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  • gentlepurr
    gentlepurr Posts: 4,123 Forumite
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    Martin, i'm so glad you have asked us.

    i work in the care industry, and well understand why you felt the need to change the titles, but i loved being madmoneysavingmaverick. I find the new titles far more insulting than the old ones, my new title feels like a personal insult. i'm afaid im not a happy bunny (or kitty for that matter).

    Every single one of the suggestions put forward so far is much much better than what we have at the mo.

    Please. Pretty please, can they be changed soon :o

    Thank you.

    xx
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    There are certainly plenty of other ways to say that members are mad about money saving - and I originally took the mad as enthusiastic about, not insane about.

    http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=mad&x=34&y=19


    Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source

    Main Entry: mad

    Part of Speech:
    adjective

    Definition: enthusiastic

    Synonyms:
    ardent, avid, crazy, daft, devoted, enamoured, enthused, fanatical, fond, hooked*, impassioned, in love, infatuated, keen, nuts*, wild, zealous

    Antonyms: indifferent

    Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
    Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
    * = informal or slang

    Each of the above denote levels of enthusiasm without implying any degree of expertise (which you say you'd like to avoid).

    HTH :)
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  • nearlyrich
    nearlyrich Posts: 13,698 Forumite
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    I hadn't noticed until now that they have changed, this might be my last post as a MMMS and my first as a geek!!

    I don't really mind what I am called to be honest.
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  • Eagle_1
    Eagle_1 Posts: 8,484 Forumite
    nearlyrich wrote: »

    I don't really mind what I am called to be honest.

    Same here to be honest.

    So what if I am a geek ..................like do I look bovvered :p
    Its a bitta fun, its a silly name.......over my head rings a bell :D
  • gentlepurr wrote: »
    Martin, i'm so glad you have asked us.

    i work in the care industry, and well understand why you felt the need to change the titles, but i loved being madmoneysavingmaverick. I find the new titles far more insulting than the old ones, my new title feels like a personal insult. i'm afaid im not a happy bunny (or kitty for that matter).

    Every single one of the suggestions put forward so far is much much better than what we have at the mo.

    Please. Pretty please, can they be changed soon :o

    Thank you.

    xx

    I agree, I don't like being a MoneySaving Nerd either - somehow suggests I should be ashamed of being a Moneysaver.:lipsrseal

    BTW, how do I find out which names apply to which levels? I mean, when do I stop becoming a Nerd and what do I become?
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  • MSE_Martin
    MSE_Martin Posts: 8,272 Money Saving Expert
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    We've had a bit of fun playing with it again. So you need to find out :)
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Do I dare press the post button...?

    Hmm... :)

    Edit: Still a SuperGeek
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  • Eagle_1
    Eagle_1 Posts: 8,484 Forumite
    squeaky wrote: »
    Do I dare press the post button...?

    Hmm... :)

    Edit: Still a SuperGeek

    hahahahaha yer still a geek :rotfl: :rotfl:

    I reckon one of the titles should be GobshiTe Moneysavers, the peeps with thousands and thousands of posts :D
  • I think he meant he had been playing with the level at which you change from one title to another.
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  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
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    I think the boardguides could do with an exclusive name - moneysaving spoilers - total spoiler, psuedo-spoiler, quasi-spoiler depending on their levels of engagement - deceit corruption manipulation extortion. The better ones among them could be called moneysaver on duty.

    :ponly teasing
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