Nickname
Under Username ( English for nickname , often short pitch ) are understood in today's German usage a mostly short name, a user usually a long time in Internet or LAN parties used. It is mostly used to log in to a user account and requires registration.
In German usage, “nickname” has a different meaning than “nickname”: The former is mostly limited to the Internet, possibly also to services without a fixed user account, e.g. B. Internet Relay Chat . In addition, it often has a more personal and informal connotation than the username and is chosen by the user according to his own standards.
For comparison: real name, also real name, is a real, civil name , for example in the form of "first name last name" or "last name, first name". In some offers there is a lively argument as to whether one has to introduce oneself by real name or nickname; Sometimes a nickname is recommended for data protection reasons .
Nickname types
- Real name ( orthonym , also abbreviated, e.g. as an acronym or short word )
- Nickname (originated outside of the internet, e.g. in childhood)
- Names of well-known personalities, places, objects or vehicles (e.g. duck , baroque angel , Snow White's coffin ), etc.
- Ironic names (e.g. noob )
- Leetspeak names
- Pseudonyms
- Neologisms
- Small sentences (e.g. I am insolent, you love me, stink after fish)
etymology
The English word nickname means nickname. Etymologists lead the first syllable of the word "nickname" back to the Old English word eaca ("multiplication") and derive "nickname" from the formulation "additional name" via the composition of the word "ekename" (as evidenced in Middle English) and the displacement of one Aloud from an ekename to a nekename in connection with the indefinite article . The Middle English ekename corresponds to “ Ökelame ” or “Disgusting name” in Low German.
See also
- pseudonym
- Network culture
- Demo scene ("Handle")
- Identity theft (nicknapping)
