nisus Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hi all, I recently found this: http://www.answers.com/topic/nisus Do you think it fit? Funny part is tht I use this nick for a long time now, and did not know about the meaning of the word in English. Way back I just wanted a meaning for 'someone who always tresspasses borders, goes over the top/edge' and found Bacchus/Dionysus to be the closest match. But not completely, because I also wanted something Apollonic enclosed. (In Nietzsches point of view - Birth of Tragedy) So I made the shorter version of 'dionysus', because I like the sound. Also not knowing that 'nisus' was a king from Ancient Greec Mythology too... Very funny this all is! So what does your nick mean? rgds nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 well, according to that site STRAT is an acronym for: Special Telemetry Research And Tracking :? i chose the on-line nik of STRAT about 7 or 8 years ago when i started using the web properly. it's literally short for stratocastor. the world's coolest rock'n'roll guitar. i play one myself and have a strange passion for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Way back I just wanted a meaning for 'someone who always tresspasses borders, goes over the top/edge' and found Bacchus/Dionysus to be the closest match. But not completely, because I also wanted something Apollonic enclosed. (In Nietzsches point of view - Birth of Tragedy) So I made the shorter version of 'dionysus', because I like the sound. nisus That was a close one. Your explanation for choosing the name could have sounded pretentious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 well... some people call me very arrogant ;-) (which is probably true btw!) but it was a mere habit of mine to cross borders all the time... by now I know that this got to do with my brain damage nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zortea Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 In my case, it´s not a nick, Zortea is my last name, but in Orkut and others communities I used the Neon Knigth nick, it cames from a Black Sabbath song, and since I started to play around with tuning(in my Fiat Tipo; the Big Boy) and casemodding, I´m putting neon everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Mine is, well, not that creative. It wasn't even creative for my parents, they just recycled the same name my father and grandfather had. You'ld think they could have spent five minutes with a baby-names book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Nice thread! Mine is, of course short for Ricardo (couldn't stand people always making jokes about that I Love Lucy old show) and my last name, Eloy (which I found to be the name of a german progressive rock band and for a race of the future seen on H.G. Wells' Time Machine). Not creative, but imo kind of effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 my last name, Eloy..for a race of the future seen on H.G. Wells' Time Machine It's been a long time since I read it, were they the eaters or the eatees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Erthal Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Mine means : "I was out of ideas in the day i signed up" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 about 5 years ago i was reading a comic in a free art based rag. there was a comic of a guy on the street corner with a cup for change in front of him. he was holding a sign that read.. "make sure to visit me online @ crazy homeless guy.com" it was still available for purchase when i first started using crazy homeless guy as my screen name, but i drug my feet, and didn't buy it. a couple of months later a web name re-seller picked it up. oh well. it was kind of fitting for awhile. i lived in a dive hotel for a handful of months at one point in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 We're Done Already We're Dumb Asses We Do Alright Why Do Anything We Dick Around Will Do Anything (for food) Whata Demonstrative Ass Well it beats the snot out of WAD.... which would be the formal initials for Wm D Alexander LOL Glad to see you out and about Nisus WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 in my country WDA means Welsh Development Agency. it's a major governmental business aide group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 in my country WDA means Welsh Development Agency. it's a major governmental business aide group. Oh yea forgot 'Wisconsin Dental Association', they grabbed the wda.com address LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 vizwhiz = everything That i am not (wishful Thinking) i was just joking one day when i was getting my license plates renewed and asked the young lady if i could get some personalized license plates with "vizwhiz" d*mn it was available and i just couldnt resist, so however, now i Think i "still" have to grow into This i also got bizwhiz for an email address i lost vizwhiz.com due to lack of $ $o obviou$ly i am not a bizwhiz either my son Told me my name is fizwhiz about 6 months ago he asked me "daddy, what are you going to be when you grow up?" (go figure) (name withheld by request) ** Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 Lol Randy, That is really funny!!! WDA, We Dick Around... moeehahaha Glad to see you out and about Nisus Yes, they finally released me ,-p nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Strat I guessed yours first time i saw one of your posts I chose mine after getting frostbite on my ears walking home from a pub in northern Manitoba. Friends shortened "Frostbite" to "Frosty". It stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelfoZ Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 in spanish ... DelfoZ = delfos im just change the S for Z in english = Delphi... ( is about mythology ) not about pcs http://www.answers.com/topic/delphi?method=6 .... It was the seat of the Delphic oracle, the most famous and most powerful of ancient Greece ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gus_webb Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Gus Webb...any Ayn Rand fans out there? In 'The Fountainhead', one of the obnoxious, second-hand leech architects trying to ride on Howard Roarke's coat-tails was a fella named Gus Webb. He was a smarmy smartass without an ounce of creative talent of his own, but furthered his career by stealing and mucking with other peoples' stuff. Seemed appropriate. -Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarc Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Dbarc - debark, from the french debarque - to disembark from a ship. Metaphorically aren't we all disembarking from a ship? Probably not. To be honest, DB are my initials and I was studying architecture at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otacon Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Mines a character from metal gear solid video game series. Funny, i look nothing like him, i just thought the name sounded cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Mines a character from metal gear solid video game series. Funny, i look nothing like him, i just thought the name sounded cool. What's funny is whenever I read one of your posts I think of the Snake character so I have a mental image of you sneaking around in the snow wearing combat gear. The power of suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Trickster Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 The Trickster is a song by the mighty Radiohead (recently voted best album of all time)!! It wasnt the best choice of a name for forums as nobody seems to trust me! But im sort of stuck with it now Ernest, i admire your honesty...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 It's been a long time since I read it, were they the eaters or the eatees? The eaters, I'm afraid... Bad looking people, those Eloy...But, what else could I expect? Good looking, clever heroes with my name on then? Not likely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 yup... Ayn Rand... I remember the Gus character... haha... I was in a little village called 'Burden' this weekend... located in the vicinity of Luxembourg ,-pp nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigroo Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 My name originates from when my family moved to Australia 17 years ago (and left me here ) and I called my little sister Lil'roo (as in a baby kangaroo - I do know they are called Joeys though) and she replied to my emails & letters calling me bigroo and so it stuck. Being known as bigroo helped with the chicks too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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