# If you had a Secret Service codename, what would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985 "2008-03-11T16:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/1 "2008-03-11T16:48:04Z")
I just read in a story that Barack Obama’s Secret Service codename is “Renegade” and his wife’s is “Renaissance.” Hillary Clinton’s is “Evergreen.” I’d like to think if I had a Secret Service detail, they’d call me “Thunderbird.” But I have a feeling, in reality, it would probably be “The Cheeseburger.” _“Cheeseburger’s on the move! Cheeseburger’s on the move!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/2 "2008-03-11T16:58:56Z")
I have a sneaking suspicion it would be something small and cute. Like Cupcake. Or maybe Kitten. Just because I know my luck works like that… it would HAVE to be something that would case me to cringe in agony every time I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/3 "2008-03-11T17:00:37Z")
Shecky. No, Nipsy. Definately Nipsy. That would be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/4 "2008-03-11T17:03:20Z")
Who knows… probably Rutabaga. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/5 "2008-03-11T17:03:56Z")
Megaman. Hell yes. I’d make them call me Megaman. …and the Secret Service MUST equip me with an arm blaster. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/6 "2008-03-11T17:05:16Z")
“Twickster” is good enough for the Dope, and it’s good enough for the Secret Service. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/7 "2008-03-11T17:06:59Z")
Dollop. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/8 "2008-03-11T17:08:14Z")
Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/9 "2008-03-11T17:27:35Z")
Turd Ferguson. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/10 "2008-03-11T17:45:17Z")
With my luck, my code name would be “Shoot on sight” ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/11 "2008-03-11T17:45:42Z")
I dunno, I kinda’ like Sunrazor. Majestic, yet dorky. Okay, just dorky. Still fits. ---
**Author:** ![Dinocochino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Dinocochino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinocochino)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/12 "2008-03-11T17:47:12Z")
The Package ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/13 "2008-03-11T17:48:55Z")
Doesn’t it kind of defeat the purpose of a codename if they tell it to the press? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/14 "2008-03-11T17:49:28Z")
I work for a brokerage firm. I bet it would be “Gecko” after the Gordon Gecko character in _Wall Street_. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/15 "2008-03-11T17:59:07Z")
'Tard. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/16 "2008-03-11T18:07:47Z")
Probably something along the line of “Uh…whatsisname, that guy we’re supposed to be guarding”. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/17 "2008-03-11T18:10:22Z")
I like the sound of “green bean” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/18 "2008-03-11T18:16:52Z")
Cobra Commander ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/19 "2008-03-11T18:17:28Z")
McLovin. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-secret-service-codename-what-would-it-be/440985/20 "2008-03-11T18:19:35Z")
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