# (Foreigners only) Did you have to google "straight dope" cos you didn't know what it

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigners-only-did-you-have-to-google-straight-dope-cos-you-didnt-know-what-it/258998>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 9, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigners-only-did-you-have-to-google-straight-dope-cos-you-didnt-know-what-it/258998 "2004-08-09T06:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigners-only-did-you-have-to-google-straight-dope-cos-you-didnt-know-what-it/258998/21 "2004-08-10T03:49:48Z")

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I didn’t know what it mean. I guessed it from the content of the site.

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**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreigners-only-did-you-have-to-google-straight-dope-cos-you-didnt-know-what-it/258998/22 "2004-08-10T15:45:27Z")

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I knew what it meant, but I have no idea where I picked it up from.

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