# Bogart? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 1, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974 "2004-02-01T01:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sfx96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@sfx96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sfx96)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/1 "2004-02-01T01:19:15Z")
How did the term “bogart” come to mean “monopolize”? Any connection to Bogart the film actor? ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/2 "2004-02-01T01:32:51Z")
_Beavis chomps on the roll of chocolate chip cookie dough_ Butthead: “Don’t bogart it, fartknocker” Heh heh heh…heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/3 "2004-02-01T01:38:09Z")
Far as I know, stoners started it. Humphrey Bogart always had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, but never seemed to be smoking it. When smoking something other than tobacco, sitting around with the cigarette in your mouth, and not smoking it, is frowned upon. Hence, don’t bogart that joint. Can’t document it or anything, just something I read/heard. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/4 "2004-02-01T01:50:40Z")
Lyrics, written by Elliot Ingber, recorded by The Fraternity of Man, and released on the 1969 Easy Rider soundtrack: > [@](#): > > Don’t bogart that joint my friend > Pass it over to me > > Roll another one > Just like the other one > You’ve been holding on to it > And I sure will like a hit [full lyrics here](http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/DONTBOGA.HTM) I’m not saying this is the origin per se, just that we know the usage goes back at least this far… ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/5 "2004-02-01T02:04:53Z")
If somebody wants to try searching for them, there have been several threads about this in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/6 "2004-02-01T02:51:02Z")
Here are is a previous thread: [“bogart”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=29092&highlight=weed+joint+bogart) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bogart/226974/7 "2004-02-01T03:54:21Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Lyrics, written by Elliot Ingber, recorded by The Fraternity of Man, and released on the 1969 Easy Rider soundtrack: > > [full lyrics here](http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/DONTBOGA.HTM) > > I’m not saying this is the origin per se, just that we know the usage goes back at least this far… Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool another one. (Sorry couldn’t resist 😃 )