What's the story behind your username?

United States
July 9, 2009 6:40pm CST
I'm sure that everyone has their own explanation for the name that they chose on Mylot, so let's hear yours? My user name is because [k] Karri [angel] is what my husband calls me and [48446] is the zipcode of my hometown.
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
9 Jul 09
I picked my name because I love the colour purple and the lilac shades I like the most and I loved this fairy when i saw it for an old forum I used to be on so lilaclady seemed to fit right for me.
• United States
9 Jul 09
I love the smell of lilacs!
@tuni902 (483)
• India
10 Jul 09
Hi friend... Thanks for this Nice Topic, My username is tuni902, Tuni is my Nick Name and 902 is last three digits of my cell phone, that's combining made my Username as tuni902 Further your username and the story behind it is quite interesting... Keep Smiling and Happy myLotting
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@Teyjattt (126)
• United States
10 Jul 09
Mine is the nickname of the main character in the Pearl Saga books by Eric Lustbader. The Teyj is a mythical bird in his fantasy world, and a Teyjattt is the name of a young Teyj. The name was given to the main character by his mother.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
10 Jul 09
Hello Karri. I picked this name because "green" is my favorite color. I want to be straight on green , so "greenline". And, easy to remember !
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@opalina143 (1240)
• Morristown, New Jersey
10 Jul 09
I like this topic. My user name is based on child's game I used to play with my friends. When I was a little kid (maybe seven or eight) my neighbor kids and I would play in the backyard. I lived on a cul-de-sac, pretty much in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields of corn. So we were pretty isolated. None of us had much money, so we didn't have cable or video games, and this was the early 1980s, so not that much was available anyway. We all (the two boys across the street, the girl and boy next door, the girl on the other side next door, and my sister and myself) used to play outside all the time, and make up games. We used to pretend my jungle gym was a spaceship. I was an alien princess named Opalina. I think I had gotten the name from some children's book. Everyone else had code names too. Mark (Mike) was the captain, Christina (christine, not as original there) was his sidekick, and the others had names too. Some people played villians. WE had a whole arc of stories. My character started as a villian and then became good. It was amazing what we came up with, just from our imaginations. Kids today have lost that, I think. I had an amazing, fun time with all those games we played. It was a very happy time in my life, and that is why I picked Opalina for my screen name. 143 is the start of my current zip code, similar to yours.
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• United States
9 Jul 09
Well, my maiden name is "Olinger".... but that is my adoptive name and has German origins. My birth name is Irish. So, when I told my youth group that I was Irish they all laughed and started the Macdingolinger name.... and it stuck. Sometimes hey just called me "mac".. They had added the mac onto the "dingolinger" because they said I was silly and energetic so hence, dingolinger.... then the mac added to the front and actually they played with my first name too and my full nick was jingles macdingolinger!!