17 Types Of AIM Screen Names That Are As Funny As They Are Embarrassinggggggg
Imagine, if you will, that the year is 1999, and your parents FINALLY got that sweet, sweet dial-up internet connection.
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*bing-bing-bing-bing-bong-bong-bong-dee-dong-dee-dong-donggggggggg-chhhhhh*
Obviously, the first thing you’re going to do is RUN to the computer to set up your AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) account so you can gossip with your friends, flirt with your crush, and talk with randos in the chat rooms.
But one of the most important parts of AIM was choosing a screen name, and what you chose actually said a LOT about you. So, here is a list of 17 common types of screen names we used to see, like, all the time, and what each of them revealed about the AIM user.
If your screen name...
1.Had lEtTeRs LiKe tHiS:
Examples: BuTtErFlYgIrL; dAyDrEaMeR2000
It was very important you to be uNiQuE and DiFfErEnT in a way that makes you cringe so hard when you look back at your middle school self. You were probably trying to be a "manic pixie dream girl," but it's really not your fault. Blame it on our culture.
2.Included either “mamii, babii, sexii, or hottii”:
Examples: flirtymamii7; BlingBlingBabii1993
You probably spent a lot of time trying on dresses at Deb and making your friends watch as you modeled them back and forth across the store. And of course, you tried each dress on with those clear plastic heels that Deb was always consistently stocked with.
3.Included anything Disney-related (and was proof that you’d eventually become a Disney adult):
Examples: minniemouseketeer3x; gooftroop89; princessjasmine3
You owned SEVERAL pairs of denim capri pants and always paired them with those Limited Too monkey T-shirts that said things like, "It wasn't me" or "Up to no good."
4.Name dropped fashion labels:
Examples: ArmaniB0i; PRADAbb365
You had for sure never even been in the same mall as one of these stores, and your favorite clothes probably came from Express if you were lucky. You might have even tried to convince your friends your Claire's jewelry was from Tiffany's, but no one really believed you.
5.Was somehow related to your favorite band:
Examples: weezergurl888; deathcab4; thnksfrthmmries
You had LimeWire open 24/7 and never went anywhere without a Sharpie, just in case you had to add a song lyric or a broken "
6.Something sports related:
Examples: bballerj0sh; GotaB1gBat
This could go one of two ways: You were either a closeted lesbian who had a crush on Mia Hamm, or a closeted gay trying to throw people off your scent (and had a crush on David Beckham).
7.Referenced your pet or a species of animal in general:
Examples: horse4837163747; doglvr4
You IM'ed SmarterChild a lot and drew abstract art in Microsoft Paint.
8.Was you being horny on main:
Examples: mrsdavidboreanaz8989; usherXOXbabygirl; carsondalyismyboyfriend
Your bedroom wall was covered — like, every square inch — in magazine cutouts of celebrities, and your dad couldn't even come into your room anymore because it made him so mad.
9.Was dream/angel/heaven-related:
Examples: dreambbydream; 000angelcutie; jUsTLiKeHeAvEn87
You used baby pink-colored Comic Sans as your font even though all your friends told you they could barely see it. But you didn't care; it was all about the ~aesthetic~ for you.
10.Was you being melodramatic:
Examples: sweetest000tragedy; Melanch0lyBeauty91
You always left cryptic away messages, but really you were just watching the Unsolved Mysteries marathon on Lifetime every day after school before your parents got home.
11.Was just a movie quote:
Examples: MeetMeInMontauk42; Iam@g0ld3nG0D
If given the chance, you would corner literally anyone to tell them why Tarantino is the most important filmmaker of our time, and scoffed at people who liked anything that you thought was too "mainstream."
12.Either started with or ended with “xoxo”:
Examples: XoXoSparklyNprettyXoXo; xoxoSugarRushxoxo
You wore a lot of roll-on body glitter and had a huge collection of gel pens that you'd bring to school every day to write notes to people during class.
13.Mentioned fruit:
Examples: xstrawberrysodax; juicywatermelon8
You orchestrated and participated in A LOT of three-way phone call attacks.
14.Was just a random series of letters and numbers:
Examples: he78892; b4d92th5; 3348926fL
You were no nonsense and could not be peer pressured. It might have made a lot of people kind of uneasy. But you now have the strongest passwords known to man. Ain't nobody stealing your identity.
15.Included your zodiac sign:
Examples: xxxAriesGirlxxx; curious_@qu@rius
You definitely sought out paranormal experiences and were convinced you could see ghosts and shit. You probably related a little too much to the witchcraft episode of PEN15 ("shalaylay pumpano!!").
16.Gave off super macho energy without anything to back it up IRL:
Examples: dunkinonkyle; backflipkyle
You spent the entirety of math class typing things like "8OO85" on your calculator and showing it to your friends. And you definitely hate your job now.
17.And finally, if your screen name was not inventive at all/was just your full name:
Example: jake_farrington; _mollycapobianco_
You for sure had undiagnosed social anxiety, and the idea of making a screen name was actually so stressful that you crumbled under the pressure and just did this.
Do you remember your old AIM screen name? Tell us what it was in the comments!
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