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oliverthered
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27 Oct 2010, 8:42 pm

Ok,
oliver is my given name. (It loosely means gift of love, an olive branch) but my parents liked an actress called Olivia something and thought I was going to be a girl. (I'm not sure if I'm more of a girl than a boy so the jury is out).

thered bit is actually because I thought it was a good Viking type name (not being able to think of anything in particular).

I'm also a bit of a commie, but the name is more of an amusing co-incidence.



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27 Oct 2010, 9:31 pm

When I was a little kid and someone asked me what my name was, I'd tell them my entire name and add "an Idaho Rose" at the end. I sincerely thought it was part of my full name.

Coincidentally, Idaho is where I've lived my whole life and Rose is my middle name.



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27 Oct 2010, 9:44 pm

I was called a Cockney Rebel at the factory that I worked at, in the 90s.


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27 Oct 2010, 9:54 pm

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Conundrum: mystery, enigma, puzzle, riddle, secret (from www.merriam-webster.com)


I'm still in the process of figuring myself out, and most other people don't quite "get" me either. :) (My bf comes the closest.)


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27 Oct 2010, 10:13 pm

I dont even think mine even had a meaning. 99% of my screen-names are just me putting 2 random words together + a number string.


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27 Oct 2010, 10:14 pm

It's my first and middle name put together.


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27 Oct 2010, 10:36 pm

Chaotik . . . comes from the D&D alignment chaotic neutral, my natural alignment (odd, given my fondness for rules and order . . . but logic comes first, and logical alignment often equates chaotic alignment). Spelled with a 'k' not to be rebellious, but simply because it ensures that it isn't taken as a screen name anywhere.

Lord . . . something fantastical and magical. Evocative of masculinity, supremacy, being set apart . . . it's just an idea.

And that, children, is the story of my screen name.



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27 Oct 2010, 10:50 pm

I love this question! :D

The "Vulcan" part has to do with how I always identified with the Vulcans of Star Trek; unemotional (actually in my case a touch alexithymic) and very analytical.

"Chris" actually has nothing to do with any part of my real name. I lived in America during the most recent election, and for whatever reason people from either campaign would call me and say, "Is Chris there?". I also got calls from random people asking to talk to Chris, who is probably some random person witha similar phone number. For some reason it amused me that I had absolutely no idea who Chris was, or whether Chris was even male or female. It occurred to me that because every third person in the world is named Chris, it would make a great anonymous nickname.

And ChrisVulcan was born. Chris Vulcan is also a pseudonym under which I plan to write a book.


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27 Oct 2010, 11:27 pm

A colour and animal that I like, put together. Doesn't really mean anything.



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28 Oct 2010, 12:15 am

I got "League" out of the movie title A league of Their Own because it's my new favorite movie I got stuck on and I am a female so I added girl.



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28 Oct 2010, 12:20 am

aunt= the crazy aunt in the basement that nobody wants to acknowledge
blabby= because i am blabby [chatty].

also because the late johnny carson had, as a stock character in his tonight show mighty carson art players, one aunt blabby. google it.
but my avatar is henry corwin from the twilight zone episode "night of the meek" in which a thoroughly drunk and disappated department store santa, at the end of his rope, gets a fine redemption at the end. i wouldn't mind being santa claus.



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28 Oct 2010, 12:55 am

english quakers are so embracing
of difference and i love the
stillness and diversity as well
as their gentleness and humility
of spirit.



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28 Oct 2010, 1:23 am

My username is an anagram of my real name.

Basically, it's all the same letters rearranged.



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28 Oct 2010, 1:50 am

Well, it's both a homage to one of the best sites ever (TV Tropes) and a bit of insight into my nature.



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28 Oct 2010, 2:08 am

From taking Aspie quizzes, it came to my attention that it may be considered odd for Aspies to enjoy reading fiction over non-fiction....


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28 Oct 2010, 2:11 am

Little because I did not grow up, I am
stuck as a little boy.

Tigger because I love cats/tigers/lions/civets/
or any other cat and I hold Cats to be sacred.

My avatar, all i cood find was a southpark one,
but my brother loves southpark so I kept it,
but the kid is a little boy who isn't much
like the southpark people, only appears as such.


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