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  • Attention Researchers and commentors are welcome too!

    I'm always interested in why people pick certain screen names and that goes for GA too. Please share the story behing your screen name and why you chose it. I know some are for personal reasons so if your not comfortable sharing that's OK. The most interesting or funny story wins the game and can claim the prize. Of course if it is a commentor then they win nothing as usual. So let's hear it!
    Bowler-ga


  • Well,

    I must say I really enjoyed the responses. I think some of the commentors had the funniest stories (dancethecon-ga and sluggy-ga) in particular.
    I could get off easy and say one of the commentors won the prize but I'm going to give out two prizes. The winning commentor is sluggy-ga for a truly gross but entertaining orgin. The winning Researcher is Willie-ga for his honesty and ability to laugh at himself. So Willie (Wullie) if you are listening please post your answer and claim the prize, thank you all once again.
    Bowler-ga


  • Tough I'm no great shakes as a dancer, I end up at one party per year where someone starts dancing a conga. The line grows, and I'm happy to jump right in. I wanted a Google nick that took advantage of the "-ga" at the end, and the one I came up with was dancethecon-ga.
    It's funny that there's no way of telling what party will have the dance of the year. One year it was a Christmas party in a large hall that friends and I had rented. Another year it was at someone's house after a barbecue. One year it happened during a party at my house. These spontaneous dances have been going on close to ten years, yet it never happens more than once per year. There must be a law...
    dtc


  • Stuart's my first name, and my friends often call me "Mr Woozle" ... but my last name is actually something completely different. When I, and my friends at university, all started registering for various internet sites, we decided to all pick names according to a shared theme. Given that the manuscripts for Winnie-the-Pooh are kept in our old college library, we decided to pick names from that. One friend became Tigger, another Wol, another still Piglet (though she's not so happy about that, for some reason), etc... I decided to plump for Woozle -- I thought it gave me an air of mystery and intrigue, given that the Woozle didn't really exist :-P
    The best story behind an online nickname that I heard was from a good friend of mine, who tends to call himself Quik. Apparently he was registering for an internet site at school when he was meant to be working, and couldn't work out what to call himself. His friend said, "There's a teacher coming -- be quick!" ... and so he was :-)


  • My name is so boring, just my real name, but !! --I have a DOG named "Kitty," with a funny story, does that count?
    Here it is, just for grins.

    I had purchased a Chihuahua way in advance, to be able to get the first pick from 2 upcoming litters. Then, my landlord said I couldn't have a dog. I'm a bartender right now, and my customers thought I should name the dog Kitty and just take her home. So I did. Everything went well for 6 months, then the landlord came over one day and she was barking at his knock on the door. I opened it and he said ..."THAT LOOKS LIKE A DOG..." --to which I replied: "Don't let her fool you, here Kitty Kitty"
    The landlord's jaw dropped to the floor, and he never mentioned the dog ever again.
    ~~Cynthia


  • I should get a prize for being the most boring and obvious. It's also my business name outside of GA. answerfinder-ga


  • Good Job Wi(u)llie (chuckle, snicker!)


  • I'm a bird, not a car.

    My vote goes to willie-ga. I'll never think of him in the same way again!

    Cheers,
    hummer


  • I wish I had the wit of some of my colleagues to think up something really clever! Aren't some of the names great?!? Anyway, my own is one I've used forever-and-a-day and is the first that comes to mind whenver I have to sign up somewhere new. Google was no exception. "Byrd" is an old family name. Add to that the fact that I'm a pilot, and a biker (chick), both of which sort of go along with the winged fowl imagery and voila! there you have it. :-)


  • I wanted to call myself robertskelton-ga, but it was already taken.


