Proposed Names for Panix Users


Last Update: 12 Feb 1995
Note: This list provides a current count of the preferences for a name for users of the Panix Internet services. Following in the great tradition of collective anarchy on the Net, I present The List:
Current count:
        panixians              14 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        panicians              14 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        panixistas              7 xxxxxxx      
        paniac                  6 xxxxxx
        panixer                 3 xxx
        panizen                 2 xx
        panic (s), panix (p)    2 xx
        panices                 2 xx
        panicites               2 xx 
        Spam!                   2 xx  
        panfries                2 xx
        panixen                 1 x                  
        panx                    1 x
        panixees                1 x
        panixopolites           1 x
        panix pax               1 x
        panixieri               1 x
        NY 'nix                 1 x
        U-PANIXHADS             1 x
        panikoi                 1 x
        paniae                  1 x
        Pixies                  1 x
        panixlians              1 x
        panixi                  1 x
        P-bodies                1 x
        panixnics               1 x
        panacean                1 x
        Panicker                1 x
        PANIXIOT                1 x
        PANXTERS                1 x
        Panimaniacs             1 x
        panfolk
        panicoids  
        panixeros               
        panamianians
        panixanti
        paniot
        panixim
        panixite
        P-men
        Paccesors
        Panixia

Users' comments and preference

userid          Preference    Comment
-------------   ------------  -----------------------------------------
oppedahl        panices
eck             panizen
pnh             panixistas    (was Panicites) "Change my vote to 
                              "panixistas."  Too wonderful."
ilaine          panixen       "Can I register a negative vote against
                               panixistas?  I'd prefer *anything* else."
jk              panicoids     (was "the panicked") "It seems Panicoids 
                               are slightly more mainstream..."
fishman         panic (s) 
                panix (p)
gcf             panixistas    panixeros (-as), panixniks
loren           panixian      (was panamainians) "Ok. I have decided 
                               to officially change my vote. Panamanians
                               was always a joke anyway."
tovah           panician      (was panixies)
jis             panixens       Le Panixens.. House of Panix... 
                               PanixAttacks
jsb             panicians     (was paniacs) "OK--I'm throwing my vote 
                               behind panicians. (I will still continue 
                               to use "paniacs" but that's just the way 
                               I am).  (who suggested "panixon"?)"
simona          panixees      "That way, when you get dropped after 
                               connect, you've been panixeed. -S.)"
des             panixer        panixed, panicea
ss              panician      (was panucian)
emlee           Panician.
mtaranto        Panician
rpowers                        Vote withdrawn.
                              (was Panixian)
plee            Panixian
clay            Panixian
dfl             Panixoids
sieh            Panixian
mdonovan        panixer
gbs             panixistas    "Viva Panixistas!"
alexis          Panixian      "...although I can't promise I'll ever 
                               use it consistently. I think that we 
                               should be free to use such names as 
                               suit the occasion. (Panixistas might be 
                               those who post in alt.activism, for 
                               example, while Paniacs might be those
                               who read panix.mlist.eniac. :-)"
dlerner         panizen 
wookie          panixian      (was panic (s), panix (p))
cht             Panixopolites
mara            paniac
lnewton         panix pax
eravin          panixistas
ggold           paniacs       "it certainly describes _me_ the best.... 
                               (:"
sjf             panic (s)      panix (p).
patth           paniac
dbenua          panixistas    "the formal rules of spanish orthography 
                               require it to be spelled panicistas"
kb7uv           panixians     (was paniot (pan-ee-ot) (plural, feminine)
                               panixim (panix-eem) (plural, masculine)
                               panixite "Considering how this seems to 
                               have become a run-off, please consider me 
                               a supporter of... :
                               panixians 
mab             panixians     
hardwick        panixians     "Panixians or Panaxians depends on my 
                               typing ;-)"
gcf                  "I favor anarchy, myself.  And we've 
                               forgotten "panixoids", "panixieri", 
                               "panixi", "panixanti", "pan-xi min", 
                               and a few others I'll mention as soon 
                               as I find my Amharic dictionary.
                               Note that none of these are votes -- 
                               anarchy, remember!"
awerman         NY 'nix
jesse           Panician
clays           panices       "I'm with oppedahl; I still call two 
                               tissues "Kleenices" so make mine 
                               panices."
mbowen          panx          "it is both singular and plural"
vannevar        U-PANIXHADS!  "pronounced oo-panishad"
rgarr           panixista
stc             panixian      (was paniac) "Mark me down for a white-
                               collar "panixians" please...."
smthomas        panfries
fnord           panixian
cyr             panixistas
whizzie         panixian      "BTW, is there a Panix logo? Tee-shirt? 
                               Windbreaker? Key-chain? I want to be 
                               totally Panixified. Uh .. Panixianed ... 
                               Panixed?"
hkaplan         panician      "I'll cast one for "panicians", since it 
                               neatly derives from the ages-old French 
                               occupation "panicien", and I quote
                               Larousse:"

                                "Celui qui travaille avec la conversion 
                                 des matieres farineuses en pain"

                               "or "breadmaker", loosely translated."
gerry           panician       (Trying to cast three votes for panician!)
                               "This is great--primary Latinate elegance 
                                plus subsidiary French elegance. Plus 
                                those modern English resonances 
                                (bread=staff of life, bread rises, 
                                bread=$ [slang], etc.) How can it miss?  
                                I therefore cast *three* votes for 
                                Panician: one each for the Latin, French, 
                                and English derivations (I'm sure there 
                                will be no objections to this--I'm sure 
                                I speak for those silent hordes too busy 
                                or shy to vote (my way) . . . ) :->"
tomb            panician       "I cast my vote at Panician."
max             paniac         "I hope someone counted my vote for paniac."
jac             panician
pw              panixista
tneff           Panikoi
gordy           Paniae         "... only because panicians is too obvious a 
                                derivative. Seek the arcane, and hold fast to 
                                that which is obscure."
cannon          Pixies          
bneuman         panixlians     "What about 'panixlians' for those of us 
                                on the Isle of Long"

shabbir         panician
kgs             panician       "I'm a librarian... I *know* this stuff.  ;-)"
barbm           panician       "Panixian" sounds elitist, so that's what I'll 
                                be. But I think there should be a peasant 
                                class called "Panfolk."
dc              panixi
dannyb          panixian  
jlopez          panicites
mrh             paniac
danlevy         panixistas
indiana         P-bodies
amg             panixnics       "How about panixnics?  Count that for 3/4 a vote, 
                                 1/4 for panixians"
moskowit        Spam!           "Put me down for: "Spam!""
summer          panacean
vicric          Panicker
roadman         PANIXIOT
jslyons         PANXTERS        "And for all you Electric Kool-aid 
                                 fans (you know who you are): PANXTERS"
istovall        panixian
amano           Panimaniacs
jwjr		Panician
esl		panfries