In all fairness, reading it, is seems like banter, then I see you really mean it.
It is just 2 notches away from banter, and perhaps to some degree you're doing yourself in by taking it all so seriously. Not saying it's ok for Syd to go at you the way you see he is, but all this would be funny if it was all in fun.
Take me, I made up the most ridiculous name I could but with a nice ring to it, rolls of the tongue nicely, sounds like it's supposed to be impressive or mean something when it's just a goof. And just that gets people going 2nd grade poopyhead on it. I come up with 1001 ways to say anal, and instead of taking it for the deliberate silliness it is, dimwits get bent out of shape by my replies. They think it anger, an attack, but it's just gibberish dressed up to sound faux fancy.
I'm rambling. Whatever.
Anyways, my dude, the point is, none of this is worth getting angry about. Roll with it and have fun. You can smack back too but in a way you're just laughing.