  • Well,

    I must say I really enjoyed the responses. I think some of the commentors had the funniest stories (dancethecon-ga and sluggy-ga) in particular.
    I could get off easy and say one of the commentors won the prize but I'm going to give out two prizes. The winning commentor is sluggy-ga for a truly gross but entertaining orgin. The winning Researcher is Willie-ga for his honesty and ability to laugh at himself. So Willie (Wullie) if you are listening please post your answer and claim the prize, thank you all once again.
    Bowler-ga


  • In my case, the story is not too exciting. I am an author of Science Fiction, and I am interested in ancient history. So I chose the Latin word for "writer" - Scriptor. That's all. Boring, isn't it...?
    Have a nice day,
    Scriptor


  • Very good stuff, so far.

    Scriptor, I think your name fits you perfectly. Willie, at least you can laugh at your innuendo that your name brings about. I have a last name that resembles a numer of interesting off color words. Politicalguru, I always remember your name as it makes me think of some CNN analyst during an election year in the U.S. Stuartwoozle is a funny sounding and memorable name and I enjoyed it's origin.
    It's interesting when a researcher divulges their gender and I'm surprised because I've already pictured them as the opposite gender. I have to admit Byrd and Czh I stand corrected, no offense of course. Bryan, thanks for the origin, I know you are very generous so the story doesn't surprise me. It just goes to show you that good deeds don't go unoticed. That being said, I have this little legal/accounting problem...
    Once again thanks to all, I think I'll leave this open a while longer since the response is so good.
    Bowler-ga


  • Hi, Rob

    Over the past 10 years or so, I've done A LOT of legal/accounting-type work for various folk who haven't been able to afford ANYTHING and, in the process, I have learned so much and have got so much satisfaction from these things that, now, I do as much as I can.
    Surprisingly, it's also paid off in other ways: books, journals, radio & tv, conferences, expert witness stuff, and with meeting many other professionals in other fields. It keeps me up to speed.
    So, when I had to conjure up a name for GA, up it popped.

    Bryan


  • Better late than never .... not something you hear a man saying very often.

    I'm willie-ga and it's not a nickname....it's my christian name :)

    It's caused me trouble in the past with folks who think that willie is
    just a snynonym for a part of the male anatomy, and who can't say my
    name without giggling, but that's their problem...they should get out
    more.

    Actually, I'm Scottish, and over here it's pronounced "wullie" ,but
    Scottish pronounciation is a topic for a whole set of google answers
    of its own.

    There's yet another derivation that gets used in that some people address me as Willy , but that's getting into a whole other sub-set of answers that links from German chancellors to Coyotes , then on to Junior Walker, year old babies and finally back to willie again, so I wont go into that if you don't mind. :)
    Wullie


  • My nickname came from a column I write for an online publication but it was also my handle when I used to write about computer games back before there were PCs.
    Siliconsamurai also has a specific meaning among hackers and I am a computer security specialist who speaks regularly at SummerCon.
    In addition, a samurai or, perhaps ronin, depending on how you read such things, is a soldier for hire, as a freelance writer, that seemed especially appropriate since a Free Lance was originally a Swiss mercenary.
    Finally, I also happen to hold a black belt in sword fighting.

    I have other oline names for various columns and publications but those were all given me by editors or publishers, siliconsamurai is the only one I got to choose.


  • Hi, Bowler! You'll find lots of interesting nickname origins here:

    http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=80023

    I'm looking forward to seeing lots of responses to this! And please tell us the history of the nickname "Bowler." Some folks may think of bowling balls, some may think of bowler hats; I think of a vivid and wonderful character named Lord Bowler who appeared in one of my all-time favorite TV shows, "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."


  • I'm not a researcher, just a professional commenter.

