What's your username's origin?

"Haimatox" (haimatox)
03/28/2014 at 11:32 • Filed to: None

Just curious here. What's the backstory behind your username? I know some of them might not have any significance, but I'm sure some do. Mine is because I play tennis... And that's about it.

Have the WRX Concept for your time. (Why couldn't it have looked like this???)

DISCUSSION (100)

spanfucker retire bitch > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:34

I'm sick of people saying I'm automatically a bad driver because I drive an automatic. The opinion is prevalent among the Jalopnik gestalt.

McLarry > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:34

I...uh...like McLaren.

...I need a better origin story :P

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:35

Um.

I'm Luke.

I own a 2000 3.2TL.

It has a V-Tec engine and it's a reference to this meme.

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:35

Mine is because I natter on a lot and have a Rover. Also, because I went to Georgia Tech (aka Ramblin' Wreck, etc.). Also also, because Ramblin' Rover is a song.

Sn210 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:35

Initials, a number, and reference to my TL type S
Kinda boring :(

t_s > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:36

Mine is the shortened version of the same username I've been using since I started visiting fora in 2007. I have a Triumph Trident which is a bit special, so I went by trident_special because I couldn't think of anything more imaginative at the time...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:39

In 7th grade, I had some taco bell sauce packets in my lunch because I had mexican food. A friend of mine who was at the same table said out loud his food would be better with some, so without saying anything else I just said "Here you go" and tossed him a few. This led to a moment of silence followed by "What are you, the man with sauce today or something?" and then e-history was born.

jkm7680 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:39

I just put down a shitload of random letters and numbers. I'll change it eventually.

camaroboy68ss > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:40

Kinja'd!!!

Um I've been using mine since I got my 68 camaro when I was 8. It's also a SS

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:40

I am the Arch Duke of Cincinnati

Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:40

I wanted a new username for one of the 944 forums, and I tried to think of the most random word I could, and then attach boom to the end of it.

However, according to urban dictionary:

Derived from an public service commercial aired during the 70's. The commercial describes Noah as the first to carpool. Kalaka is "ancient Babylonian" for carpool.

"Do you want to kalaka? I will have two extra seats in my minivan."

That+boom, I thought it was awesome.

Haimatox > camaroboy68ss
03/28/2014 at 11:41

You've been keeping good care of it, huh? Clean.

mycarneverruns87 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:42

I have been building a Mustang for nearly 2 years and it seems it will never be running....so my car never runs....87 is birth year.

Tom McParland > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:42

I match autos with people and get them good deals...my real name is Tom

Justino6969 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:42

My AOL instant messenger name some girl picked for me back in like, 5th grade. I get made fun of for it a lot but whatever. I remember it, so I use it for all my usernames.

revrseat70 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:43

As far as concept cars go, the WRX actually does look a lot like this... It's the recipe for ever concept car to production car change: un-chop roof, make headlights one-piece, make wheels and brakes smaller and more conservative. Done. Sorry I have this suspicion a lot of people are just repeating what they hear the first reactionists say.

Now, to answer the question: I was trying to come up with a username for my first forum, at age 16. Just as I opened the "create your account page" my friend asks me what would happen if you could successfully shift into reverse going at 70. I said with a blank stare: "imagine a grenade going off under your car". He just started rolling laughing on the ground, and I ran with it.

camaroboy68ss > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:43

Yeah, restored with my grandfather from when I was 8-15 now almost 22 and in a couple weeks pulling the motor out to fix a few leaks and re detail the engine compartment. Plus add a little more power.

Victorious Secret > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:43

This one should seem pretty self explanatory

CalzoneGolem > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:43

I am a magical construct of melty cheese and spicy pepperoni.

RazoE > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:44

Last name and first initial.

revrseat70 > camaroboy68ss
03/28/2014 at 11:45

Very cool story. A '68/'69 Camaro in that blue was my dream car for a long time.

Slow4o > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:46

I drive a 4.0 Mustang and it is slow as shit in a straight line.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:46

Mine started in the dark days of the early internet, 1993 or '94 it was, and I was a member of an elite cadre of 16 year old warez movers with distributed and hacked unix admin accounts running parallel SLiRP dialups and war-dialing to distribute copies of OS2 and leaked pre-releases of Win95, not to mention various Mac and Amiga(!) Warez... I had braces, so my handle was Jawz, with a Z because it was 'leet, and with an X because we were doing shit on SunOS and VAX/VMS and Ultrix and all those other System V derivitaves, so, y'know... X. Yeah, I've had this handle for almost 20 years, and I have a 3-digit Slashdot UID if anyone cares...

