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VegasPrincess
07-10-2007, 10:53 AM
I'm from Las Vegas. And I like to pretend I'm a princess. So, VegasPrincess
scarlett_vancouver
07-10-2007, 01:09 PM
my city+dance name. im boring like that.
ditto
ExoticEngineer
07-10-2007, 03:04 PM
When I was telling a friend of my hubby what I do, I said "I'm a stripper"
He got this sour look on his face and said, "Geez, don't say that, it sounds so bad!"
So I said "Oh, if it offends your delicate senses, I can call myself an Exotic Engineer, if that'll make you feel better about talking to me." *MAJOR EYE ROLL.
My hubby, thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, so from that point on, we always referred to it as Exotic Engineering, or I am an exotic engineer...It stuck.
Picaresque
07-10-2007, 06:46 PM
My screen name is the title of a Decemberists album. They're among my favorite bands ever, and i like the sound of the word itself. ;D
Corey
07-11-2007, 04:05 PM
It's a line from the first song that I ever stripped to, "Bang a Gong" by T-Rex. I've always liked the song, too, so it was rather serindipitous that I got to dance to it. I actually just googled my name for the first time and apparently there's some small-time band out there impudently using my alias as their band name. I hope no one thinks I'm like their #1 fan or something! I bet they suck.
I knew that sound familiar. T. Rex has another sexy, slow song called "The Slider".
pinkkitten
07-11-2007, 05:34 PM
Mine came from my partner calling me a kitten when we first met and i would ask him "what kind of kitten?" and he would always say "a pink one." He still calls me a kitten to this day.
Corey
07-11-2007, 05:51 PM
When I was in college I never wore shoes to class. I went everywhere barefoot; I'd often go for weeks without putting any shoes on. My Hebrew professor was enormously entertained by my naked feet, and he always called me ha'isha ha'yekhefah, "the barefoot woman." By the end of the semester, Yekhefah ("Barefoot") had become something of a nickname. I liked it, so I kept it.
Yek-
I love that little story. I am SO the oppisite. I LOVE shoes!! In fact, I have been thinking about changing my name from 'Corey' to 'Carrie' as in Bradshaw. May as well,I got so many people telling me I look like her. I had this gay guy follow me around a party, quizing me on 'Carrie's' love life!! I'm like'Dude, really it's only a TV show and I really am not her'.
Ok, why'Corey"? I have had many stage names. I have also worked with so many Angel's, Jasmines, Crystals, Stars and names that sounded exotic and ended with the consenant 'A'!
I decided I wanted the simplist, plainest, most real and a name that was easy to pronounce: 'Cathy'. There happened to be a dancer at that club who's real name was Kathleen. It kind made her uncomfortable so I switched it to 'Corey'.
But I am still considering 'Carrie' and I am looking to buy yet another pair of heel:)
ClaireBear84
07-11-2007, 05:52 PM
ClaireBear was one of my nicknames growing up as a kid and I was born in 84
cameron_keys
07-11-2007, 07:08 PM
When I was telling a friend of my hubby what I do, I said "I'm a stripper"
He got this sour look on his face and said, "Geez, don't say that, it sounds so bad!"
So I said "Oh, if it offends your delicate senses, I can call myself an Exotic Engineer, if that'll make you feel better about talking to me." *MAJOR EYE ROLL.
My hubby, thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, so from that point on, we always referred to it as Exotic Engineering, or I am an exotic engineer...It stuck.
HA!! I had business cards made up at one point that said I was a "Thermodynamic Enhancement Engineer" ...aka...I'll heat you up!
Now when I'm pushed for a term to define myself I say I'm an ecdysiast
From the show Gypsy:
"Some men have called me an ecdysiast. Do you know what that means? An ecdysiast is one who, or that which, sheds it's skin. In vulgar parlance, a stripper. But I'm not a stripper. At these prices, I'm an ecdysiast! "
PaigeDWinter
07-11-2007, 10:07 PM
Now when I'm pushed for a term to define myself I say I'm an ecdysiast
From the show Gypsy:
"Some men have called me an ecdysiast. Do you know what that means? An ecdysiast is one who, or that which, sheds it's skin. In vulgar parlance, a stripper. But I'm not a stripper. At these prices, I'm an ecdysiast! "
Yeah! I list myself as such on my MySpace and I get TONS of "whats an ecdysiast?" emails. LOL!
carolina6
07-11-2007, 10:17 PM
Caroline is the fake real name I tell customers. I just changed it to carolina for my email and sw-ing. 6 is my lucky number. This is a good thread, I've always wondered about certain people's names.
RC's the nickname my dad gave me when my brothers were to little to say Rachele. It's actually my initials, and yeah that's still what he calls me....
PleasureVictim
07-15-2007, 02:20 PM
It's an tribute to my self-indulgence, one of my biggest flaws. I do many things depending on how good it will make me feel. Unfortunately more often than not it ends up not being the best decision.:-\ It's SO fitting, I'm thinking of getting it tattooed on my inner wrist.
AlexxaHex
07-23-2007, 09:10 PM
Yeah! I list myself as such on my MySpace and I get TONS of "whats an ecdysiast?" emails. LOL!
I didn't know of that word until I saw you using it actually. How would you pronounce it?
Yekhefah
07-24-2007, 05:41 AM
^^^ ek-DEES-ee-ast.
buffie06
07-25-2007, 08:21 PM
I had never been a member of a forum before and thought I was the only one seeing it (as a sign in only). I don't like mine at all, it was just my stage name with 06 , since buffie was taken, nerdy :(
madmaxine
07-25-2007, 09:07 PM
The older I get, the more I'm like my demented paternal abuelo (grandfather, who was pissed off all the time...)
So I'm Mad. & Maxine was my Godmother's name...She's long gone...
(My sister also accused me of viewing life as if it's a anarchistic "Mad Max" movie...Yup.)
bella_angel212001
07-26-2007, 04:24 PM
Mine is pretty simple, I am Italian and my nickname is Bella...actually there are people who only know me as Bella..lol Which is an Italian word for Beautiful my real name is Angelia (Angel..which is another nickname) and I turned 21 in 2001 = bella_angel212001 hehe... pretty simple huh?;D
Alia_of_the_Knife
07-26-2007, 05:27 PM
Because my other 2 got shut down.
And because I LOVE DUNE.
thatothergirljen
07-26-2007, 11:34 PM
When I started working there was another "Jenna" and probably three "Jennifers" at my job. So it was like, you were always, "that other girl Jen (Jenna, or Jennifer)."