LOL Steph!
Guirigay actually had a very clever guess as to where the 9808 came from
He thought it stood for the years that I first went and Ninja and I first went
After he said that I realized it was fairly close.
My first trip to Negril was in 1999 and the first time Raul and I went together was 2008, so pretty close! I would change it to 9908 but that would require way too much work LOL
Mine comes from the 10 years I spent as a professional wrestler. I can be easily identified on the beach as I am 6'4 and the size of a OL in the NFL....and my name is tattoed on my left arm with a big black skull. The big bald head and perma smile in Jamaica probably help as well!
Some people were born in the wrong century....I was born in the wrong country!
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Originally it was a nickname given to me by friends growing up. Shortened version of my maiden name. Now If you've met me in real life then you understand why this is fitting LOL
tiz·zy noun \ˈti-zē\
Definition of TIZZY
: a highly excited and distracted state of mind
So you see, I am Tizzy and i live in Austin, TX
Stir IT UP
^ Most appropriate and accurate nickname I have ever come across!
Gee, mine is so boring... I'm Nicole B... I'd come up with something more interesting except I'd have to remember it!
I name all my cars and my first vehicle was named lutely after abso - $%#^&* - lutely during a slightly altered conversation I was having with a passenger the first time I took her for a spin.
Great thread RinaKim - loving the stories. The names mean a little more now with some background...
Ours is fairly simple, we are a pair of nuts and we love to travel
When I first joined the travel boards, I had a wonderful 13 year old shih tzu named Coco. I started as cocosmommy on TA and shortened it to Coco by the time I joined Negril.com.
My name was given to me by some Spanish friends who lived with Sweetie Pie. Guiri's - prounounced like this - http://www.forvo.com/word/guiri/ - are generally Northern European tourists in Spain. It's something of a derogatory term. They wear silly shorts and sandals with socks and are always terribly red from sunburn because they are, well, Guiri's. We're sitting around one day goofing and I have on a pair of white socks with my jeans. Apparently a huge European fashion faux paus. Violeta looks at me and starts laughing, "Oh my God, you're a Guiri!" Our other friend Laura laughs back, "You're right!" From then on I was Guiri. A few weeks later we come home and Violeta and Laura are just having a giggle fest. For the past few weeks whenever they wanted to rib me (which is a target rich environment, let me tell you) They would say, "You're such a Guiri guy!" When we ask what was so funny Violeta says, "Well I just love heterographs and we figured out a great one. You know how we're always telling you that you're a Guiri guy? Well you're also a Guirigay!" pronounced like this - http://www.forvo.com/word/guirigay/ - and then they had great fun giving me the explanation - http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/guirigay - and it was pretty hard to argue with them.
Sweetie Pie has always been my Sweetie. One morning when I was leaving the house I said "Goodbye, Sweetie Pie!" Violeta loved this, "I've never heard that one! I love all these rhyming farewells you Americans have. You know, See you later, Alligator - After a while, Crocodile!" and then, a few moments later she is ecstatic, "Oh my God! Guirigay and Sweetie Pie!! That's it!" And it was...
What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding?
When I first started stalking this message board (before I created an account), I always wondered how everyone came up with their names. Haha
Mine is pretty simple... I have (had) three black cats. It's also the name of my jewellery business.
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