# Alternative names for The Straight Dope

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994>\
**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:** 6\
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**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/21 "2014-09-20T22:19:12Z")

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…I mean, _dipsticks_. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/22 "2014-09-20T22:19:52Z")

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Ask Cecil  
The Straight Scoop  
The Straight Line  
The Real Deal  
Dossier

Answerman  
_ **Q&A** _  
Not so frequently asked questions  
Answerline  
Turkey in a Mortarboard  
Methinks they really should have rebranded this column years ago.

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**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/23 "2014-09-20T22:21:20Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> The Friends Of Cecil Adams Society.

But is there a 12 step program for it?

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**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 21, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/24 "2014-09-21T00:24:39Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> FacePalmBook.

The winner. (IMHO etc etc…)

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**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 21, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/25 "2014-09-21T11:11:23Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> The winner. (IMHO etc etc…)

Agreed. FPB it is!

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**Author:** ![ILikeForeignLanguages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc8723/32.png) [@ILikeForeignLanguages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ILikeForeignLanguages)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-names-for-the-straight-dope/698994/26 "2014-09-21T18:04:10Z")

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Thanks everybody for clearing up what the idiom “Straight Dope” means. This thread was meant to be humorous, but it actually turned out to be educational for me.

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