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Initially I went by the name 'NousBoy'

Nous Meaning: common sense; practical intelligence.
Boy Meaning: well, I am a boy.

A few years later, I just dropped the boy because Nous just looked cleaner.
 
Words have always been fascinating to me. I like making up names to be different. It’s one way to stand out. So my username, ZandraJoi, is just something that sounded nice :)
 
Mine is part of my name, I used Noble for years on some sites as well as it was a gaming name I used.
 
PGen was the name of a site I used to run (PlatinumGamers [PG] which then became PlatinumGeneration [PGen]), I used PGen on a lot of support sites, and eventually I just stuck with it most places. The site died, but the name remained. I have other usernames in a couple of other places, but it's mostly PGen98 these days. The 98 relates to two hockey players I really liked when I first started watching hockey. Kept the number going throughout most of the usernames I've ever used, lol. I've thought about changing my name to something else, something a little more reflective of me as a person, but I'm so used to it at this point I just don't know what else would fit!
 
We all know you with that name, if you changed it that would confuse many.

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Yeah, for sure, it would be odd to change it, but I feel it comes across as a masculine name, even though it's sort of non-gendered, and of course I don't want to come across as masculine.
 
There's no story behind my username. It's a name I saw in a movie which I can't even remember the name of it but the name stuck with me and that's how I used it as my username.
 
My username, Shavkat, is my best friend's name in Tajikistan. To remember him, I use it. Since I cannot go to this country anymore.
 
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