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maydonoz Mon 19-Oct-20 14:18:49

Hi all
I sometimes ponder over the meaning of posters' usernames and thought it might be an interesting topic for a thread.
My own "maydonoz" is the Turkish word for parsley, to reflect my many years living in Turkey, previously and also enjoy cooking so use many herbs, including parsley.
Some of you may wish to share your username meaning too.

Gagagran Tue 20-Oct-20 10:44:12

My dear old Mum suffered from vascular dementia towards the end of her long life and often used to say "I must be going gaga". She was always "Gran" to her grandchildren so I chose my name in honour of her.

fifeywifey Tue 20-Oct-20 10:44:54

Uncomplicated. I'm a wifey frae Fife.

Saggi Tue 20-Oct-20 10:45:13

Birthday

Saggi Tue 20-Oct-20 10:45:46

....oh, and a reference to getting older maybe!

LuckyFour Tue 20-Oct-20 10:46:54

Four grandchildren, and I am so lucky they are great.

Riggie Tue 20-Oct-20 10:48:46

After what fans of my favourite band call themselves.

Will leave people to guess!!

Nannylovesshopping Tue 20-Oct-20 10:51:04

Because I do?

Tabby1cat Tue 20-Oct-20 10:51:20

Our cat is a tabby and that is also his name, my husband added the 1 when a password required a numeral.

Juicylucy Tue 20-Oct-20 10:53:33

When I done a phone update something happened, and I couldn’t sign in to gransnet I used to be Tessa101 ( my dogs name).
It wouldn’t let me use my old username. So i now use my CB name from years ago when I was about 20.

Froglady Tue 20-Oct-20 10:58:05

I just love frogs, both real and ornaments, etc!

Chimaera Tue 20-Oct-20 10:59:22

My favourite car!

henetha Tue 20-Oct-20 11:00:25

I was brought up with lots of hens.

Unigran4 Tue 20-Oct-20 11:01:52

After my first GC was born in 1999 I was so thrilled to be a Granny that ever after that, when asked my name by the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, I would always reply "Granny". So many people call me Granny now that I wanted to be Universal Granny on here, but was told I couldn't have it, so shortened it. And zi have 4 GC

Unigran4 Tue 20-Oct-20 11:02:41

Not zi but I

Quaver22 Tue 20-Oct-20 11:05:13

I love singing and I belong to a number of choirs. My birthday is on the 22 nd!

SkyBird Tue 20-Oct-20 11:09:28

Before retiring my DH was a pilot with BA. My name is a play on BA's call sign.

ReadyMeals Tue 20-Oct-20 11:10:51

My name is because I hate cooking and use microwave ready meals as much as I can get away with before DH starts gently hinting "We've not had bolognese for a while, I've been fancying it lately"

Loistemple Tue 20-Oct-20 11:11:27

I was a fan of Lois Lane and Simon Templar in the 60’s and automatically introduced myself at the Locarno to any potential dancing partner as Lois Temple as I thought it sounded romantic.

SophieBookupied Tue 20-Oct-20 11:11:50

I am occupied with writing books. And reading books.

Chameleon007 Tue 20-Oct-20 11:14:33

My maiden name was one colour when I married I changed surname to another colour - hence Chameleon. The 007 relates to my initials - JB

Aepgirl Tue 20-Oct-20 11:17:03

Mine means absolutely nothing - simply because I don’t want to be identified for security reasons.

NotANana Tue 20-Oct-20 11:18:21

I don’t have children, so could never be a gran, or a nana.....

allsortsofbags Tue 20-Oct-20 11:21:57

Mine is due to one DD asking the other DD if they had a certain type of bag they could borrow.

Answer was sorry no but "ask mum she has all sorts of bags".

Made me realise just how many sorts of bags I had :-)

These days I could also use "Far too many scarves" :-)

recklessgran Tue 20-Oct-20 11:23:22

Probably a bit outing but mine is a family joke and goes back to a family holiday in Greece where on an inebriated Greek night I enjoyed myself dancing on tables. When I finally returned to our family group table my DGS exclaimed "Gran, that was so reckless!" There started a long standing joke between him and I whereby in every card we send to each other we put "stay reckless!" along with the usual love, hugs and all that jazz. [I am generally fairly reckless in lots of ways so I guess it suits me.]

TwinLolly Tue 20-Oct-20 11:23:32

My nickname used by my family plus... the first part.