# bought a hearse: what do I call it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058 "2006-12-21T14:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/21 "2006-12-21T17:42:43Z")
Mr. Ed, of curse of curse. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/22 "2006-12-21T17:47:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sigene] Of this list my favorite so far is Cadaverlac. I have a personal affinity to Abra Cadaver, but only because of something hilarious my daughter said years ago…but it doesn’t quite roll of the tongue so well. William and Patty are good too; except for the baggage it carries with hearse collectors…They get pretty prickly about anything that refers to their cars as “Hearsts.” I’m still up for more suggestions. Keep em coming! [/QUOTE] Okay…I had no idea they had a collectors group for hearse enthusiasts. Ain’t that somethin’? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/23 "2006-12-21T17:50:48Z")
Oh… and I might consider calling it “Hizzin” Except the Patty or William Randolph are my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/24 "2006-12-21T18:09:58Z")
**Willoughby** (from Twilight Zone) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/25 "2006-12-21T18:36:32Z")
The “Dead-Way People Mover”? (Sorry, archaic DisneyWorld reference…) ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/26 "2006-12-21T19:03:57Z")
I came in here (stupidly) hoping to be the first to suggest Ecto 1. Only missed it by 4.5 hours. A buddy of mine had a van he called the Stabbin Cabin. Different meaning of Stabbin - but it might work? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/27 "2006-12-21T19:18:25Z")
The Cheney Chariot ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/28 "2006-12-21T19:22:24Z")
What about Harold? or Maude? From the movie [Harold and Maude](http://www.e-type-online.de/galerien/unusual_bodies/harold_and_maude) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/29 "2006-12-21T19:24:09Z")
Some more: Slab wagon Romero’s Ride (as in George A.) Ghoul galleon Galloping **gabriella** Hell’s barge Dirgemobile Corspe coach C.O.D. (Chariot of Death) Black Beauty Renta (a play on “Hertz Rent-A-Car”) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/30 "2006-12-21T19:56:22Z")
Paint it anything but black and call it “Hewadico” (hearse with a different color). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/31 "2006-12-21T19:59:24Z")
:smack: Got the phrase wrong! That should be Hoadico, but I think Hewadico sounds better. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/32 "2006-12-21T20:10:04Z")
Morticia. Son of Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/33 "2006-12-21T21:03:54Z")
My first thought was “Pussy Wagon”, a la _Kill Bill_. I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/34 "2006-12-21T21:46:56Z")
You need to paint it something other than standard hearse Black. Then it would be **The Hearse of a Different Color** (that you’ve heard talk of) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/35 "2006-12-21T21:48:01Z")
Actually, right now it’s **The Hearse with No Name** Don’t take it for a drive in the Desert. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/36 "2006-12-21T23:45:56Z")
The Reaper Creeper or Reaper Keeper… [sub]Reaper Sleeper?.. Weeper?.. Peeper? [/sub] That’s all I got. . ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/37 "2006-12-22T00:45:42Z")
ghost chaser The Last Time machine mummy rumbler ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/38 "2006-12-22T00:59:05Z")
How about **Fisher**? _Fisher and Sons_ is the name of the funeral home in “_Six Feet Under_”. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/39 "2006-12-22T01:09:03Z")
the modsquadcar (merchant of death) maudewagon, maudemobile, harold on wheels ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/40 "2006-12-22T01:14:56Z")
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