# HELP ME! Name my secret spy agency, c'mon, please? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635 "2000-08-24T20:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/1 "2000-08-24T20:42:04Z")
I need a cool name for my “secret spy agency”. As some of you know, I am planning a corporate event. It’s along the theme lines of Mission Impossible so we need a name for our agency. It can be cool or funny. I have writer’s block on this am have been trying for a while now. HELP ME! I’ll be your best friend; I’ll love you forever. Please, have mercy. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/2 "2000-08-24T20:48:53Z")
Dissapearing, Inc. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/3 "2000-08-24T20:53:52Z")
That’s pretty good, 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/4 "2000-08-24T21:10:23Z")
Secret Spy Agency 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/5 "2000-08-24T21:23:18Z")
Okay, good I’m glad you got that out of your system. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/6 "2000-08-24T21:30:16Z")
**P** oysyn’s **I** nternational **M** ercenary **P** opulists **P** oysyn’s **U** nited **S** ilent **S** ervers of **Y** og-Sothoth ? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/7 "2000-08-24T21:32:42Z")
Slight problem being that they don’t know me as Poysyn 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/8 "2000-08-24T21:51:05Z")
_Poyson_: If I were you I’d just choose a random combination of capital letters, say EMQ, WVS, JSB, etc. They don’t have to actually stand for anything–how many non-Russian speakers know what KGB stands for? But, more to the point, if anyone asks you what the letters stand for, you reply, “It’s a secret.” Keep them guessing. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/9 "2000-08-24T22:03:55Z")
BTW, if they don’t know you as Poysyn, all the better… adds to the mystery of “who is Poysyn”? then the cops would be like, no one’s ever seen him, heard him, or knows what he looks like… he’s… a secret:- ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/10 "2000-08-24T22:47:51Z")
You could make a pretty cool acronym out of _Poysyn_: **P** arsimonious **O** verlords **Y** earning to **S** ystematically **Y** olk the **N** ations That’s all I can come up with for now. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/11 "2000-08-24T23:01:26Z")
From the people who brought you the Naked Gun series: Acme Spy Agency VIP2 ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/12 "2000-08-25T01:12:25Z")
**S** ociety for the **P** revention of **I** nternational **E** spionage and **S** ubterfuge or **O** rganization for the **R** evival of **G** lobal **A** narchy and **S** ubsequent **M** ayhem _It’s coming…_ ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/13 "2000-08-25T08:21:33Z")
I think “Spys ‘R’ Us” would be nice. People would be particularly impressed if you did the ‘R’ backwards – they would understand that yours is a spy agency that is willing to do the special little things. How about “Spybucks”? It’s a place you can go to get a foreign diplomat assassinated AND a terrific latte. ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/14 "2000-08-25T12:59:33Z")
The Illuminati! I don’t suppose they’d be stupid enough to have copyrighted it? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/15 "2000-08-25T13:21:10Z")
These are great, thanks very much. I’d kiss you all, if you were here. Even the chicks (I play no favorites) ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/16 "2000-08-25T15:17:32Z")
**Poysyn:** I’ll be in Winnipeg Wednesday night… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/17 "2000-08-25T15:26:06Z")
Pipeliner, are you kidding! That’s great! ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/18 "2000-08-25T15:33:42Z")
**Poysyn:** No, I’m serious. I live in Winnipeg but work in Alberta. We’re holding a pre-job meeting there Thursday a.m., so my boss (bless his cold black heart) chose me to be the minute-taker/general flunky. This effectively gives me a free trip home to pick up my winter gear, etc. as I probably won’t see the Peg again for some time. btw, this is my 100th post. I’m so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-secret-spy-agency-cmon-please/30635/19 "2000-08-25T15:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Poysyn: I’ll be in Winnipeg Wednesday night… Winnipeg? Sounds like a raffle for pirates. 😃