares the same name as his father and grandfather (as in senior, junior, the third). Now I'm trying to figure out how many generations back your name goes for it to be Wrey. :confused:
     
  19. Sack-a-Doo!

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    As opposed to Nicole-san which you reserve for formal occasions. ;)
     
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  20. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    Me and my hubbie write under the pseudonym T. K. Trian. We figured it'd be even more confusing if his handle was T. Trian and my K. Trian, so I modified mine to include my nickname, Kat. It also "hides" my first name.

    Someone once thought my real name was Kate Ryan. Wouldn't be a bad nom de plume, come to think of it.

    Meaning of life? Maybe the meaning of life is to figure out the meaning of life? That, or cinnamon buns. (Imagine I said 'cinnamon buns' in a Homer voice).
     
  21. spacerebel

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    not having any trouble with extra-terrestrial mind control, just a fan of star wars.
     
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  22. Wild Knight

    Wild Knight Senior Member

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    Wild Knight

    Both a pun on "wild night" and the (de?) evolution of one of my favorite video game characters, Sterkenburg from Atelier Rorona, how he went from being a knight with heroic aspirations to... a crazy ex-knight who frequently visited the title Atelier Totori for medications to keep going.

    Meaning of life? Uh... what meaning?
     
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  23. Mumble Bee

    Mumble Bee Keep writing. Contributor

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    I think the titles on this forum need to be changed
    new member - tan
    member - san
    senior member - senpai
    staff- sensei
    Daniel/Wreybies - dono
     
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  24. Imaginarily

    Imaginarily Disparu en Mer Contributor

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    I'm an adverb.
     
  25. Mumble Bee

    Mumble Bee Keep writing. Contributor

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    ... I'm pretty sure you don't even exist, how did you even post this?
     
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