Roundbadge > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:47

My first drum set, a round-badge Gretsch 4 piece with a gold flame wrap. I know, not exactly jalop, but I've pretty much used it as my interwebs handle for years.

RacecaR > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:47

I was tired of using mitsuman like I do for pretty much any other car site I am on. And that came from a long time ago I was helping a buddy work on a 1st gen Talon. He had questions, I had answers, so he said, "What are you, some kind of mitsu man or something?"

I could not think of anything good otherwise when I signed up here, so I did RacecaR...BECAUSE PALINDROME!!

I actually did use mitsuman for a bit around here, but then i lost my burner sign in info, so had to start over. I think I was Old1 for awhile too.

Winklovic > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:48

In grade 12, I was doing horribly on a physics test so, instead of putting my name on it, I put "Clyde Winklovic". Teacher found me anyway. I've been using that as an alias since, over 30 years.

revrseat70 > Justino6969
03/28/2014 at 11:48

Dirty mind for a fifth grade girl...

KirkyV > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:49

I was nine, I liked Star Trek, and I needed a handle to play Battlefield 1942 at the local Internet Cafe/game shop/LAN. It started out as 'Capt Kirk' - though, for the record, I actually prefer Picard - and steadily morphed over time into what it is now. Honestly, I actually think it sounds pretty daft these days, but I've used it for so long, and on so many different services, that it'd be just far too much effort to change.

HammerheadFistpunch > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:51

Nothing fancy, Its just my middle name.

Gamecat235 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:53

I loved the book Vurt. A lot. I have been using Gamecat or some variant there of since the mid 90's. I was unable to use just straight Gamecat or TheGameCat starting around '98, and I added the 235 as a nod to the illuminati/numerology conspiracies contained within the Illuminatus Trilogy. The Game Cat was the character who brought everything together on some levels, and who had all the knowledge, but was slow and cautious to share it. Wikipedia link to characters from Vurt .

Kinja'd!!!

JEM > Roundbadge
03/28/2014 at 11:54

Oh wow sweet. Had no idea. I play drums as well - '67 4 piece Ludwigs with the original gold sparkle finish.

Forgetful > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:55

I forget.

Way back when I joined a clan in a shooter and they used the Mr.Men kids books characters for online IDs.

Kinja'd!!!

UKGTR335 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:55

I'm from the UK originally. I'm a Florida Gator (7 years, 2 degrees, infinity beers). UKGTR was both available (darn you whoever has UKG8R!) and fit on a UF license plate (limited to 5 characters). And my last two cars were BMW 335s.

RazoE > Slow4o
03/28/2014 at 11:55

you have my condolences.

JEM > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:56

My initials, which are amusing because of the 80s cartoon of the same name, which I fondly remember.

Yes, I am truly, truly outrageous. But no, I don't have pink hair. And no, I'm not a chick.

jariten1781 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:59

When Wow! (a defunct internet service) started and offered unlimited use (as opposed to pay by the minute which was what everyone else was doing) back in the mid 90s I tried to get an account with my standard handle at the time (Spigot) and it was taken. So I just picked a character from a show I was watching at the time (Urusei Yatsura) and added 17 because that was a couple years older than I was...and I guess that made me cooler or something. The 81 is tacked on because I lost the password to the original at some point.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:59

Well, I have a 1968 Mercury Montego MX and my favorite number is 562. Yes I have a 3 digit favorite number.

Origin of having a crazy ass 3 digit favorite number?

Very first season of the TV show "Survivor" (back when it was still cool) one person couldn't pick who to vote for, so they said pick a number between 1-1000 and you get my vote for a million.

I picked 562, the answer was 563...by price is right rules, that million is MINE!

McMike > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:59

First name Mike, last name starts with "Mc"

Anything that needs naming around the house gets that prefix. McModem is our SSID, for example.

willkinton247 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 11:59

My name is Will Kinton, and I exist 24/7

Lorinserc230 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:04

I have a c230 with Lorinser parts. Whooo!

Axial > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:06

When I started using this name, I was heavily into flight sims. The name is that of an air-screw company out of Germany during the first World War.

Sinanigans > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:07

My name is Sinan and I'm known for my shenanigans...

Roundbadge > JEM
03/28/2014 at 12:13

Very nice! I like to say that I play drums, but truth is they've been sitting in my attic unplayed for at least 2 years.

