What's in a nickname

[markydefad]

On 2002-05-31 08:43, nrgbeat wrote:
Here's how I got my nickname.

One night I had a dream that Paul Parker appeared before me in a flash of lightning. He said in a loud, powerful voice "thou shall be called nrgbeat and spread the word of dance music".

I looked up at him and said "you want me to call myself nrgbeat?"

He replied "you're right on target."

Then I woke up.

nrgbeat,

Are you sure Paul didn't say "You're Pushin' Too Hard"???

(That's the flip side, folks.)

And I know a few things about "Pushin' Too Hard" for the jokes, folks.

It's a Curse, A CURSE, I say!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nano]

On 2002-05-31 02:01, jazz_pilgrim wrote:

How do you pronounce it, then??

jazz_pilgrim: try "ghisheh", sounds pretty close.

[Nano]

C'mon guys! 157 views and just 15 answers? Don't be chicken!
Thanks to all of you that went up for it... I'm still waiting for more.

[keefelc]

On 2002-05-31 08:43, nrgbeat wrote:
Here's how I got my nickname.

One night I had a dream that Paul Parker appeared before me in a flash of lightning. He said in a loud, powerful voice "thou shall be called nrgbeat and spread the word of dance music".

I looked up at him and said "you want me to call myself nrgbeat?"

He replied "you're right on target."

Then I woke up.

Well nrgbeat/Bob, you do realize that you're twisted, don't you? I loved your story!

My nickname is as creative as Jeff's.

[guille]

Nano's linguistics is amazing. However, I would pronounce my name as Gheeshah. Put some stress on the double ee, look at the stars and make a wish. Good Luck!!!
Have a Disco Life.

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[nrgbeat]

And I know a few things about "Pushin' Too Hard" for the jokes, folks.

It's a Curse, A CURSE, I say!!!!!!!!!!!

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Marky, what exactly did you mean by the above comment? Hmmmmm?

[HustleBaby]

When I first became a member, I went by the name DISCO DELIGHT. Just like Guille, when the format was changed, I couldn't register as DELIGHT so I created the name HUSTLEBABY.

My DISCO DELIGHT name came from my co-workers because disco was the only kind of music that I would play. They also accuse me of being "stuck in the 70's". DISCO DIVA is another name they call me.

HUSTLEBABY was given to me by this guy who was teaching me how to hustle and as I was getting better, he yelled out HUSTLEBABY!!!

*DISCO DELIGHT*

[Funky Dude]

How did I came up with a nickname "Funky Dude". Well back in the fall of 1998 I was in the music library hiring disco and funk related CDs (and there weren't many) and I filled out some order slips for some funk/disco albums such as Commodores "Machine Gun" album, Ohio Players "Fire" album, Parliament "Mothership Connection" album, and a few others and when I gave the slips to the librarian and he said "Whoaa you are one funky dude". And the name kinda stuck. Then when I started signing into messageboards and joined Ebay I used "funkydude74" and when I joined the Disco Music message board in the fall of 2000 I used the username "Funky Dude". Reason I like the name Funky Dude, is because of the obvious reason I love the really hard thumpin' funky music especially from around 1974/75 era, and I really love disco music especially the salsa style. In my other nickname "funkydude74" I added the 74 because it is one of my favourite years of funk and disco. As you know I really love the rare funky disco tracks especially from the early/mid 70's and I try and look up the really rare funk/disco songs and download them from Audio Galaxy.

My nickname "Funky Dude" is only online. Offline I've had a couple of nicknames but none of me mates call me "Funky Dude". Back around the early 90's when I use to lived down the coast I was well-known as "Wally" and when I run into old friends from down the coast they go "Hey Wally". My only other nickname I had which was real brief and lasted no more than a few weeks at high school was "Hopalong" and there is a story to that. Back in 1999 when I was walking to the youth center I kicked a palm tree branch and "Ouch" I had palm tree splinters in my toes. For a couple of weeks I was limping when walking around at high school my mates say "Hey hopalong". During that time I got a few splinters out of my smaller toes and I still had pain in my middle toe. I kept on slapping black ointment on and trying to somehow pull it out and after two weeks I managed to jar it loose and when I pulled it out "WHOAAAA THAT IS ONE HUGE-ARSE SPLINTER", the splinter was at least 1 inch long, I didn't realise it was that huge and I had it in me for two whole weeks. I showed me mates my huge splinter and they were shocked and the nickname "Hopalong" dropped.

Anyhow getting back to my online usernames, for other messageboards and other stuff I normally use "funkydude74" as a username and "Funky Dude" for this forum only.

[Boodikka]

Boudacea was a queen of the Iceni tribe whose armies battled the Romans. She is considered the greatest female warrior in history (Jeanne D'Arc was a WIMP!). In 1992 DC Comics created a female Green Lantern character whose demeanor reminds me a great deal of me own. The character's name was a bastardization of Boudacea.....Boodikka! It's my nom de plume all over the web.

[Jeff H]

So, Boodi--are you a comics fan too? Any other comics fans among us?

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[Boodikka]

I've been in and out of the comic hobby for a LONG time! I stopped being a hardcore comic
fan around 1994.....the year DC ruined Green Lantern. Now I just buy Spectre, because it is about Hal Jordan.

[Jeff H]

I hear ya, Boodi. I was never a big GL reader, but I did/do read JLA, and Hal Jordan will always be the one true Green Lantern.

And don't even get me started on how a certain adolescent had a thing for Hal's spandex crotch (which was not covered by swim trunks like most other costumes), even if I didn't yet know why!

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[The Lord of Flatbush]

My nickname was given to yours truly by Brooklyn's own Joe Causi during my second appearance on the KTU Studio 54 Clubhouse for the Memorial Mix It Up Weekend in 2001.
Joe mentioned they call him "The Lord of Flatbush", that was the moment where the nickname for yours truly originated.



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[Masdefi]

...oohhh..very simple.

Mas de fi stands for:

Massimo: my first name

De Filippis: my family name

not more not less

ciao!


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[DJ P]

My 'nick-name' is what I used in the Disco's when I was DJ'ing. I was never one to make up a DJ name (like the radio jocks, or some in the clubs in my area-'Fast Eddie', 'Dr. Funk', etc.). I would use my first name in every club I spun at and anytime I was required to make annoucements I would use it proceeded by the phrase 'DJ'. On this board I decided to continue using the same method. All the best, DJ Phil