# Do you galavant? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363 "2024-09-16T20:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/1 "2024-09-16T20:05:17Z")
I definitely do, at least for the first listed meaning, “to visit or go to a lot of different places yourself and not worry about other things you should be doing.” But I don’t frolic. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/2 "2024-09-16T20:13:01Z")
I am more of a meanderer than a galavantor. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/3 "2024-09-16T20:14:52Z")
I would galavant, but I don’t want the hassle of applying for a permit from the Ministry of Silly Walks. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/4 "2024-09-16T20:15:20Z")
I more galumph. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/5 "2024-09-16T20:18:58Z")
I prefer the French word _flaneur_ (someone who walks around not doing anything in particular but watching people and society). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/6 "2024-09-16T20:19:39Z")
Do you flaneur in flannel? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/7 "2024-09-16T20:20:11Z")
Yes, and I flaunt it. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/8 "2024-09-16T20:58:22Z")
I don’t galavant but sometimes I gallivant. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/9 "2024-09-16T21:06:18Z")
I dance thru life, with out a care in the world. So said my 6th grade Math teacher. I’m not so sure. I think I might _creep_ or _skulk_. Not in a scary way. More like a timid mouse way. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/10 "2024-09-16T21:11:59Z")
I mosey. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/11 "2024-09-16T21:13:24Z")
Great, now I’ve got [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lc07miNOR4) stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/12 "2024-09-16T21:16:49Z")
[Sometimes I Galavant.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzw6htpi2Y) [Other times I Schmigadoon.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKG0RodrzVo) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/13 "2024-09-17T00:03:15Z")
I peregrinate. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/14 "2024-09-17T00:26:13Z")
I jubilantly lurch with a bit of sparkle. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/15 "2024-09-17T00:31:46Z")
Alas ! I can only Skulk. But, at least Skulking keeps me out of the Pool Halls. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/16 "2024-09-17T00:41:32Z")
I’m not sure if I galavant or not. Is it anything like [parading](https://youtu.be/F2ujNVw8Shk?feature=shared&t=50)? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/17 "2024-09-17T01:12:11Z")
There aren’t any Rich American Widows to betray whist galavanting. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/18 "2024-09-17T02:15:40Z")
I’m an inveterate gamboler. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/19 "2024-09-17T02:23:33Z")
I play and sing old-time music. So my preferred mode is _ramblin’._ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/20 "2024-09-17T02:29:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m an inveterate gamboler. - That was going too far. Watch your step. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363.md?page=2)