    I live in a part of the country where huge slugs are the norm (yes, ick!), Several years ago a particularly insane slug took up residence in my kitchen. It was about 5 inches long, as thick as my finger and brown mottled color. Every time I spotted the beast, I would scoop it up with a shovel (dust pan doesn't have a long enough handle. Neither does the shovel for that matter, but I had to be resourceful) and toss it into the bushes in the back yard. Days later the slug would reappear. I Googled 'slugs' (this was in the days before Google Answers and one had to Google their own answers) and found that slugs are able to find their way back to their 'homes' due to their slime trail acting as a bread crumb trail. This answered my question as to how the beast kept finding it's way back, but did nothing to answer my question as to how I could rid my home of it.
    I did discover that a crack in the foundation was allowing it to enter under the kitchen sink. Why didn't I just squish the critter? Can you imagine the mess of 5 inches of squashed slug meat? Ummm. No thank you. I'm a lover, not a slug squisher.
    So, the slug persists. I throw him over the fence into the neighbors yard. He's back within days, crawling on my sink and counters (I just got the heebee jeebees thinking of it). My in-laws come to visit. At 6:00 in the morning I'm awakened by a shriek and the sound of the garbage disposal. Seems our intredpid friend made it's presence known to my mother in law as she was filling the coffee pot, and my father-in-law, war hero that he is, immediately went into battle mode and had the presence of mind to flush the critter down the drain and then flip the garbage disposal switch. After I skeeved out for an hour or two at the mental image, I thanked him profusely and went on to dream of my slug-less future.
    Three weeks later, I pad into the kitchen, sans shoes for the first time in months, and lo and behold, what do I find in my sink, but a much battle scarred 5" brown mottled slug. IT'S BAAAAAA-AAAACK!!!
    In the proceeding three weeks, I had obviously toughen up. Must have been my new found confidence in knowing I was slug free. I grabbed a glass, half filled with orange juice and poured it on the slug. To my delight, and horror, the orange juice rendered the creature into a foaming, oozing twisted up lump of slug meat. I immediately turned on the hot water and the garbage disposal for a full five minutes. I then boiled water and poured that down the drain along with half a cup of dishwashing crystals.
    I have not seen hide nor hair of the slug since.

    When I needed a screen name for message boards I post on, I decided that my personality and my habit of visiting boards long after I had outstayed my welcome, were the perfect combination for the moniker 'sluggy'.
    I used to go by the screen name, Fuzzy Butter Pants. Funny name, but no good story behind it.


  • Had I known people were choosing unique names at the time I signed up I probably would have picked something more interesting. Alas, my nick is just my name.


  • Wow, Sluggy, You ought to be a War Correspondent with your ability to conjure up an enduring struggle against overwhelming odds.
    But, please, don't write off the Enemy so quickly ...

    I've seen too many horror movies to know that such creatures are SUPERNATURAL.

    He (or she) will be back ...

    Be sure of it!

    I was also intrigued by your Comment, 'I'm not a researcher, just a professional commenter'.
    A 'PROFESSIONAL commenter' ... This means that you are getting paid. Right? ... So do tell, 'How much?' and 'How can I join you on the Gravy Train?'
    Bryan
    Just an Amateur and a Poor Student but one with Ambitions and Pretensions.


  • OK, here's my story (folks, you may want to hold off on reading this until you need a sleep aid):
    Back in Nov. 2002, I tried to setup my account as scout-ga (from Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird), but for some reason, it wouldn't work. (Perhaps the name was already taken at that time.)
    So, I then tried to register as nancy-ga, but someone else was already registered under that name. So, I just stuck on my middle name -- and GA accepted it.
    I figured it didn't matter. My guess was GA would last, oh, about another month, then fizzle out, so why sweat choosing a name? (This is the kind of prescience that has kept me from becoming wildly rich, famous, etc.)
    Btw, In real life, no one ever calls me "Nancy Lynn," just Nancy or Nance. (Although I do like my middle name much better than my first name, and am now sorry I didn't start using my middle name as a first name when I was a kid, but too late now.)
    Actually, my dad wanted to name me "Elizabeth," which is *the* family name for females in his family. My mother, who is half Swedish, wanted to name me "Brita."
    My parents argued about this throughout Mom's pregnancy and were still arguing over it, even as Dad drove my mother to the hospital after her water broke.
    My grandfather was so fed up with the constant quarreling that, as my mother was being wheeled into delivery, he announced that if the baby was a girl, her name would be "Nancy Lynn."
    Thus, I was christened.

