# "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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/61 "2010-08-13T14:01:15Z")
I feel a lot better seeing that I was not the only one to not get **Ellis Dee**. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/62 "2010-08-13T14:01:24Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@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? It’s French for “eats all”. [Except durian cake](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572565&highlight=durian). ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/63 "2010-08-13T14:27:05Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It’s French for “eats all”. [Except durian cake](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572565&highlight=durian). Not quite, it’s an imperative _eat_, not the present tense \*eats \*. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole. … Or is it **man get out** , as \*\*Tengu \*\*might possibly read it? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/64 "2010-08-13T14:42:03Z")
I never understood why someone would stand on a corner and tout mange. But I guess it takes all kinds. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/65 "2010-08-13T14:54:14Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > What do you make of **mangetout** , then? Dude. Leave. Now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/66 "2010-08-13T15:20:09Z")
Who said that? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/67 "2010-08-13T17:21:48Z")
I’ve always thought **Maggie the Ocelot** was a take off on Maggie the Cat from _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_ Mendacity! And I’ve self depricatingly been saying “I’m Really not all that Bright” for so long that I can’t remember where I got it from but always wonder if the poster of that name heard it the same place I did or if I somehow picked it up from him. Either way, every time I say it (which is often) he comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/68 "2010-08-13T17:22:08Z")
> [@Heropsychodreamer](#): > > Mine is very obscure. A google search would give the answer in seconds. Not to Live fans, it isn’t. 😉 ---
**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 13, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/69 "2010-08-13T18:15:02Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > … Or is it **man get out** , as \*\*Tengu \*\*might possibly read it? I did parse mangetout correctly, actually. ‘Mange’ (whether pronounced maynj or mahnzh) is apparently one of my eye’s ‘go to’ words. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/70 "2010-08-14T01:20:59Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I changed mine from 5-4-Fighting a little while back. Well, I be swan! ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/71 "2010-08-14T05:15:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > It’s French for “eats all”. [Except durian cake](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572565&highlight=durian). > > Not quite, it’s an imperative _eat_, not the present tense \*eats \*. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole. > > … Or is it **man get out** , as \*\*Tengu \*\*might possibly read it? Okay, I see there’s some disagreement here. I’d always thought Mangetout looked like something in French until a few months ago when “Man Get Out” suddenly became obvious. Am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/72 "2010-08-14T13:17:35Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > > Not quite, it’s an imperative _eat_, not the present tense \*eats \*. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole. > > > > … Or is it **man get out** , as \*\*Tengu \*\*might possibly read it? > > Okay, I see there’s some disagreement here. I’d always thought Mangetout looked like something in French until a few months ago when “Man Get Out” suddenly became obvious. Am I wrong? [From this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406210&highlight=username) > [@So, how'd you get your username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-howd-you-get-your-username/390049/9): > > I’m a bit of a foodie - Mange Tout = ‘eat everything’ in French - (pre-emptive strike: yes, I know you all thought it was Man Get Out, but it isn’t). > > When I first joined the internets, I had this shiny dream that I would create the best ever website all about food and eating - I did create a website but frankly, it sucked donkey balls and there were already lots of other sites all about food, but the name **Mangetout** , which I chose at that time, has stuck. > > I was thinking of changing it to **Wet Pink Scrotal Chicken** , but I probably won’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779/73 "2010-08-14T23:15:17Z")
I always assumed that **Exapno Mapcase** was into maps – like me (no mystery there) – and that he kept them well secured. At some point, he informed us that it’s Harpo Marx’s misreading of his own name as rendered in cyrillic letters. Which is way cooler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-thats-what-that-dopername-means/549779.md?page=3)