# Alternative names for The Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994 "2014-09-20T02:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ILikeForeignLanguages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc8723/32.png) [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/1 "2014-09-20T02:28:20Z")
“The Straight Weed” “The Straight Pot” “The Straight Grass” “The Straight Coke” “The Straight Crack” “The Straight Acid” “The Straight Meth” ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/2 "2014-09-20T02:42:33Z")
Are you not familiar with the idiom? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/3 "2014-09-20T03:49:36Z")
I’m not gay! He is, tho. Many idioms do not translate well between languages. So, I take the OP user name as indicating the idiom did not work for them. maybe ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/4 "2014-09-20T03:52:35Z")
The Real Truth The Actual Story What’s the Story Behind…? Does Anybody Know Why… The Teeming Masses Demand Answers Fighting Ignorance ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/5 "2014-09-20T04:18:08Z")
The Linear Idiot The Euclidean Fool The Direct Dummy ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/6 "2014-09-20T06:25:36Z")
Melts In Your Hand ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/7 "2014-09-20T06:29:55Z")
The Bent Genius ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/8 "2014-09-20T06:30:23Z")
Dumb Busters? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/9 "2014-09-20T07:27:12Z")
Tastes Like Chicken ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/10 "2014-09-20T07:29:32Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Melts In Your Hand Not In Your Mouth. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/11 "2014-09-20T08:31:11Z")
The Poop Scoop ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/12 "2014-09-20T08:40:32Z")
The Unidimensional Opiate. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/13 "2014-09-20T13:33:17Z")
Imponderables ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/14 "2014-09-20T17:08:27Z")
The Friends Of Cecil Adams Society. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/15 "2014-09-20T17:15:35Z")
The Unbent Unsmart. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/16 "2014-09-20T17:31:45Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The Friends Of Cecil Adams Society. So…we have to show up but we don’t have to say anything? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/17 "2014-09-20T18:58:15Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > So…we have to show up but we don’t have to say anything? My name is White SIFL and I am a Luddite. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/18 "2014-09-20T19:39:20Z")
FacePalmBook. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/19 "2014-09-20T20:57:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Fighting Ignorance Only if instead of Dopers, we get to refer to posters as “The Fighting Ignorants”. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/20 "2014-09-20T22:14:49Z")
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