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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2023-07-18 01:55:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Green Day bassist Mike Prichard adopted the stage name Mike Dirnt as "Dirnt" was originally a nickname that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and made a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.