Code Name Help!

September 10, 2019 7:36 AM

For work, we are doing an event where I need a code name. This is fun and silly, but customer facing so PG is required. What should my code name be?

My code name needs to be work appropriate. I was thinking Bond Girl pun like Valley Daysun (validation) - but I work in software and don't love the connotations associated with being a Bond Girl.

Work references that I would love to incorporate as part of the name -

Part 11
Testing
Validation


Creative minds of Mefi - what are your thoughts?

posted by Suffocating Kitty to Grab Bag (15 answers total)

I mean... Tess Ting?
posted by the_blizz at 7:38 AM on September 10, 2019 [4 favorites]

Best answer: Tess Ting is good, or Party Levin (part 11)?
posted by xingcat at 7:43 AM on September 10, 2019 [3 favorites]

This is from roller derby, but Hyper Lynx?
posted by valoius at 7:48 AM on September 10, 2019

Nigel Tufnel, who is famous for going to 11?
posted by Johnny Assay at 7:49 AM on September 10, 2019

This is a little random, but during my brief sojourn in QA, my boss emphasized how we should love to try to break things.

So! You could be Breaker Breaker, the levelheaded, tough, sassy voice on the rig radio who always gets you through! (Szzzzccccht! Come back? Copy that! Ten Four!)
posted by mochapickle at 7:51 AM on September 10, 2019

I was thinking Bond Girl pun like Valley Daysun (validation) - but I work in software and don't love the connotations associated with being a Bond Girl.

FWIW I wouldn't associate a punny name with "Bond girl" unless it was a sexual pun, and I don't get that out of this. Although I might suggest "Val E. Dayshun" as a slight modification.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 8:36 AM on September 10, 2019 [3 favorites]

Best answer: On the West Wing, C. J. Cregg's (Allison Janney) Secret Service code name was Flamingo, which I loved. I would choose a code name that gives you stature. Uno, Alpha, Pilot, Lumina, Skipper, Pacesetter, Pioneer, Edison, or America's Cup names: Enterprise, Ranger, Aurora. Greek and Roman goddesses re a rich vein, too.

Mine would be Poppins.
posted by theora55 at 8:37 AM on September 10, 2019 [2 favorites]

Tess Ting is fantastic.
posted by nkknkk at 9:23 AM on September 10, 2019 [1 favorite]

I was thinking "test pilot" association as a place to look for inspiration.
Spoilers for Captain Marvel:
Carol Danvers, who becomes Captain Marvel, is an Air Force test pilot with the call sign "Avenger" and her partner has the call sign "Photon."
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:43 AM on September 10, 2019

Valid The Impala
posted by jquinby at 10:02 AM on September 10, 2019 [2 favorites]

Helena Handbasket.
posted by condour75 at 6:08 PM on September 10, 2019

Best answer: Amanda Toryfield. as in ‘a mandatory field’ to fill out...?
posted by cabin fever at 10:47 PM on September 10, 2019

Roberta Tables.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 12:10 AM on September 11, 2019 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Maybe an escape sequence like Ctrl Z.
posted by SemiSalt at 5:22 AM on September 11, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Went with Ctl + V - thanks all!
posted by Suffocating Kitty at 2:36 PM on September 15, 2019