# Does calling someone a "Dog Face Pony Soldier" have a specific meaning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744 "2020-02-10T19:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/21 "2020-02-12T17:53:45Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > I know exactly what a Victrola is. Did I imply that I didn’t know what a Victrola is? What makes you think I don’t know what a Victrola is? What I don’t know is how that statement helped answer my GQ. It was snark. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/22 "2020-02-12T18:02:09Z")
Stay gold, dog face pony soldier. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/23 "2020-02-12T18:14:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It was snark. Cite? This _is_ GQ. > [@Merriam Webster](#): > > an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm As the author of the ill advised comment, I’ll point out that it was never intended to be snark, as it lacks sarcasm as well as mocking irreverence. During the Democratic Primary Debate on September 12, 2019 Mr Biden made a comment that parents should “make sure you have the record player on at night.” The Victrola comment was a call back to Biden’s gaffe. ---
**Author:** ![crywalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crywalt/32/3224_2.png) [@crywalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crywalt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/24 "2020-02-12T21:18:19Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > So it’s a conflation of Tyrone Power’s _Pony Soldier_ and John Wayne’s _She Wore a Yellow Ribbon_. > Now, can anyone explain why this question bothered me more than many far more important questions? We’re going to need you to submit a new help desk ticket to answer that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/25 "2020-02-13T04:17:56Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Stay gold, dog face pony soldier. I don’t know exactly why, but I love this sentence. I think I’m going to use it as a song lyric. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/26 "2020-02-13T04:35:20Z")
Stay brave pony face, my little soldier. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/27 "2020-02-13T13:50:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I don’t know exactly why, but I love this sentence. I think I’m going to use it as a song lyric. Thanks! Thank [S.E. Hinton](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086066/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_trv_4). ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/28 "2020-02-13T16:53:03Z")
I took it to mean she looked like [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/aIk6sWA). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/29 "2020-02-13T17:01:20Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Thank [S.E. Hinton](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086066/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_trv_4). No; it was your touch that gave it _zazz_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/30 "2020-02-13T17:15:42Z")
And then there’s Ponyboy from The Outsiders. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744/31 "2020-02-13T17:37:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No; it was your touch that gave it _zazz_. _Merci._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-someone-a-dog-face-pony-soldier-have-a-specific-meaning/847744.md?page=1)