What's your user name mean?

[GrogNerd]

literally, it is slight variation of the French word "grognard" meaning "grumbler" and was used to describe members of Napoleon's infantry

pronounced "grun-yar" and, in Spanish, "gruñon"

in modern, informal French or Spanish, "mean old man"

in the 70s, it was used as a term for anyone who played board wargames using cardboard counters on hex-based battlefield maps. I still have one of my favorites, Sniper!

I still play those games. these days they are computer-based (thank GD for not having to setup and keep track of those friggin little counters, combat calculations by hand or find someone to play against)

here's one I love, the Normandy Invasion scenario from The Operational Art of War



and I'm a nerd

<sigh> I developed my moniker long time ago when I first started gardening. Basically it stood for _O_rganic _G_ardener _in ME_ (Maine). Later, we moved and started raising dairy goats. It quickly switched to Old Goat....

Now I brew, along with the gardening, and the goats, so depending upon the forum: Old Goat, Original Gravity, (I refuse to use Organic gardener now that the government has ruined the connotation of the term.

Of course, along the way (between the goats and the brewing), we moved down to New Hampshire, but I haven't a good way to work that in. And I'm also too fond of the appellation at this point to change.

New Hampshire is The Granite State, so... "Of Granite" ?

 

[kombat]

Original French version of my last name. It's been German for the past 500 years, as territories moved back and forth.

Doesn't it translate to "The Man God?"

 

[TheCADJockey]

New Hampshire is The Granite State, so... "Of Granite" ?

 

[drainbamage]

literally, it is slight variation of the French word "grognard" meaning "grumbler" and was used to describe members of Napoleon's infantry

pronounced "grun-yar" and, in Spanish, "gruñon"

in modern, informal French or Spanish, "mean old man"

in the 70s, it was used as a term for anyone who played board wargames using cardboard counters on hex-based battlefield maps. I still have one of my favorites, Sniper!

I still play those games. these days they are computer-based (thank GD for not having to setup and keep track of those friggin little counters, combat calculations by hand or find someone to play against)

here's one I love, the Normandy Invasion scenario from The Operational Art of War

and I'm a nerd

New Hampshire is The Granite State, so... "Of Granite" ?

I had been thinking it was more literal: grog (alcoholic beverage) + nerd (self-explanatory). So, roughly synonymous with "beer geek". Learn something new every day.

 

[Oginme]

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New Hampshire is The Granite State, so... "Of Granite" ?

It's more of the "ME" exchange for "NH" that I was working on...

 

[GrogNerd]

I had been thinking it was more literal: grog (alcoholic beverage) + nerd (self-explanatory). So, roughly synonymous with "beer geek". Learn something new every day.

for me, it works on so many levels

 

[cannman]

I had been thinking it was more literal: grog (alcoholic beverage) + nerd (self-explanatory). So, roughly synonymous with "beer geek". Learn something new every day.

Had me thinking "Secret of Monkey Island." :rockin: @grognerd

 

[GrogNerd]

It's more of the "ME" exchange for "NH" that I was working on...

in Spanish, the word "de" translates to "of" or "from"

so I was thinking Of(From) Granite (NH) in Maine

but I can certainly shut up and go away now

 

[GrogNerd]

Had me thinking "Secret of Monkey Island." :rockin: @grognerd

the pirate thing also works.

the ship I was on was the only US Navy warship authorized to fly the Jolly Roger. so, all of you landlubbers can only TALK like a pirate

 

[Psylocide]

I seen a post by 'busknuckle' and I thought "what the hell does that mean"!!! I see a lot of creative user names, what do they all mean? Some people seem to put some real thought in them, some are like me!

orly?

Spam.

 

[unionrdr]

How 'bout this?

 

[lhommedieu]

Doesn't it translate to "The Man God?"

Something like that. Back in the 16th century they were known as church builders...

 

[ultra_cas]

Back in college, I got the nickname "Ultra Casual" or "ultracas" or "UC or "Cas". The name stuck, 29 years later. Even my wife calls me "Cas"

 

[Oceantendency]

I have a tendency of being in the Ocean...Oceantendency. I surf, freedive, scuba, spearfish by breath hold (freediving), and love to fish or chill at the beach.

 

[smAllGrain]

When I signed up I was taking my first attempts at all grain but only 3Gal batches. so I that I was doing small All Grain batches = smAllGrain

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Well, since pop & I were auto workers in the same local union, & we were both hotrodders, I came up with unionrdr, or "union rodder".

For about a year I thought your name was uniondr and you might be a Reenactor on the Northern side doing a Medical Officer's impression. True story.

