I Know It's Probably Been Done Before But How Did You Choose Your Nickname

My nickname was Madder, (yes I was very angry, and it was part of my maiden name), until at 32 and I became a grandmother, and then it changed to Grams because of that, and my smoking habits. :hide:
 

I'm a female geezer, so that is why I am Geezerette! Am very impressed with the creativity of all those above in creating their names!
 
Geezerette said:
I'm a female geezer, so that is why I am Geezerette! Am very impressed with the creativity of all those above in creating their names!
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Me too....a lot of thought went into some of the names. And here I stuck with my real plain jane name....awwww shucks.
 
Lee said:
Me too....a lot of thought went into some of the names. And here I stuck with my real plain jane name....awwww shucks.
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I think use of your real name is a nice one, nothing wrong with being you wherever you go. Often I've used my real first name, mostly it's more convenient for when I forget my password as well as a good reminder for me to remember my name as I get older since I don't have anyone calling out my name nightly to remind me. ha, ha, ha. This was the first time in a while I chose to use my birth month instead of my first name, but the T is usually a consistent part of the nick. T=Taurus the bull will always be a part of me. ;)
 
When I was 6, my dad took a job in Sacramento and we all moved there. Sacto is short for Sacramento. Captain Sacto (real name Harry Martin) was a guy who hosted a Saturday morning kid's show wearing a sailing cap and jacket. He was also a local TV news anchor.

I've moved a bunch of times, but moved back to Sacramento about 3 yrs ago. Captain Sacto died back in 2008, so I figured it'd be ok to borrow his moniker.
 
It's fun to read how members chose their user names but mine is just plain and simple. "Lara" is the shortened version of my real name...easier for others to type...plus there is already a member here with my real name. I like being called Lara.
 
Well, I'm a Richard. When I was born, "Dick" didn't have the connotations it does now. Then came "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, and the rest of the Dick stuff, but everyone called me "Dick", so I kept it. There have been people, who just couldn't handle "Dick". ( NO pun intended). While I use Rick, I feel like a Dick,:)
 
My name is Jane and I grin a lot. Actually, Jane is my middle name and Janie is my nickname. I dislike my first name Mary and never use it unless I have to. I was always called the conjunction of both names when I was a kid but no one does that when they see the printed name.

I always said when my mother died I would change it legally, but she died last year and so far I haven't gotten around to it. I have the pleadings saved to my hard drive so it would be pretty easy to do. It only costs $150 for filing fees. Yes, why don't I go ahead and do that?
 
I dislike trying to come up with names that aren't already taken. I play online and other games, and I have to use unique names each time I make a new character, so when I find something that's open, I grab it and recycle it. That's how Silver Sonnet came to be. It's appropriate, too, since I write and teach college writing.
 
When I was in the Navy the southern boys called me "Slim" because I was skinny. The northerners called me "Willie" after a notorious bank robber who had the same last name.
 
i have had several names at different places i have worked---i use to drive a truck--trucking honey--skinny minnie i was the smallest one--pepper cause i liked a lot of pepper on my food
 

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