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Common playa names

Post by BoyScoutGirl » Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:40 pm

I've notice what seems to be an overabundance of people with handles that are some sort of variant of "badger" on eplaya. My playa name is "scout," but there appear to be quite a few other people with that name on-playa.

What playa names have you noticed are somewhat common? Here's my list:

Badger
Scout
Hey, you
Just ____ [insert actual first name here]
Sarge
Spark or Sparky
Medic
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Re: Common playa names

Post by lucky420 » Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:52 pm

Spanky and I do hear lucky or variations of lucky every once in awhile
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Re: Common playa names

Post by tamarakay » Sat Aug 22, 2015 7:26 pm

Playa names confuse the hell outa me. So now I have playa names, Facebook names, default names, eplaya names, then the stupid bastards that keep changing their playa names. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. You are all dude.
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Eric » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:25 pm

tamarakay wrote:Playa names confuse the hell outa me. So now I have playa names, Facebook names, default names, eplaya names, then the stupid bastards that keep changing their playa names. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. You are all dude.
And now you know why I go by "Eric" everywhere. :lol:

Lots of ship and military based names out there:
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Captain Goddammit » Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:32 pm

Crap, I'm two of those!
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Bless » Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:40 pm

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Re: Common playa names

Post by BBadger » Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:47 pm

Hmm, I don't really encounter many playa names, and only really know one person who has a "playa name" that use to refer to him. I'm not even sure if it's a playa name or just a name he uses. I only get called "BBadger" at M&G, otherwise it's just my real name.
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Post by Lonesomebri » Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:04 am

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Re: Common playa names

Post by pink » Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:13 pm

There's more than a few Pinks but that's my name and I'm sticking with it!
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Re: Common playa names

Post by AntiM » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:50 pm

For a long time I knew several Phoenixes.

I'm the only Anti M on the playa I know of, but I have seen a knitter blog by an Anti M in CO, and an Aunty Em who makes marvelous pieced sweater coats in Utah.

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Re: Common playa names

Post by MikeGyver » Sun Aug 23, 2015 6:06 pm

Quite a few Magic's out there
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Wigwam » Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:05 pm

I vote for dude. The longer the duuuuuuuude, the longer you've been burning.
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Canoe » Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:52 pm

Seems that Playa Bunnys must multiple like, well, bunnies.
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Re: Common playa names

Post by theCryptofishist » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:02 pm

Eric wrote:
tamarakay wrote:Playa names confuse the hell outa me. So now I have playa names, Facebook names, default names, eplaya names, then the stupid bastards that keep changing their playa names. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. You are all dude.
And now you know why I go by "Eric" everywhere. :lol:
And I'm one of those that Tamara's talking about. Glorious Eric always feels at home wherever he is. I always feel like I'm alive because I haven't been noticed. Or because I'm too insignificant to kill.
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Token » Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:17 pm

Very common on playa:

Shirtcocker
Hippie
Etard
FKO
Sparkle Pony

That pretty much covers ~ 80% of the population out there. All winners.

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Re: Common playa names

Post by Bless » Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:56 pm

Fucking etards.
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Re: Common playa names

Post by Token » Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:32 pm

You can string them together for flavor.

Fucking Sparkle Pony Hippie Etard Shirtcocker is a powerful epithet.

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Re: Common playa names

Post by Simon of the Playa » Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:39 pm

thats Sir Fucking Sparkle Pony Hippie Etard Shirtcocker IV, to you...




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