Usernames: Explained!

[grifftron]

Last name if Griffith friends called me griff,

had a lot of xbox link parties in HS s/n was always grifftron on Halo 1 & 2 (never played xbox after those games or any other gaming system besides the good ol computer).

can't really remember why I had tron after my nickname, don't really care anymore i guess.

-griff

 

[Robinette]

Need i say more?

 

[Robinette]

Pretty cool story there Cong... one question though. How do you lose with a 500,000 strong force?

Perhaps there needs to be an * in the record book on this one...

 

[Incandenza]

You gonna bring batmanette 'round to play with the cool kids?

 

[Congentiatos]

Pretty cool story there Cong... one question though. How do you lose with a 500,000 strong force?

Yeah, you would think numbers would prevail...but they were mainly framers with swords and "pitchforks" kind of thing...no match for a well trained dug-in Roman Legend(s). You can look up Vercingetorix and you'll find many accounts of the battle and some "History Channel" kind of videos that go in detail about the Celtic Revolt and the battles...pretty cool stuff if you are into it.

But I like Asunder's assessment..."really bad dice", kind like what I have had on here lately.

 

[Congentiatos]

Need i say more?

Now that is pretty cool, emphasis on pretty

 

[uscg]

United States Coast Guard. I have been in for almost 15 years, so it is pretty much my life.

 

[AAFitz]

My old poker username. AA is for Pocket aces.

Fitz:Fitz forms a prefix to patronymic surnames of Anglo-Norman origin. This usage derives from the Norman fiz / filz, prononciation: /fits/ (cognate with French fils < Latin filius), meaning "son of", which was coupled with the name of the father (e.g. Fitz Gilbert, meaning "son of Gilbert") in the noble families according to the Scandinavian tradition to add -son behind the father's name. Although there are exceptions in which the name of a more noteworthy mother (Fitz Wymarch), or parent's title (Fitz Count, Fitz Empress) was instead used. It later was applied to the illegitimate sons of princes.

Adoption by other nationalities

In later times, similar forms were coined for members of the English and British royal family, who historically lacked a surname, and particularly for illegitimate children of kings and princes (Fitzroy, son of the king; Fitzjames, son of the king James II of England; and FitzClarence, son of the Duke of Clarence). From this later use, it has been implied that the name indicates illegitimacy, which was not originally the case.

The Irish surname FitzGerald is thought to derive from Gerald de Windsor, a Norman-Welsh nobleman whose son and grandson were involved in the Norman invasion of Ireland.

The Irish name Fitzpatrick is not of Norman origin; it is an Anglicization of the Gaelic surname Mac Giolla Phádraig. Other surnames beginning "Mac Giolla" were made into "Magilla-" (e.g. Magillacuddy), but the Fitzpatricks claimed Norman heritage in a time when the Normans dominated much of Ireland.

Fitz is also a stand-alone German surname originating in the Palatinate region of Germany.

 

[ORBOTRON]

While a lengthy explanation, not a complete one Fitz. So, are you a bastard, or are you german, or both? p

 

[allurbass]

Alex, I'll take Internet meme's for $1000

 

[Robinette]

Alex, I'll take Internet meme's for $1000

http://kennethhunt.com/archives/imajs/calvin.jpg

EDIT:
not sure why my pic links wouldn't post, so here's link... still really funny...

 

[greenoaks]

mine is the street my children live on

 

[coolname]

I just wanted a cool name

 

[coolname]

To start off, my username is simple: my initials (lame, I know). Let's hear about yours!

Ziggy?

 

[allurbass]

Zack?

 

[zspBANNED]

Zombie. Zircon. Zigzag. Zillion. Zodiac. Zonked. Zebra. Zucchini. Zeppelin. Zany. Zest. Zinc Zoo. Zibeon. Zo'oidal...

 

[Cassidy]

Zombocom.

 

[PointSpecial]

Point Special is the flagship beer of the Stevens Point Brewery in Stevens Point, WI where I went to college. Back then I was part of a basketball message board and I wanted something catchy that was also appropriate for being a Point fan (and player)... and it stuck!

 

[Avitray]

My username

It is pig-latin for my english name
Travi -> Avitray
so, there you go

 

[Pizzetto]

I was learning Italian in Florence, Italy. The word pizzetto (small beard) came up in one of the readings. One of the students asked, "what is a Pizzetto?" The teacher paused, looked around, pointed to me and said, "that's pizzetto!" Thanks to a close friend sitting next to me, the name has stuck.