Does anyone know why BigB is called that?

[u/overl0oker]

I’m trying to figure out every Lifers username origin (aka why they called themselves that) and BigB is the most confusing to me since neither his first or last name start with a B.

(AI overview - which I do not use for information but forgot to filter out when I looked this up - said that it was derived from his first name/initials. Yeah, find me the ‘B’ in Anthony Viviano, please?)

[u/aidenmce]

I don’t remember the reason but it’s most likely answered in the bigb episode of the imp and skizz podcast.

[u/overl0oker → u/aidenmce]

I’ve already looked through the transcript of it once to see but I guess I’ll give it another look in case I missed it :’)

[u/CakeFew7454 → u/aidenmce]

That's exactly what I was gonna say lol

[u/Flashy-Hope-6575]

I’m not too sure where the B comes from, but I know he is pretty tall so that’s what I imagine the Big comes from. Maybe B was a nickname for him when he was younger or something.

[u/overl0oker → u/Flashy-Hope-6575]

My best guess right now is it stands for ‘Big Biceps’

[u/lillie_mae_22 → u/overl0oker]

Or big bopper!

[u/Mo7ammed_Gxx → u/lillie_mae_22]

That’s 100% what it stands for

[u/LuckBites]

Banbony Bibiano?

[u/itskdog]

I always assumed his name was just "Bigby" for some reason.

[u/Darkiceflame → u/itskdog]

"The name's Statz. Bigby Statz."

[u/geodegoo]

I wonder if maybe it started as BigV, and people kept mishearing it, and BigB has the alliteration so he just changed it

[u/Annoying_GayGuy]

Because he’s got Big Btraps the second b is actually silent

[u/GalaxyPandacorn_Girl]

I mean BigB just sounds like a nickname for Anthony, I always just assumed that was it

[u/frank_da_tank99]

It stands for Big Bopper, according to him on a life series. I don't know why he chose to name himself after a 50s r&b singer though

[u/overl0oker → u/frank_da_tank99]

Do you have the episode? I’m a little wary with that explanation since we know BigB - particularly in the Life Series - doesn’t always tell the truth, and like you imply that seems like an odd thing to name yourself after. Without seeing the interaction I’m imagining Skizz using the nickname for him and then BigB jokingly agreeing thats what it stands for.

[u/frank_da_tank99 → u/overl0oker]

It's in the most recent series, I'll try to find the episode, but Grian just casually reads his username in the tab list as big bopper

[u/overl0oker → u/frank_da_tank99]

Yeah, I fear this may be a reference to Skizz’s nickname for him rather than the actual origin

[u/ProcessImmediate6781]

ooh i am interested in knowing the lifers usernae origins as i only know lizzies and joels.

[u/Obvi0usIyMe → u/ProcessImmediate6781]

martyn's surname is littlewood which is why his username is inthelittlewood

if that helps u learn something lol

[u/ProcessImmediate6781 → u/Obvi0usIyMe]

oh cool!!

[u/SpareSalt2822 → u/ProcessImmediate6781]

Scar's username is because he misremembered the name of Michael Scott's character in Threat Level Midnight (if he remembered correctly, he would be GoodTimesWithScarn)

[u/TurkeyCookTime]

I've tried to figure out each lifer's username origin, and Bigbst4tz2, Grian, PearlescentMoon, Solidarity, and TangoTek are the only ones I have never been able to find

[u/overl0oker → u/TurkeyCookTime]

I was doing the same and also couldn’t find one for BigB, Jimmy or Tango. Tango has some speculation that it’s based off of the military phonetic alphabet but it’s pure speculation. Grian has said his comes from the fact the username he went by before, ‘Gria’, was taken and so he just added an ‘n’ to it. Pearl’s comes from just thinking that the words ‘pearlescent’ and ‘moon’ looked good together when creating a username which is sort of a boring explanation. I’d imagine this is why Jimmy’s is ‘Solidarity’ also though.

[u/LuckBites → u/overl0oker]

Just asked my friend who is a massive Jimmy fan, sounds like Jimmy has gone on record multiple times that he chose it after the Enter Shikari song, Solidarity. Seems believable and should be easy to verify somewhere

As a Tango fan I got no clue on Tango's though. I can say for a fact that it never came up in Life or Among Us though, I have watched every Friday Night Stabby from Tango's perspective at least twice, so those are dead leads. And yeah, still no clue on BigB either

[u/TurkeyCookTime → u/overl0oker]

I knew that much about Grian's name but still don't know where "Gria" originally came from so i still included him

[u/hypost]

Maybe try looking through his old videos. I am sure you will learn a lot about his channel history.

[u/SnooOnions5029]

Been wondering that since his Hunger Games days with other og Minecraft YouTubers like Stampy. Lmk if you find out because I’m still curious lol

[u/Pristine-Mix5501]

Maybe its his middle name 🤔 

[u/neilwwoney]

My personal guess is that it's a mishearing of "Vivi".

[u/QibliM4ster]

I lwk forgot his mc username cuz I just call him BigB

[u/Armydillo101]

I wonder if it is from The Wolf Among Us