# Cowboy vs Cowgirl vs Buckaroo **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652 "2013-10-08T04:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/1 "2013-10-08T04:13:44Z")
So, Bricker can address me as a Cowboy in GD and that’s ok. But, I cannot address Bricker as a Cowgirl in either GD or Elections. I asked if I was allowed to address anyone as a Cowboy or a Buckeroo\* and got no answer except not to be a jerk. So, I’m asking here: Can I address anyone as a Cowboy and that’s ok? Can I address anyone as a Buckaroo and that’s ok? Can I address anyone ever as a Cowgirl? Please clarify. Thank you. \*I actually prefer Buckeroo, it just sounds so much cooler.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/2 "2013-10-08T04:24:07Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > So, Bricker can address me as a Cowboy in GD and that’s ok. Despite your complaints, I’m unconvinced it was an insult that needed to be modded. > [@](#): > > But, I cannot address Bricker as a Cowgirl in either GD or Elections. Unlike **Bricker** , I could see you were being deliberately insulting. In part that’s because you decided you wanted to call him cowgirl. You also made the brilliant decision to announce ahead of time that you were going to start calling him cowgirl as a taunt. Further, you then called him “cowgirl” in three different threads in about 15 minutes. None of that is allowed, and of course I told you even before you started that you shouldn’t do it. That’s all the clarification you’re getting. I’m happy to explain the rules but I don’t like to enable game playing and stupid behavior. If you’re not sure what to do, steer clear of the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/3 "2013-10-08T04:29:10Z")
Would somebody please post a link so we can follow along? I’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/4 "2013-10-08T04:34:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Despite your complaints, I’m unconvinced it was an insult that needed to be modded. > > Unlike **Bricker** , I could see you were being deliberately insulting. In part that’s because you decided you wanted to call him cowgirl. You also made the brilliant decision to announce ahead of time that you were going to start calling him cowgirl as a taunt. Further, you then called him “cowgirl” in three different threads in about 15 minutes. None of that is allowed, and of course I told you even before you started that you shouldn’t do it. > > That’s all the clarification you’re getting. I’m happy to explain the rules but I don’t like to enable game playing and stupid behavior. If you’re not sure what to do, steer clear of the whole thing. So Cowboy is not insulting, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/5 "2013-10-08T04:35:09Z")
[From the WWII Memorial shutdown thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16735655#post16735655) > [@WWII Memorial shutdown controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-memorial-shutdown-controversy/670354/140): > > Yes. Congressional salaries are not a matter of appropriated funds. The obligation to pay Congress is a matter of constitutional dimension. Their salary comes from holding the office, as opposed to hours worked or particular job done. A U.S. Representative is his own boss, in a sense: if he wishes to stay in his office watching porn for two years, no one (except two-thirds of the rest of the House) can remove him from office for doing so. > > U.S. Park Police are paid with appropriated funds, and there’s currently a lapse in appropriations. Even excepted employees, who continue to work, don’t get paid until the appropriations resume – although the government does incur an obligation to pay them. > > So it makes perfect sense. > > Your plaintive cry arises from some sort of sense of justice. > > Guess what, cowboy? Ain’t no justice hereabouts. > [@WWII Memorial shutdown controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-memorial-shutdown-controversy/670354/141): > > Yes sheriff Bricker, I understand fully that Congress has to get paid due to the constitution. The reason for it even makes sense. But it doesn’t make it any easier for me to swallow the fact that about 400k people are now working without being paid even though they still have to pay their bills. And yuck, yuck about there’s no justice. I bet you are yucking all the way to the bank. I would call you an asshole here, but, GD and all that. I guess it’s ok for you to call me a cowboy though. > [@WWII Memorial shutdown controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-memorial-shutdown-controversy/670354/142): > > I’m not from out West, but yes, “asshole” is a worse insult than “cowboy.” Cowboy’s not an insult at all last I checked. Regardless, don’t do this again unless you’re in the Pit. > [@WWII Memorial shutdown controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-memorial-shutdown-controversy/670354/144): > > Thank you for the clarification. I will now call those who I disrespect in GD “cowboy” 🆒 > > or better yet “cowgirl” > [@WWII Memorial shutdown controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-memorial-shutdown-controversy/670354/145): > > I hope you’re not announcing that you are going to resort to childish insults of the masculinity of other posters. I won’t look kindly on that. > [@How can anyone defend closing of private property on Federal land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-defend-closing-of-private-property-on-federal-land/670534/32): > > Ah yes, the old chestnut that if we don’t have perfect enforcement and protection, we have nothing. Well cowgirl, I guess we should give up entirely and just let the vandals roam free on the range of the entire country. That’s the only other option. > [@How can anyone defend closing of private property on Federal land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-defend-closing-of-private-property-on-federal-land/670534/41): > > Can I call someone Cowboy? After all that’s what someone called me, is that ok? How about Buckaroo? I promise I won’t call anyone Cowgirl anymore if no one calls me Cowboy anymore, is that ok? I just want to get the jerk rules enumerated. Thx. > [@How can anyone defend closing of private property on Federal land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-defend-closing-of-private-property-on-federal-land/670534/42): > > The rules were already enumerated: act like a jerk and you’ll get warned. **Bricker** didn’t insult you, and he also didn’t follow you around to three different threads to call you a name over and over. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/6 "2013-10-08T04:45:09Z")
Ayah, that sure do work for me Cowboy. _tips hat_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/7 "2013-10-08T04:47:32Z")
Yeah, OK. I think a brief timeout is in order here. Maybe after a couple of days off you’ll come back with a better attitude. I assume that’s the end of this snit, so I’m closing this thread. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652/8 "2013-10-09T00:39:51Z")
Just as a point of information: "Guess what, cowboy. . . " is a stock phrase used by a number of social groups in the U.S. It is not intended to mean the addressee is actually a cowboy. It is not used when “calling” a person a cowboy. Fortunately or unfortunately, it is not a universal stock phrase throughout the U.S., so many folks are likely to misunderstand its usage when they first hear it. It is not, however, an example of “name calling.” It is more nearly related to opening a statement with “Duuude!” or similar words or phrases than it is to actually naming a person a cowboy.