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Originally Posted by Elspode

You'd be close, actually. The word "Spode" is the name of a renowned British family of dinnerware makers. My attachment to it came from junior high school, wherein the word sounded like it would be something good to call someone who was behaving spastically or otherwise deviating from the "norm" (i.e., as a creative and odd replacement for "nerd", "doofus", "retard" or "dickhead"). There is even a caricature that accompanies it, but I won't post it here as it would probably shock some of you to see the resemblance to my photo.

Once I got online, I found that I had to add "El" to it to be able to use it as a username, believe it or not.

Do I win something?