# Do you do "doo-doo"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151 "2005-08-08T18:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/1 "2005-08-08T18:39:43Z")
The other day a bunch of us were joking around, and I had reason to say “Alex is a big doo-doo head.” Three of the people present – including the aforementioned Alex – claimed they had never heard that exact expression before. My BIL had, but seemed to think it was something specific to my family (i.e., his wife/my sister and me). I like to think that the level of invective in my family of origin is a little more sophisticated than that, but I could be wrong. Seriously, though – “doo-doo head” – that’s a common phrase, right? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/2 "2005-08-08T18:53:45Z")
Well, I’ve been called a doo-doo head since at least the mid-70’s, if it makes you feel any better. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/3 "2005-08-08T18:54:23Z")
“Doo-doo head” is a perfectly cromulent expression. I find myself wondering, however, just what reason you had for saying it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/4 "2005-08-08T18:54:50Z")
And don’t forget poopy-head ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/5 "2005-08-08T19:04:03Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > “Doo-doo head” is a perfectly cromulent expression. I find myself wondering, however, just what reason you had for saying it. :dubious: It was a week at the beach (NJ shore) with friends. The college-age son of one of the friends had a summer job in Atlanta and didn’t come this year – but was going to arrive for dinner on our last night there to surprise his mom. Everyone else knew he was coming. At one point, his sister walked by and held up four fingers behind her mom’s back, indicating “new ETA is 4:00.” I nodded, my BIL nodded, and Alex said “What?” Since the mother was there, I made a joke, saying something about there being a universal gesture for “Alex is a big doo-doo head.” We managed to get distracted into a discussion of the use of “doo-doo head” rather than a reconstruction of the gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/6 "2005-08-08T21:00:58Z")
Yes I have heard of doo-doo head. Also Pee-pee head. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/7 "2005-08-08T21:20:56Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Seriously, though – “doo-doo head” – that’s a common phrase, right? Well, yes, but generally it’s common for elementary school children. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/8 "2005-08-08T21:24:00Z")
You have odd friends. Of course “doo doo head” is a common phrase. I know I’ve used it before. Google has 3,500 references to it, plus another 6,000 for the variant “doodie head,” and yet another 7,500 for “poo poo head.” ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/9 "2005-08-09T01:39:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > You have odd friends. Of course “doo doo head” is a common phrase. I know I’ve used it before. Google has 3,500 references to it, plus another 6,000 for the variant “doodie head,” and yet another 7,500 for “poo poo head.” Heh, I’d have thought that “doo doo head” would outweight “poo poo head.” The first just works so much more nicely with the terminal D. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/10 "2005-08-09T16:23:12Z")
I gravitate more towards the “poopy-head” side of things, rather than the “doo-doo head”. What I really want to know is: what would **swanky glue** think about this topic? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/11 "2005-08-09T16:34:51Z")
I prefer poo. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/12 "2005-08-09T16:36:40Z")
The bus kids secret nickname from dad is poopypants. First one of you guys to tell her I put that on the internet gets a good firm talking to!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/13 "2005-08-09T17:32:28Z")
From childhood Doo Doo Head Doo Doo Face Doo Doo Breath and more recently Doo Doo Stock Doo Doo Boss Doo Doo Restraining Order ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/14 "2005-08-09T17:35:18Z")
Don’t you hate those doo-doo restraining orders? ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-doo-doo/316151/15 "2005-08-09T20:29:48Z")
Well Scooby Doo can doo-doo, but Jimmy Carter is smarter. **tumbleweed rolls by**