General Discussion & Chat: What Inspired Your Name? , 1 by snakeadelic

snakeadelic wrote:
My screen name came from the fact that yeah, I'm one of those ophidiophile wackos :). I do love my creepy critters, and the word just popped out of my mouth one day while talking to friends. Like 'gropacetic' (proper use: "Sorry, sweetie, but I am just not feeling gropacetic at the moment.") it was immediately understood, in this case to mean "just like a crazy cat lady with a house full of figurines and toys, only with snakes".

The snakes in question were named using an online Inuit-English dictionary. Qanuk (the male) means Snowflake, and Nevluk (the female) means Clinging Snow. Qanuk is a lovely but unexceptional snake, while Nevluk earned her name because she likes to find the quickest way to a comfy spot and just hang on. The corn snake I had longest was an Okeetee morph (found in the vicinity of the Okeetee Hunt Club in N Carolina) who got his name from a sci-fi/fantasy cinema classic. For what I paid, I expected about a foot and a half of snake; when I opened the bag on the way home and just kept pulling out more and more snake--he was, in fact, close to twice the size I expected--all that popped into my head was a line from our recently-purchased copy of Heavy Metal: "Huh. No hair. Big!" I quoted it, my then future now ex-hubby busted up laughing and the snake was Den of Earth for the next 11 years and a major hit on the sci-fi convention circuit especially. He was one of few snakes to ever make it as a daily feature on pet of the day dot com, back in 2004 or '05 I believe, and even though this fall will be 3 years since I had to euth him due to tragic results of an accident I still cry missing him some days.

The pic below was our 2005 Christmas e-card.