# Cecil Adams exposed! HE IS NOT A REAL PERSON **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 12, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195 "2005-12-12T02:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pelicanidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@Pelicanidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelicanidae)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/1 "2005-12-12T02:17:57Z")
Time to let the cat out of the bag. While browing around Wikipedia, I discovered a dark secret about the great Cecil Adams. Or rather, the myth of Cecil Adams. Being more sensationalist than anti-drug propagonda I decided to share this with you. [Cecil Adams Wikipedia link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Adams). Now if you notice the tag at the top desputing the factual accuracy youll notice these facts in the [talk page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cecil_Adams) . _I think that a quick search on TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) gives us confirmation that there isn’t a person named Cecil Adams who happens to know the answer to just about any question he is asked. In fact, the Trademark on the name Cecil Adams clearly states that CECIL ADAMS DOES NOT IDENTIFY ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL BUT WAS DEVISED AS A FANCIFUL NAME. ----unsigned comment by anon user:Damienlittre_ Now the user Arm backs this statement up. The link for the TESS search for Cecil Adams is [here.](http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=fj6hr5.3.1) . It does say that **CECIL ADAMS DOES NOT IDENTIFY ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL BUT WAS DEVISED AS A FANCIFUL NAME.** Plus it lists Cecil Adams as being dead. This isnt some crackpot posting but our own government. Sure, I love the Straight Dope and Cecil Adams but the truth is what I value most and now it’s time for the truth about Cecil Adams. Unless I am wrong and the TESS means something else. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/2 "2005-12-12T02:21:40Z")
It is my understanding that the 1000th person to post this tidbit wins a pony. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/3 "2005-12-12T02:26:21Z")
I despute your lying propagonda. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/4 "2005-12-12T02:30:34Z")
Any reason this was posted to both here and in [_General Questions_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=349111)? ---
**Author:** ![Pelicanidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@Pelicanidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelicanidae)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/5 "2005-12-12T02:31:20Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > It is my understanding that the 1000th person to post this tidbit wins a pony. Aww shit you all know this? Damn and I thought I was uncovering a vast conspiracy and would be immediatly be suppressed by the men in black! :wally Sorry to cause any sensationalism. You can go about your business. Move along. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-exposed-he-is-not-a-real-person/335195/6 "2005-12-12T02:32:51Z")
Thanks, Amp, I’ve removed accordingly. Thanks as well to all the Dopers who set our new poster straight. And I’m closing this thread, as it’s been asked and answered appropriately, I think. TubaDiva