# Do you know what this means? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579 "2005-04-09T17:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/21 "2005-04-09T22:45:28Z")
Minnesotan here. I have heard the term for years. It means to purposefully do donuts. I’ve never heard it used to be exactly synonymous with “hang a youie”. (Or “pull a youie”, which seems more popular here.) A friend and I used to find empty icy parking lots at 2 am and whip shitties while listening to loud classical music. Good times, good times. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/22 "2005-04-09T23:22:50Z")
I grew up in Minnesota, so I have heard the term many times. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/23 "2005-04-10T00:11:09Z")
Northeast Illinois here - we called it doin’ donuts. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/24 "2005-04-10T00:13:44Z")
What the hell is wrong with you people?! You don’t _hang_ a youie, you _bang_ a youie. At least that’s how it’s done in Boston (and everyone knows that Boston drivers are right about everything!) ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/25 "2005-04-10T02:48:46Z")
My dad used to pull a youie, but he would hang a louie or a ralph (turn left or right). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/26 "2005-04-10T02:49:52Z")
Me, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/27 "2005-04-10T15:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > You don’t _hang_ a youie, you _bang_ a youie. > At least that’s how it’s done in Boston (and everyone knows that Boston drivers are right about everything!) Actually, it is because Boston drivers are most noted for their propensity for banging into each other. . Regarding the OP: S E Michigan, doing donuts. Never heard the other. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/28 "2005-04-10T15:29:44Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > [Looks like a Minnesota colloquialism.](http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_77.html) (Eau Claire, WI is about an hour from the Twin Cities on I-94.) Except that I’m from Alberta, and hadn’t ever been to Minnesota until I was an adult. It’s very, very common in central Alberta. Dave was giving me a hard time yesterday, saying that ‘whip a shittie’ should be something like a guy going apeshit on you. He also said that I’m the only person in the whole world who uses that term, so I called my brother to tell him otherwise. I’m glad some people know what it is, and not just a pocket of Albertans. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/29 "2005-04-10T15:36:16Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > The term ‘whip a shittie’ is common in my experience. Do you know what it refers to? Same thing as “doing donuts” isn’t it? Somewhat dangerous snowy-parking lot activity. People don’t say that here, but I’m pretty sure it’s what it means. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Escorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@El\_Escorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Escorpio)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/30 "2005-04-10T15:43:20Z")
I’m now a Minnesotan, but I grew up in Cleveland and Denver, and never heard it until I got here. I haven’t heard it to mean the same as “doing donuts”, but rather to make a hasty U-Turn. My favorite term for that, however, was to “flip a bitch”. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/31 "2005-04-10T15:59:41Z")
In Australia the term is generally “hang a youie” or “chuck a youie.” I’ve never heard the term “youie” used in the US before. And i’ve definitely never heard the term “whip a shittie.” ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/32 "2005-04-10T17:17:22Z")
I first heard it as “pull a shittie” in Calgary in 1999 … and yeah, it meant to do a quick U-turn … ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/33 "2005-04-10T17:18:37Z")
**Hamish** - my b/f calls turning left “Larry”, and right, “Roger”. 🙂 I’ll have to tell him about Louie and Ralph. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/34 "2005-04-10T17:21:47Z")
I’ve lived all over the US, generally south of the snow line. Never heard of the OP’s phrase. I grew up in CA and we either whipped or pulled our you-ies, which seems to be the usual term here in the Midwest as well. We’d hang a louie when a particularly interesting left turn was involved, but IIRC there was no corresponding term for a right turn. Somehow right turns just weren’t as exciting or available with as much variety I guess. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/35 "2005-04-10T20:37:04Z")
[http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q\_77.html](http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_77.html) Mostly Minnesota and Wisconsin in the states. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/36 "2005-04-11T14:11:43Z")
Chicago, LA and DC upbringing here. Never heard of it. "Hang a youie’ or ‘doing donuts’ for me. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/37 "2005-04-11T15:05:24Z")
Yes, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/38 "2005-04-11T15:08:04Z")
And some exposition - I grew up in Durand, WI, 26 miles from the aforementioned Eau Claire. It’s in very common usage 'round those parts; I bet you’d be hard pressed to find someone from my hometown who _didn’t_ know what it meant. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/39 "2005-04-11T16:02:08Z")
Here in West By God… Hang a huey…Make a U-Turn Doin’ Donuts…Deliberately causing a 360-degree + spin Reckless Driving…What the nice man with the badge and revolver called the above ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cj\_finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@cj\_finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cj_finn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579/40 "2005-04-11T18:33:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > From [this site](http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/4832/wslang.html) : Having grown up there, I can vouch for this definition. Luckily, I no longer count this term as part of my vocabulary. It’s appalling, aina’ hey? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-this-means/298579.md?page=3)