# Doper recognition code **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843 "2010-01-21T14:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/21 "2010-01-21T19:44:47Z")
I would prefer, walk up to someone and ejaculate, “Is that a 1920’s style deathray in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?” Ejaculate - it’s my word of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/22 "2010-01-21T19:49:10Z")
I’ve said “Gotcha ya!” more than once, and never been met with anything resembling a glimmer of recognition… ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/23 "2010-01-21T19:54:04Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > [In this post in a thread about the two most recent Dopers to appear on _Jeopardy!_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12011449#post12011449), **KittenKat** brings up the need for a Doper recognition code – something that can be dropped into ordinary conversation in a geek-intensive environment, While there are certifiable geeks on here, I don’t consider myself a geek by any stretch of the imagination. I actually resist the urge to bail from this geeky, left-wing clearinghouse almost daily. Don’t scare away the non-geeks and non lefties. So, the signal should something not-so-geeky… or lefty for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/24 "2010-01-21T20:10:53Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > While there are certifiable geeks on here, I don’t consider myself a geek by any stretch of the imagination. > > I actually resist the urge to bail from this geeky, left-wing clearinghouse almost daily. > > Don’t scare away the non-geeks and non lefties. > > So, the signal should something not-so-geeky… or lefty for that matter. Dude, you have almost 8,000 posts. Embrace your inner geekdom. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/25 "2010-01-21T20:21:13Z")
No no no. I help balance out the geekiness! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/26 "2010-01-21T20:21:47Z")
“Well, this is pretty mundane and pointless, but I must share it…” ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/27 "2010-01-21T20:25:09Z")
got an E-mail the other day from a friend. She is not a member or hardly even heard of this board. It was one of those joke deals that show a picture and you need to click on the pic to get the joke ending. In this case it was a lovely lady in a thong bending over at a fridge looking in. When you click on the photo it shows the thong close up. It shows a hairy ball sack . It then immediately came up with a screen that announces “GOTCHA YA!!!” I thought to myself we have a jokester among us somewhere! Only time I ever heard that phrase except here. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/28 "2010-01-21T20:27:35Z")
I think “Great Zotti!” would be the way to go since it could pass for just an expression but the rest of Dopeland would be in on the joke. Otherwise, I’d vote for “buckeyes” as a throwaway answer. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/29 "2010-01-21T20:37:34Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > No no no. I help balance out the geekiness! uh huh. suuuuuure. Besides, who says being a geek is a bad thing? A geek is someone who has passion about a particular fandom. One of your fandoms is obviously dopery . . . come to the dark side, Phil. We have buckeyes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/30 "2010-01-21T20:39:50Z")
_Woohoo! I am masturbating like a motherfuck!_ ---
**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:** [January 21, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/31 "2010-01-21T20:43:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _Woohoo! I am masturbating like a motherfuck!_ Add this to list in post #19. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/32 "2010-01-21T21:38:30Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I’ll bet Jeopardy contestants are strongly encouraged NOT to say “Hi” to anyone when Alex banters with them during pre-game introductions. It’s not dignified, you know. > > I may be wrong though, because I rarely see the show. Right, because telling the audience about that time you ate camel during the contestant-intro bit is _sooo_ dignified. ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/33 "2010-01-21T22:09:13Z")
I haven’t been posting long enough for my opinion to be meaningful here, but I wanted to point out that if I heard/read/saw “Cite?” I’d be moire inclined to think the poster/writer/speaker was sending a shout out to the Snopes\* board than this one. \*Am I allowed to say that here? I am unaware of any rivalries but the two boards do share some similarities.😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/34 "2010-01-21T22:57:53Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I’ll bet Jeopardy contestants are strongly encouraged NOT to say “Hi” to anyone when Alex banters with them during pre-game introductions. It’s not dignified, you know. I occasionally see people write something like “Hello Amy!” next to their “Final _Jeopardy!_” wagers, leading Alex to inquire “Who is Amy?” You could easily scrawl a similar greeting to Opal. Some contestants who bet nothing on the Final and/or have no idea of the correct response come up with such questions as “Who is Ed Zotti?” (not an actual example, but easy enough to do if the situation warrants). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/35 "2010-01-21T23:22:34Z")
Wonder out loud what would happen if you pan fried semen. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/36 "2010-01-22T00:33:17Z")
Or wonder how great it would be to have a monkey butler. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/37 "2010-01-22T01:01:09Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > You could burning their dog. You could do what to their dog? THEIR WHOLE DOG! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/38 "2010-01-22T01:21:10Z")
It refers to a poster once who was upset about something, and in his Pit rant, at one point said “I burning your dog!” (It might even have been the thread title). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/39 "2010-01-22T01:33:44Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > It refers to a poster once who was upset about something, and in his Pit rant, at one point said “I burning your dog!” (It might even have been the thread title). The whole box? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843/40 "2010-01-22T06:23:33Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I occasionally see people write something like “Hello Amy!” next to their “Final _Jeopardy!_” wagers, leading Alex to inquire “Who is Amy?” You could easily scrawl a similar greeting to Opal. Some contestants who bet nothing on the Final and/or have no idea of the correct response come up with such questions as “Who is Ed Zotti?” (not an actual example, but easy enough to do if the situation warrants). Unless we, being the brilliant, cultured folk we tend to be, actually know the Final Jeopardy answer 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-recognition-code/525843.md?page=3)