    Some days later, my grandfather -- an executive at A&P headquarters in NYC, and a staunch company man -- was dismayed and chagrined to realize how he'd conjured up the name "Nancy Lynn": Grand Union -- A&P's main competitor -- had just introduced a new line of baked goods called "Nancy Lynn," as their version of A&P's legendary "Ann Page" line.
    Yes, A&P's National Personnel Director had named his grandkid after his employer's arch rival.
    Btw, my brother was known as "Calvin" for the first several days of his life, in honor of my father's father's father, despite the strenuous objections of my mother. My father was finally persuaded to change the name from Calvin to John, thanks to a maternity ward nurse who insisted that naming a kid "Calvin" was nothing short of child abuse.
    Thankfully, my parents didn't have any more children.


  • The going rate for 'professional commentators' is nothing. That's in both Canadian and American currencies, lol.
    It's been a couple of years since the slug last made an appearance. Looks like OJ claimed another victim in the end.
    That was a bad bad joke :(


    What do you expect from someone who doesn't get paid?


  • I think one of the funniest Researcher nicknames belongs to deadlychiapet-ga. Every time I see a TV ad for Chia Pets, I think of this nickname and imagine being attacked by tiny pottery critters covered with greenery. This has the makings of a good horror movie.


  • One of the coolest nicknames I've come across on GA is the name used by one of my favorite customers, grammatoncleric-ga.
    For those who don't recognize the term, "Grammaton Cleric" is a reference to a little-known science fiction movie called "Equilibrium." Imagine a cross between "1984," "Les Misérables," and "The Matrix."


  • I'm just an Eddie Izzard fan - so I stole his name and I've always used it as my online nickname :)


  • Nothing to do with the tower! Eiffel is a niche programming language that I work with.


  • Mine is not that interesting... I was signing up for a bus journey in Cusco, Peru after a VERY heavy night and my shakes were so bad that the name they put on my ticket was Rai. I can tell you my name is certainly not that and considerably longer. 130 is just my house number...


  • Digsalot is fairly straight forward for a semi-retired archaeologist with gardening as a hobby.
    Now I'm off to celebrate. May 14 is National Dance Like a Chicken Day. Need I say more?
    Digs


  • *Blush!*

    Gosh, thanks, Bowler and Pink! Shucks, I don't know what to say . . . so I'll simply say thank you!
    Sincerely,
    Boquinha-ga


  • Boquinha,

    Thanks for the story. You may not want to call yourself a woman because of your age but you are certainly "the woman" on GA. I notice you have a perfect 5-star rating average which I have not seen before. Does any other researcher have such a rating? (minimum 50 questions answered). Please keep up the good work.
    Bowler-ga


  • It's funny how you can make a snap judgement on something like that, and then it sticks with you. As far as mathtalk, it was made up quickly; nothing I'd used before. Turns out there's a product called mathtalk for voice recognition of formulas in word processing, but I didn't know about it then. I think I might have been trying to take the edge off the analytical aspects of "math" by throwing in the folksy "talk" tag, but I can't rightly say I remember "why".
    -- mathtalk


  • My username is what I've had on the internet for a very long time - nothing new and exciting. Initials of my first name - yes initials, plural. My first name consists of 2 names. My parents were too poor to give me a middle name, and my surname.
    Best regards,
    tlspiegel


  • I'm another who's had second thoughts. The name I really wanted was taken (although, oddly, it seems to be free now). I just assumed it would be possible to change the name later and was disappointed that that wasn't so. I guess it makes sense that if it's your only identifier, it has to remain constant.
    Still, you can always start a second account with another address. I could call myself something else and append FKA_Apteryx to it (= "formerly known as") and then eventually drop the transitional form and use the new name by itself.
    Meanwhile I have the honor to have been given a nickname by two fellow GA-ers, and that is probably better than having a new name.
    Tryxie


  • Like most of you, it was the first anonymous thing I came up with.

    Bath was my favourite place at the time (the place in UK - not the tub!)