Nibbles > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:14

I always have great ideas for usernames, then immediately hit a block when actually creating one. So, for some odd reason way back in 2009 or something like that, I chose Nibbles. Because I have no fucking clue. It was either that or ilkivik which means absolutely nothing. I don't know.

Frank Grimes > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:17

username? born this way.

wontacceptthis > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:21

Me, 2005:

Dammit hotmail! Why are all the user user names taken, huh? I bet you "WONTACCEPTTHIS"

And it did.

EL_ULY > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:28

Ulysses is my name. El is spanish for The. The Ulysses just sounds odd :]

buford-t-justice > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:30

Because is is probably the best jalop movie!

KMarino > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:32

first initial and last name. I outgrew all of my older screen names, so I chose to use my real name, shouldn't outgrow this one.

WhiskeyGolf > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:32

My initials are WG and since I drive a Golf, I decided to go for the military names for the two letters.

Don't drink and drive!

buford-t-justice > McLarry
03/28/2014 at 12:34

Because Mr. Bean owns a F1?

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:36

My dad's nickname in HS was Dinger. I don't know why, probably because our last name is King? Well anyways the name was passed down to me. I'm Dinger's Ghost because my first Dinger account was Kinja'd and I couldn't get back into it. So I rose from the dead and made another account. The HWEP Addict because I constantly use the Hot Wheels Exchange here. The second half of my name changes every so often though.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:36

pretty easy my first name is Luc and A is the initial of my last name. in Canada we keep it simple...lol

Kinja'd!!!

Jayhawk Jake > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:40

My name is Jacob, and I'm a Kansas alum. Hence the 'Jayhawk' and 'Jake' part (though I generally prefer being called Jacob, but I don't care)

'Dankey Kang' owner is cause of this:

Kinja'd!!!

I own a Dankey Kang.

McLarry > buford-t-justice
03/28/2014 at 12:41

I am a big Mr. Bean fan... But mostly my allegiances come from the F1 team.

ThatWillBuffOut > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:48

I enjoy driving offroad. Usually in tight spaces with trees and rocks. I've said "That will buff out" more times than I care to admit.

RazoE > EL_ULY
03/28/2014 at 12:51

Neta? Never heard of a Mexican named Ulysses. I figured your name was like, Benefacio, or something.

thebigbossyboss > EL_ULY
03/28/2014 at 12:53

I always figured your first name was cookie!

Justino6969 > revrseat70
03/28/2014 at 12:54

Yup. She's a whore now.

thebigbossyboss > Jayhawk Jake
03/28/2014 at 12:55

Hahahaha

cazzyodo > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 12:57

Random screen name that sounded hilariously asian-ish when my friends (asian) were creating a Xanga profile for me in middle school.

Yes.

Xanga.

thebigbossyboss > Winklovic
03/28/2014 at 12:57

Brilliant.

thebigbossyboss > Gamecat235
03/28/2014 at 12:58

My name came courtesy of lonely island.

JEM > Roundbadge
03/28/2014 at 13:00

Aww. That was one of the reasons I bought a house, being able to play almost anytime I want in my basement.

EL_ULY > thebigbossyboss
03/28/2014 at 13:09

shhh! the NSA might be reading this

EL_ULY > RazoE
03/28/2014 at 13:11

lol no. My wifa's name is Hilda Alejandra Ramos de Cavazos Guerrero :]

revrseat70 > Justino6969
03/28/2014 at 13:11

My condolences

Destructive Tester > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 13:21

I have an innate ability to find the weak link in virtually any design, often to farcical extremes. This usually results in an extensive, expensive repair... After a string of freakish mechanical failures on notoriously reliable vehicles I decided to take it to a new level, my current "test subject" is a '98 Tacoma.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 13:33

In my early 20s, a friend of mine was a tattoo artist's apprentice and he frequently did free ink. Now, at the time I was living in a trailer with a broken down car out front, working a shitty job at a cigarette store, driving a beat-to-shit 88 Isuzu pickup, and heavily self-medicating my clinical depression with cheap beer, benzodiazepines, and marijuana. My next door neighbor had a toilet out front with flowers growing out of it.

Anyway, after a drunken/high conversation with that friend, we decided to tattoo "white trash" across my beer gut. Anyway, Ernest Hemingway said once, "always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That way you'll learn to keep your mouth shut."

The next day, as I was nursing a hangover, I went to his tattoo shop and got the tattoo. It was not the best decision I have made in my life.

