FastDolphin123: Embarrassing Screen Names From 8th Grade

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By now, most cyber-savvy young adults have ventured into the world of sensible email addresses. Maybe it happened while filling out college applications, or perhaps applying to our first real jobs, when “KickARooster@aol.com” didn’t seem to match the professional tone of the rest of the page. But back during the internet’s advent, when our teenaged social lives depended on AOL Instant Messenger, we chose more revealing ways of presenting our self-conscious personas. How did you first introduce yourself to the e-world in 12 characters or less?

orkaboy

I went to college to become a marine biologist (didn’t quite pan out), and decided a fresh Hotmail account (don’t get me started) was in order to communicate with all the college babes. “Orcaboy” seemed like a good enough choice, but when that was taken I opted for the phonetically-similar “orkaboy.” Too bad to most people it read as “okraboy.” Don’t misunderstand, I luvs me some okra, but would rather others didn’t assume that “okra” was in reference to the small and oddly-shaped nature of my man-veg.

added by JayFerris 02/27/2009

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PandaICU

When I created this screen name in the 7th grade/8th grade… can’t remember… it was intended to be like Amanda PANDA and I See You (ICU). Yet everyone I talked to thought I worked in an Intensive Care Unit. IN THE 8TH grade? Oh it made me soooo mad! I thought it was pretty clever. Oh well…

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MysticRnbw

I think when I was about 12 years old, I also thought I was a magical hippie of some sort…I have no other explanation as to how I came up with ‘mystic rainbow.’

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sweetlime13

This was my aim and aol account name. I pretended to be sassy (sweet and sour) when I was about 13 when I was going through that “shouldn’t I be a rebellious teenager” time. Sweetlemon was taken, so I guess I tried to be creative with “lime.” Unfortunately, I had to give that screenname the ax a few months after I gave it wings on the web, since sweetlime was close to sweettime and well that was too close to the “naughty” world and I received some NSFW spam emails. Needless to say I chose wholesome names after that experience.

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RoundCorner

I was convinced of the genius of this paradoxical screen name. “But what does she mean?” I imagined my peers to frantically question after I left the chat room. “How could a corner be round?!” they would type in all caps, collapsing into a state of utter disillusionment, rendering them powerless to my elusive ways. At school, the cafeteria would buzz with mystery as I, the girl with the coolest screen name ever, passed by. Incidentally, my 8th grade crush’s screen name was “ParadoxZen,” which was, naturally, the inspiration for my opus. In the end, we never talked in real life.

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CrazinessInACan

Once I had clearly demonstrated my intellect to the AOL universe, a more self-assured and carefree antithesis sprung onto the e-scene. I think the mission was to reinvent myself into a blithe party girl character who always knew the right thing to say, and kept hilarious quotes in a little pocket notebook, and walked away right after saying them before anyone could reply. Clever!

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alicia954

Okay, it’s not really embarrassing, but it’s lame because I typed in my first name when first signing up for aol,and of course just “Alicia” was taken. So, they suggest alternatives for you. Alicia954 was their first suggestion. So I selected it! Um, lame! It’s not creative at all! This is my screen name still, because it was too hard to have to inform everyone of changing it and really, who cares. But every once and a while someone would ask me the significance of the “954” and I have to explain that there is none, I’m just LAME.

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buffchick

At 12, how buff was I? And I didn’t play sports or work out…I’m sure there was a reason, I just have no idea what it was.

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Sues4154

Right, just my name with some numbers. No problem. But wanna know what the numbers stand for. Well, I was 14 years old and had 2 crushes. Both were on the basketball team. One was #44 and one was #15. I didn’t want to be toooo obvious so I stuck the 15 in between the 44. Wow, tricky, right?

Also, this is still my screen name! I don’t really go on AIM anymore, but if I need to for some reason, I’m Sues4154. Just too much of a pain to change it, but I love it when people ask what the numbers are. Embarrassing!

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: by Chelsea 06/16/2009 Reply

I had: LASpearsBeBe…..cause I was obsessed with LA, Britney Spears, and BeBe. I was also, oh, 13? But either way, Gross.