    So I thought bath rocks. "rocks" meaning "is cool" - or something along those lines.
    Rocky, ak (more boringly) a Mike


  • I get a perverse joy out of Microsoft's failures, especially those that were very bad ideas to begin with.
    http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130855


  • I also made mine up rather quickly.

    It just means that I'm a nut for Google! I know, it's silly :-).


  • Incidentally -- in case the editors are reading this -- I think the name bowler-ga would look just super if it were highlighted and clickable. ;-)


  • Because I could.


  • Congratualtions, Bo, Keep up the Great Work!


  • I like sluggy-ga's story, too, especially this part: "... what do I find in my sink, but a much battle scarred 5" brown mottled slug. IT'S BAAAAAA-AAAACK!!!" Too funny! A little bit gross, but funny! :-)
    Good choice, Bowler!

    dtc


  • Thought I'd bump this question up on the researcher's list. I stumbled across this interesting article. Hmm, I wonder who the researcher is who answered 960 questions?
    http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/pubs/GoogleAnswers-011404.pdf


  • Hi, Rob

    I can't imagine who the Researcher is who answered 960 questions:

    http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/pubs/GoogleAnswers-011404.pdf

    But who are the Questioners who were able to 'Rate' the Answers with Half Point precision?
    And how did they do it?

    I'd like do the 4.5 3.5 2.5 and 1.5 stuff as well.

    (Figure 7 on Page 21 refers)

    Curious
    Bryan


  • Thanks for the laugh, Cynthia!

    Kriswrite


  • Every time I am required to have a username, I later think : "What a mundane and boring handle did I choose! I wish I thought of a name such as ..." (but this is like when someone says something nasty to you, and on your way home you think "I should have told them so-and-so!").
    I have a problem: my first name is really popular (not where I live, but almost everywhere elsewhere in the world, including - so I found out - as men's name in Turkey!), my surname - before I got married - is also a quiet common surname here. That means, that whenever I have to choose email handle, username at eBay, etc. - I have to think of something. Back to the condition mentioned in the first paragraph, you'd see that I always thought of a better handle post-nicktum.
    I really chose a mundane name. I was on an online universities game (now deceased) where everyone should have chosen names that end up with "guru" but start with their faculty at the time (that was mine back then. Oh, online communities are so old...). It was either "political guru" or "politicalguru" (it doesn't really matter, does it?) and I used it every once in a while inother places when I had nothing better to think of (as metnioned earlier, later I always think of good names. Personally, I really like Skermit. Maybe I should have been Miss_Piggy-ga or even better, Swedish_Chef-ga). So, when I applied for Google Answers, and before I realised that I am now going to use this nick (almost) every day, I chose this nick.


  • Bowler,

    As far as I know, my good friend Boquinha stands alone as the only 5-star Researcher who has answered more than fifty questions.
    This achievement is remarkable. Even one four-star answer will knock a GAR down to four-and-a-half stars: since the stars do not round upward, a 4.99 rating is, as far as stars are concerned, the same as a 4.5 rating. Boquinha has never had a rating of less than five stars, and for that she should be applauded long and loud.
    YAYYYYYYY!!! GO BO!

    :-D

    Best from
    Bo's envious colleague,
    Pink


  • I'm willie-ga and it's not a nickname....it's my christian name :)

    It's caused me trouble in the past with folks who think that willie is just a snynonym for a part of the male anatomy, and who can't say my name without giggling, but that's their problem...they should get out more.
    Actually, I'm Scottish, and over here it's pronounced "wullie" ,but Scottish pronounciation is a topic for a whole set of google answers of its own.
    Wullie


  • I like the film :)

    Bowler = Cricket (Of course?)


  • I thought I'd told this story here before, but I couldn't find it.

    Some years ago, I took a course in human potential called Avatar®.
    You can learn more about it here:
    http://www.avatarepc.com/

    Avatar® is actually the source of my nickname. During an ineffable
    experience which occurred when I took the course, only one word
    came to my mind - sublime. I later looked it up and realized that
    the chemical definition refers to a transition from a solid to a
    gas without the intervening liquid state. This turned out to be a
    perfect metaphor for what I had experienced - a transition between
    physical and spiritual without the intervening states of emotional
    and mental.

