# Is a pregnant goldfish called a twit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 5, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186 "2016-02-05T00:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186/1 "2016-02-05T00:28:56Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2385/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2385/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit)

Archives of The Straight Handful ([http://pub31.ezboard.com/bgdop](http://pub31.ezboard.com/bgdop)) are available in the msg board archive sections of The Drum, in the Archives :~) of the Web Archive ([https://web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org))

Link to [web.archive.org](http://web.archive.org): [https://web.archive.org/web/20041216202204/http://p090.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm1](https://web.archive.org/web/20041216202204/http://p090.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm1), but without a better referece, I’m unable to find the posts refered to.

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186/2 "2016-02-05T23:09:06Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> …but without a better referece, I’m unable to find the posts refered to.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20050121115659/http://p090.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm11.showMessage?topicID=45.topic](https://web.archive.org/web/20050121115659/http://p090.ezboard.com/fgdopefrm11.showMessage?topicID=45.topic)

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186/3 "2016-02-06T15:28:23Z")

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I wonder what the past tense would be? 😉

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186/4 "2016-02-06T19:16:51Z")

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Thing is, if the legend is big enough that people actually believe it, that means the meaning is real, even if it wasn’t originally.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-pregnant-goldfish-called-a-twit/745186/5 "2016-02-11T00:09:36Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Thing is, if the legend is big enough that people actually believe it, that means the meaning is real, even if it wasn’t originally.

… A twit killed Liberty Valance?