Kinja'd!!!

Also, my name is Steve.

RazoE > EL_ULY
03/28/2014 at 13:36

orale, that's a Mexican ass name. My wife's name is Ana, I'm Enrique and my daughter is Emily. We're not fancy enough..:(

Racing Archivist > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 13:39

Mine comes from my job. I work at a library dedicated to motor sports so it seemed like a natural name to pick. I also call my trackside photography high speed archiving.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 13:49

It's my first name, Logan. And the nickname my dad gave me when I was like 3, Steno. The whole thing has been my nickname for years.

sonicvato > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 13:59

In high school, I had the Sonic the Hedgehog, spikey hair look going on, and "vato" is kinda like "dude" in spanish slang. Hence, the name...

The Compromiser > Tom McParland
03/28/2014 at 14:02

Not clear enough. Auto-erotic match-ups or ??? I don't have an or. Just the one.

;) ;) Nudge Nudge

The Compromiser > CalzoneGolem
03/28/2014 at 14:03

What words are in your head? 'That'sa one spicy meat-a-ball!"?

Dale Franks > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 14:08

My parents chose it.

Tom McParland > The Compromiser
03/28/2014 at 14:09

Our friend Mr. Wert handles the auto-erotic stuff

Kinja'd!!!

Slow4o > RazoE
03/28/2014 at 14:09

Don't feel too bad. Thats why its quick around the twisties!

EL_ULY > RazoE
03/28/2014 at 14:17

hechale mi Quique!!!!

CalzoneGolem > The Compromiser
03/28/2014 at 14:28

As a magical construct my head is filled with the tortured screams of the soul(s) that power me.

what > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 14:31

what?

extraspecialbitter > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 14:46

Kinja'd!!!

The Compromiser > CalzoneGolem
03/28/2014 at 14:51

So That s a bad golem then...

The Revengel > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 14:53

Had it for decades. Literally. It comes from my personality. I tend to be ultra-nice most of the time, but I tend to carry a vengeance streak like it's an Olympic event.

Half Revenge. Half Angel. Revengel.

blackchair > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 14:59

I have a black chair at my desk

No Prius Needed > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 15:03

I hate Priuses.

sellphones2493 > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 15:54

I have an online business where I buy and sell cellphones for profit. Hence sellphones. A little play on words, however.

Zoom > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 16:00

Love

Speed

Diesel > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 16:51

You forgot to mention that you are a murderer.

Diesel > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 16:51

I filled up a brand new Civic with Diesel once. The pumps were un-labelled and no one told me they had diesel in the other set. Whoops.

CalzoneGolem > The Compromiser
03/28/2014 at 16:58

Chaotic evil. Bitches!

The Compromiser > CalzoneGolem
03/28/2014 at 17:13

So your head is full of chaotic evil souls of bitches? Wow!

The Compromiser > The Compromiser
03/28/2014 at 17:13

CalzoneGolem > The Compromiser
03/28/2014 at 17:20

Yeah, it's pretty rough.

yamahog > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 17:48

Ride a Yamaha, own a hedgehog :]

The Compromiser > CalzoneGolem
03/28/2014 at 18:46

I can only imagine. I've just got the one and can barely handle it....
Shit. I think she heard that. Nice knowin.....

CiiNubbin > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 19:24

It's a bastardization of my last name. My friends daughter, my goddaughter, (Sarah) had a speech impediment when she was young so she could not say my name. We used to play Wii together when I was at their house or when me and my wife babysat. When I wasn't around she would always tell her parents that she wanted to 'See Nubbin'. My first name is Chris so for the fun of it I made my gamer name CiiNubbin. Pronounced: See-Nub-in My friends all found out and started giving me grief about it, I didn't care. It's been my gamertag/user ID ever since.

All this time later she still calls me Nubbin.

Mr. Edward Mann-Polandballer > Haimatox
03/28/2014 at 22:13

My default pseudonym is Mr. Edward Mann (or Mr. E. Mann), I am a Polandball fan (hence the word "Gib"), and I want a Saab c900 for a first car

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Haimatox
03/29/2014 at 01:26

THE ONLY GOOD GREMLIN!

Kinja'd!!!

The real story belongs in Planeopnik, but for 20 years I've been debugging software "gremlins" - takes one to know one.

Slave2anMG > Haimatox
03/29/2014 at 10:45

This car. I've had it for 25 years...I'm sort of a slave to it, keeping it on the road...

Kinja'd!!!