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a name with a fake mustache on it.
means an informal name or nickname someone goes by, often instead of their real one.
from likely from 18th-century english underworld slang, possibly rooted in shelta or romani cant used by traveling tinkers and beggars to name themselves without giving up their real identity.
first written useappeared in 18th-century british vagabond slang
hip hop culturerappers treat monikers as branding, not just nicknames
graffiti linktaggers use monikers as their entire public identity