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FReeper names explained
My curiousity | Now | Yours truly

Posted on 01/18/2002 5:03:35 PM PST by Come get it

Some FReepers have nicks that are obvious in their origin, others don't. I've seen several that probably have interesting stories behind them.

I thought it would be cool to see where FReepers get their handles from. If you don't like this topic, DON'T POST HERE! No one forces you to read this. I'm sure other people may be interested. If I'm the only one, let me know so I can crawl away in shame.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: freeper; freepernames; names; namesfreeper
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To: Come get it
Mine's a reaction to the overconfidence in technology and computers (things digital) as well as a tendency for folks to ignore subtle distinctions in favor of yes/no (on/off as in digital) easy answers. This isn't to say like a liberal I think everything is grey.... however real life is lived in an analog world.
1,141 posted on 04/25/2003 2:29:30 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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To: skinkinthegrass

"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn this way"

1,142 posted on 04/25/2003 2:29:48 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death)
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To: Come get it
I live by the Brazos River and I have a .357 Ruger GP100
E-Z enuff!
1,143 posted on 04/25/2003 2:32:10 PM PDT by brazos.357
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To: Sofa King
Also for Pant Kicker
1,144 posted on 04/25/2003 2:33:06 PM PDT by BSunday
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To: Tennessee_Bob
I like skinks (small lizards)

Arrrh...I'm...with...ya...where's the mead?

1,145 posted on 04/25/2003 2:38:02 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because your paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
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To: Newbomb Turk
Named after the Newbomb Turk Memorial Library.

I thought it was a character's name in a movie I saw.
1,146 posted on 04/25/2003 2:45:42 PM PDT by Taffini (I like Tony Soprano even though he is a fat-boy)
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To: skinkinthegrass
photogirl = photographer who is a girl
other nicknames "Hot Wheels" because I ride motorcycles and I have the Hot Wheels stickers on my Arai helmet.
(simple enough):)
1,147 posted on 04/25/2003 2:47:42 PM PDT by photogirl
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To: Come get it
My favorite Retriever Trial dog.

But the family just calls her Glory.........
1,148 posted on 04/25/2003 2:50:10 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: Come get it
Toirdhealbheach Beucail = Scot's Gaelic for "Roaring Terry" or "Thundering Terry" (Toirdhealbeach = Turlough = Terry, Beucail = booming or thundering, as in the roar of a cannon or gun).

My name actually would be Terry, and I have been accused of not having a volume control...
1,149 posted on 04/25/2003 3:04:09 PM PDT by Toirdhealbheach Beucail (Am fear nach gheibh na h-airm 'n am na sith, cha bith iad aige 'nam a chogaidh)
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To: Shooter 2.5
I noticed that shooters seem to own cats while hunters own dogs.

That's a very astute observation. My daughter is a shooter (not too much of one) and owns the cat. Her husband, the hunter, owns the dog.

My house has 3 kitties and everyone here above the age of 12 is a shooter (all girls except moi..)

1,150 posted on 04/25/2003 3:11:42 PM PDT by ninenot
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
AH-Hmmm, A very fine drawing... :)
1,151 posted on 04/25/2003 6:28:26 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because your paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
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To: Taffini
Ever seen Hollywood Knights ? Rent it for a laugh and see the Newbomb Turk Memorial library. Oh and don't drink the punch.
1,152 posted on 04/25/2003 7:26:57 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Wneighbor; HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; ksen; 2Jedismom; JenB
Once upon a time, my wife and I had pet names for each other: "Rose" for her (she was born and raised in San Antonio) and "Bear" for me (I'm large and furry.) Our first Internet email accout was shared by both of us, so we used "rosebear" as the account name. We've used the name to identify us ever since, except now that we have separate accounts she is the Rose in RoseBear, and I'm the Bear in RoseBear.
1,153 posted on 04/25/2003 8:06:03 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("In times of stress, be bold and valiant." — Horace)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Ahhh, Totally understandable now. I had forgotten that Rose was from S.A.
1,154 posted on 04/25/2003 8:30:36 PM PDT by Wneighbor (US Troops rock!)
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To: Come get it
ChadGore I joined FR during Al Gores delusion-of-grandure / hissy fit between Nov 7th, 2001 and December 11th, 2001
1,155 posted on 04/25/2003 8:34:50 PM PDT by ChadGore (Freedom is as natural as a drawn breath.)
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To: Wneighbor
Heh, so you see, I was a Bear long before I became a Beorning!
1,156 posted on 04/25/2003 8:44:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("In times of stress, be bold and valiant." — Horace)
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To: Come get it
Been called by the handle since before I can remember.
1,157 posted on 04/25/2003 8:48:18 PM PDT by Bigun (IRSsucks@getridof it.com)
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To: Come get it
I chose John Lenin to get people to realize that the real John Lennon and especially the song Imagine was preaching communism.

Imagine no religion
Imagine no posessions

Any questions ?
1,158 posted on 04/25/2003 8:54:46 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: Come get it
Wow, this is a huge thread. This is the first time I've come across it.

MCH - pretty obvious. My real world initials.

I signed up as a FReeper back in '98 without spending much time lurking or otherwise paying attention to user names. By the time I realized the value of a clever and memorable handle, I'd already registered and it was too late to do anything about it.

1,159 posted on 04/25/2003 9:16:04 PM PDT by MCH
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To: Come get it
I always wanted to start a thread like this, but never had the guts.

My handle is easy to figure out. hint: creationist.

I chose that one because my other choice would have been too obscure. If anyone gets the origin of the "other choice", you win...well, I'll think of something.

other choice = gazorninplat

It's not a combo of any words.
1,160 posted on 04/25/2003 10:17:54 PM PDT by Genesis defender ("Free Republic, a hotbed of Christian Zionist opinionating.")
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