    I've wanted to keep the word in the forefront of my awareness ever
    since.

    sublime1-ga


  • Thanks Pink for the Link (hey I'm a poet). I'm glad you reponded because you were one of the researchers whose name I was interested in. I admire your work because it actually helps me with my day job, Librarian. I've learned a lot about searching the Internet and a lot about dealing with the questioner (asking the correct clarifications, etc.) from the GA researchers. I apply it almost every day. I'm disappointed that older question got past me but it's priceless (well worth at least $2.84). I always wondered about your name. I always expected it to be a derivative of Pink Floyd but now I'm sure.
    As for my name, nothing exotic. I don't wear hats, and I've never watched "Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." so you guessed it, I like to bowl. I often refer to bowling as my second occupation, even listing my occupation on my tax return one year as "Part-Time pro-bowler."
    Thanks.


  • My first startup company job required all of us to use our initials and I've stuck with it for many years. I didn't realize when I signed up for GA that I couldn't change the name after I'd gotten approved as a Researcher. I would have liked to use the name sierra-ga or DessertQueen-ga. Too bad.
    ~ czh ~


  • Hi Bowler!

    Just now seeing this . . .

    I think I've posted this someplace, but what the heck. My nickname here is my Portuguese nickname (I am 100% Portuguese, raised in the United States). It means "little mouth" and that is meant in the literal, not figurative, sense. Really, I can be quite chatty, but I am a petite 5'2 girl (I feel too young to use the term "woman") with tiny features, including a (physically) small mouth. I like my nickname. :)
    Sincerely,
    Boquinha-ga


  • Nucifraga - synonym for "nutcrackers". Because "cowabun-ga" was already taken :(

    Here's some ideas:

    Durga / Doorga - The black, destroying goddess
    Frigga - The Norse goddess of the heavens and wife of Odin
    Uragoga - A genus of tropical plants (family Rubiaceae). Uragoga ipecacuanha (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) is the source of Rio or Brazilian ipecac (ipecac = A syrup that is used to induce vomiting) sastruga - A long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind and found on the polar plains zastruga - same as above

    If you're really keen, here's a list of several words/places ending in "ga":

