# "Aha! THAT'S what that Dopername means! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779 "2010-08-10T01:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/41 "2010-08-12T15:04:39Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > \*\*I always assume Deadheads will recognize mine right away, but wonder how many others parse out the Rhythm part and add the vowels to Devil. I never did, and I’m a Deadhead-lite. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/42 "2010-08-12T15:05:38Z")
Mine is pretty obscure unless you listen to a certain comedy podcast. Here’s a YouTube audio clip of [Bob Ducca](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHIegpSmIyw)(played by comedian Seth Morris) reading a list of all of his ailments from the [Comedy Death Ray Radio](http://www.earwolf.com) podcast. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/43 "2010-08-12T15:31:08Z")
Took me forever to figure out mangeorge, which I have always read as ‘Mange Ogre’. At some point it clicked that it was ‘Man George’…like Boy George, only older. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/44 "2010-08-12T15:39:21Z")
Like Mangeorge, **norinew** gives a lot of dopers trouble. It reads like “Nori, new”, like someone saying they’re not old. But it’s actually “Norine W.” ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/45 "2010-08-12T15:47:53Z")
I changed mine a while back, and I like this new one a lot. Silly, literary, and has my name in it - triple win!! ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/46 "2010-08-12T16:01:23Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I changed mine a while back, and I like this new one a lot. Silly, literary, and has my name in it - triple win!! Your name’s Ocelot? 😃 …someone had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/47 "2010-08-12T16:10:58Z")
I changed mine from 5-4-Fighting a little while back. I miss the old name (might change back); it still catches me by surprise when I see it and I also feel half-naked. It’s weird that sometimes I initially mistake **cosmosdan** for me: it’s the initial two rounded letters, the "sm"in proximity, then a vowel, the “sd” near each other, with an “a” near the end. Don’t know why my eye does that. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/48 "2010-08-12T16:29:05Z")
Then there’s the controversial **Carol Stream**. Looks like a woman’s name, but it’s actually the name of a suburb of Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/49 "2010-08-12T17:44:27Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I changed mine from 5-4-Fighting a little while back. I never knew what it was. I always read it with a [Kung Fu Fighting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0&feature=related)lilt. Hey, at least it’s music. **VunderBob** –I’ve never thought to ask: how did you read it? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/50 "2010-08-12T17:51:16Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > > [@descamisado](#): > > > > I changed mine from 5-4-Fighting a little while back. > > I never knew what it was. I always read it with a [Kung Fu Fighting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0&feature=related)lilt. Hey, at least it’s music. Naw, it was this [band](http://www.fiveforfighting.com/), whose song “Superman” I loved at the time I joined. But thanks for the confidence I had soul. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/51 "2010-08-12T18:18:03Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > > [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > > > I changed mine a while back, and I like this new one a lot. Silly, literary, and has my name in it - triple win!! > > Your name’s Ocelot? 😃 > > …someone had to say it. Yeah, my dad was in some video games a while back, you might have heard of him? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/52 "2010-08-12T18:28:47Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > **VunderBob** –I’ve never thought to ask: how did you read it? I sort of went Lynyrd Skynyrd; I see it as Rhythmdyvyl. If you’re Groundkeeper Willie and speak with a Scottish accent, that works out to be Rhythm Devil. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/53 "2010-08-12T18:41:59Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > > [@GHO57](#): > > > > Your name’s Ocelot? 😃 > > > > …someone had to say it. > > Yeah, my dad was in some video games a while back, you might have heard of him? 😛 You’re dad is Sonic the Hedgehog? Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/54 "2010-08-12T19:57:58Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Then there’s the one dopername that’s about the three inner ear bones (that sounds like an incantation). > > incus, malleus, STAPES!! An incantation? Never thought of it that way. Every time I see that user’s name, my mind starts playing the Hawaiian Christmas song, **Mele Kalikimaka**. Sing it with me, Bing Crosby style: _Malleus, Incus, Stapes is Hawaii’s way To say ‘Merry Christmas’ to you!_ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/55 "2010-08-12T20:37:51Z")
Hah, yes, someone once said they were sure I was male because my name sounded like a spell from a computer game. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/56 "2010-08-12T20:45:12Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I changed mine a while back, and I like this new one a lot. Silly, literary, and has my name in it - triple win!! I sometimes stumble over yours because I always think of a silly joke whenever I see the word “Ocelot.” How do you titillate an ocelot?Oscillate its tits a lot.Adding the feminine “Maggie” to it, and you get where my mind tends to go when I parse your name. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/57 "2010-08-13T07:48:48Z")
It’s funny how things come together. In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12795519&postcount=74), Giraffe says he’s 6’8", hence, I suppose, his name. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/58 "2010-08-13T08:17:36Z")
I…lack subtlety in a username. I also remember the thread when **norinew** explained the breakdown – I find myself practicing the correct pronunciation every time I run across it, now. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/59 "2010-08-13T13:47:13Z")
There are several other message boards where I post under the name “[Ron Miel](http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=6550&afwinid=90909)”. If anyone has spotted the joke they haven’t mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/60 "2010-08-13T13:55:15Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Took me forever to figure out mangeorge, which I have always read as ‘Mange Ogre’. > > At some point it clicked that it was ‘Man George’…like Boy George, only older. What do you make of **mangetout** , then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779.md?page=4)