 

[fuelish]

Mine goes back to , oh, I dunno, 2001-ish....bought a Trek Fuel 90 ...awesome bike, still ridable today...Fuelish was my name on a mountainbiking forum, it has just stuck to other forums....kind of a combo of fuel and foolishness, or something

 

[Oginme]

in Spanish, the word "de" translates to "of" or "from"

so I was thinking Of(From) Granite (NH) in Maine

but I can certainly shut up and go away now

Hey, anything that prompts the dust to burn off the brain cells is all good. I think the real issue is that I've been using the 'Oginme' moniker since the early Compuserve days. (S#!7, did I just date myself there? I wonder how many of the younger brewers are scratching their heads over that one)

 

[CapnHook]

One of my roommates (10 of us) my sophomore year in college decided we all needed nicknames. He (House) decided mine would be Hook. Inasmuch as he was a lineman on the football team, and had more hair on his back than I have on my chest (and I have a hairy chest), I did not object. Then I became a waiter captain in our undergrad dining halls, and became Captain Hook, then just CapnHook.

 

[GrogNerd]

Hey, anything that prompts the dust to burn off the brain cells is all good. I think the real issue is that I've been using the 'Oginme' moniker since the early Compuserve days. (S#!7, did I just date myself there? I wonder how many of the younger brewers are scratching their heads over that one)

I was on C'Serve too, back in the day

didn't use GrogNerd back then, tho

 

[BadDeacon]

Well, since pop & I were auto workers in the same local union, & we were both hotrodders, I came up with unionrdr, or "union rodder".

I have always read your name as Union Doctor.

 

[BadDeacon]

I am chairman of the diaconate at my church. I live in MS. Until a few years ago, home brewing was illegal. As a deacon I have to be "above reproach". Well, when MS voted to legalize home brewing I went ahead and started brewing even though it would not be officially legal for a few months. Hence, Bad Deacon. Now I just sign stuff as Deacon.

 

[jdp]

Just Drink Pliney




Well, not really... Its just my initials.

 

[cyberbrew]

When I got back into brewing last year I started with a couple guys that I work with. We called our "brewery" CyberSec Brewing (we do Internet security). cyberbrew seemed like an obvious route to take...

 

[dad23ds]

I have three kids with first names beginning with D. So, dad to 3 Ds. Also DAD happens to be my initials.

 

[Murphys_Law]

Murphy's a family name on mom's side and the "Law" - well, let's say it applies to most of my brewing days!

 

[Brauer]

I was stationed in Germany while I was in the military, married a Germany girl and vacation there every summer. It also the place where I really discovered my love of beer.
Brauer= Brewer in German.

 

[jonbourg]

First name and first 5 letters of last name mashed together (I had to come up with some kind of cool beer reference or it would be really boring).

 

[Kee]

I remember wanting a user name that was short and clever. Came up with this after a couple of high gravity beers. All I can say for sure is that it is short.

 

[fj605]

Initials + area code

Frederick Joel from South Dakota. Damn glad to meet you!

 

[humblehops500]

A nod to my previous homebrew club in No. Calif.- The Humboldt County Humbrewers Guild. I thought it was pretty clever but the name Humblehops was already taken and I didn't want to lose it so I added 500 to it. Plus, although I like flavor and aromatic hoppiness in brews, I'm not a big bitter IPA fan, so I'm quite humble about hop levels in beer.

 

[Roadliner]

Just the model of my motorcycle. lol I'm not nearly as creative as some of these people.

 

[ol-hazza]

Well, since pop & I were auto workers in the same local union, & we were both hotrodders, I came up with unionrdr, or "union rodder".

I have been missing the first r every time I saw your name

 

[mbobhat]

I have been missing the first r every time I saw your name

Me too I always read " Union D R " . It seemed to have a ring to it.

mbobhat

my nicknames matt in THE hat (THE being whatever ballcap I'd wear until it fell apart)
I also was in the army when I was, for a short time until they got rid of them, matt in the fuzzy beret.

Bob was also a nickname, in reference to sideshow bob, with the looks and general evil schemin'...

 

[Leezer]

This has been a fun thread to read. I wish mine was more interesting, but it's just a nickname I got based on my real name of Lisa.

 

[MagicMatt]

In my other life I'm a magician. Not as a profession necessarily, but more as a hobby. It was my first love. Friends started calling me Magic Matt in high school and it's stuck since.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I earned "Billy the Klubb" when I took the sawed off handle end of an aluminum bat away from the guy who beat me with it. it became mine. I threw it out years ago.

 

[slym2none]

So far, Billy-Klubb wins. Fat Dragon is a close second.

:rockin:

 

[muels]

Billy Klubb always wins. Unless you want berry punched.


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[Minky]

Bob was also a nickname, in reference to sideshow bob, with the looks and general evil schemin'...

If you look like Sideshow Bob, you gotta post a picture!!