    entomophaga - One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larv feed parasitically upon living insects
    sanga - The Abyssinian ox (Bos or Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.
    More words:
    Aguanga
    Ajuga
    Alactaga
    Alba Longa
    Alburga
    Alpha and Omega
    Amalberga
    Amalburga
    Andres Galarraga
    Angami-naga
    Anhanga
    Antoine Gizenga
    Arenga
    Ashikaga
    Auriga
    Baba Yaga
    Badaga
    Balanga
    Balenciaga
    Baluga
    Baraga
    Baronga
    Basoga
    Batonga
    Bega
    Begga
    Berga
    Bhaga
    Black cayuga
    Blastophaga
    Bodega
    Braga
    Bucaramanga
    Bunga
    Buphaga
    Cali yuga
    Calistoga
    Cananga
    Canaseraga
    Canoga
    Caranga
    Caratinga
    Cardiga
    Careaga
    Carpophaga
    Cassadaga
    Caughnawaga
    Cayuga
    Chaga
    Chagga
    Chattanooga
    Cheektowaga
    Chickamauga
    Chorotega
    Chuadanga
    Cimicifuga
    Coalinga
    Conasauga
    Conestoga
    Conopophaga
    Cotinga
    Crotophaga
    Cytophaga
    Dahlonega
    Daschagga
    Deringa
    Diplopteryga
    Domeniga
    Dominga
    Durga
    Elga
    Eliga
    Ellga
    Entomophaga
    Eurypyga
    Fatagaga
    Feriga
    Forsyte Saga
    Francesco Cossiga
    Frigga
    Galega
    Galga
    Galinsoga
    Ganga
    Gannonga
    Geadephaga
    Glossophaga
    Gorga
    Grega
    Hedwiga
    Helga
    Heterophaga
    Hochelaga
    Hydradephaga
    I-bunga
    Inga
    Inyanga
    Itapetininga
    Jadwiga
    Jaga
    Jaime Yzaga
    Jijiga
    Jovito Salonga
    Juga
    Kabonga
    Kadaga
    Kali Yuga
    Kalinga
    Kaliyuga
    Kaluga
    Kananga
    Kanchenjunga
    Kangchenjunga
    Katanga
    Kentiga
    Kinchinjunga
    Kioga
    Koniaga
    Koniga
    Krita Yuga
    Krita yuga
    Kyoga
    Ladoga
    Lope de Vega
    Macaranga
    Madariaga
    Madiga
    Maga
    Maiga
    Majagga
    Majunga
    Malaga
    Mallophaga
    Manuel Noriega
    Maoritanga
    Marga
    Menahga
    Mirounga
    Missisauga
    Mississauga
    Mlaga
    Moraga
    Moringa
    Mulga
    Musophaga
    Myrmecophaga
    Naga
    Necrophaga
    Neoga
    Norumbega
    Notasulga
    Olga
    Onaga
    Onarga
    Onega
    Onondaga
    Oringa
    Ortega
    Ouaquaga
    Pampanga
    Pechenga
    Pega
    Pelaga
    Phyllophaga
    Phytophaga
    Piranga
    Poephaga
    Polymastiga
    Polyphaga
    Protostega
    Pseudotsuga
    Rarotonga
    Regga
    Riga
    Ronga
    Saratoga
    Sarcophaga
    Satya Yuga
    Saxifraga
    Scharaga
    Selenga
    Setophaga
    Sinsiga
    Smiga
    Soga
    Solpuga
    Stonega
    Strega
    Striga
    Sylacauga
    Talladega
    Tallega
    Taloga
    Tanga
    Tauranga
    Tega
    Telinga
    Tennga
    Thonga
    Ticonderoga
    Tiga
    Tioga
    Tocobaga
    Tomonaga
    Tonga
    Topanga
    Tortuga
    Trans-volga
    Treta Yuga
    Tringa
    Tsonga
    Tsuga
    Tuinenga
    Tujunga
    Tunga
    Uragoga
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  • I'll bet a lot of Researchers would have chosen different names if they'd realized that they would be saddled with the name permanently. There are times when I wish I had chosen something more dignified. Sometimes I worry that my username makes me sound like a flippant, silly young airhead.
    And I am far from young. ;-)


  • I must say, this is really quite interesting. Certainly woth the money. Cynthia, your story is really funny but it doesn't apply to your nickname so I can't allow it. Dancethecon-ga, I must say I never read your name with the ga, but that is very funny and certainly puts you in the running. Nucifra, it's hard to overlook your comment as it is awesome in it's length and comprehensiveness. Pinkfreud, once again you've put yourself in jeopardy by flattering the questioner, but you continue to make me laugh with your comments. I'm happy some of our other highly esteemed researchers have responded, always very interesting. I was hoping our friend Bryan would have chimed in, always wondered about his nickname, oh well he's probably concocting some response question as he always enjoys finding out tidbits about the researchers.
    Anyway, keep them comming, I'll keep the question open a while longer in hopes of breaking the record for most comments. We don't want, you-know-who, to have all the fun!
    Bowler-ga


  • I am literally, little "Tutu's" dad (and still quite thrilled about it)

    Regards;
    tutuzdad-ga


  • Thanks for the question. The comments are quite interesting. I picked my name because when I am feeling snobbish I get to add a lot of letters after my name. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, and a Juris Doctorate. However, the title I am most proud of is "MOM." So after a career as a mathematician and a lawyer, I am Now Known As Mom (NKAMOM)


  • >> Need I say more?

    Well, you could say "buk-buk-buk BAKAWWWWWW."


  • There's nothing very exciting about my handle. The first part is a shortened version of my name, and the "write" refers to the fact that I'm an author and freelance writer.
    Kriswrite









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