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Comment author: [deleted] 02 December 2011 12:39:48PM 2 points [-]

Every once in a while, I feel like I need a new identity, like when my personality has shifted a lot or when I notice an aspect of myself I'd like to express, but can't merge with any existing identity. I then choose a name and go by that. So I don't think of "muflax" as a pseudonym, but the actual name of the personality "muflax" in my head.

muflax is simply mu + flax. I like the look of the name. It doesn't have a preferred pronunciation (I don't speak it unless absolutely necessary), but someone once thought it looked like "a Turkish medication", so I recommend a thick Turkish accent.