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Ask HN: What did you name your username after?

4 points by smush 8y ago

Can be your HN username or a username for a different site. Example: SMUSH is a common acronym for Super SMaSH bros Ultimate and I happened to purchase that game the same day I created a fresh HN account.

n-gatedotcom 8y ago
N-gate.com
JetSpiegel 8y ago
Guess.
- smush 8y ago
  Der Spiegel but attached to a trijet airplane? I have no idea.
  - JetSpiegel 8y ago
    That's a better story than reality. It's from Cowboy Bebop actually.
activekerrar 8y ago
Based on a name I made up for a character in a story I was writing many, many years ago. The name just stuck with me.
_Schizotypy 8y ago
SSMSHU? SMUltimateaSH Somehow this one is lost on me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
- smush 8y ago
  It's not a perfect acronym. I didn't come up with it either, but for some reason the games have had the following shortened forms: Super Smash Bros. -> SSB or SB64 Super Smash Bros. Melee -> SSBM OR SMMSH Super Smash Bros. Brawl -> SSBB OR SMBSH (pronounced sm-bush) Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / for Wii U -> SM4SH (the 4th Smash Bros game) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate -> SMUSH
dpg23 8y ago
The Newspeak phrase "Double Plus Good Duckspeaker" from George Orwell's 1984.
hopesthoughts 8y ago
After my personal blog.
DrScump 8y ago
The origin is a long story, but I've been using it online for 30 years.
4d66ba06 8y ago
Randomly generated so as to not be associated with my real identity.