# is there a term for :P ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052 "2003-09-22T09:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/1 "2003-09-22T09:37:08Z")
blow rashberries? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/2 "2003-09-22T09:57:22Z")
I guess it could be, but I always thought of it as just sticking one’s tongue out at someone… nyah, nyah, nyah. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/3 "2003-09-22T14:21:14Z")
or: “pthbthpthth”…kinda like a razzberry sound. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/4 "2003-09-22T14:33:17Z")
I’ve just heard it called " a raspberry." -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/5 "2003-09-22T20:15:29Z")
Oh, good ol’ **Thuppie**! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/6 "2003-09-22T20:52:05Z")
Tongue Sticky-Outie. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/7 "2003-09-23T03:51:44Z")
I’ve always just called it the raspberry. (It looks better if you use the Thorn (Þ or þ, Alt+0222 or Alt + 0254) than the capital P; the capital P looks like your tongue is lolling out of the side of your mouth.) 😛 :Þ :þ ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/8 "2003-09-23T04:59:03Z")
I always thought of it as the “dduuuiieeyaa” sound that cartoon characters make when they realize something obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/9 "2003-09-23T06:48:31Z")
The “tongue-out” smiley works for me. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/10 "2003-09-23T07:47:23Z")
bleh? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/11 "2003-09-23T16:42:19Z")
I believe in Bloom County the preferred spelling was “Pthbbbt.” Pronounced pithibbit. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/12 "2003-09-23T18:06:03Z")
I prefer to call it the “stupid mistake”. I used colon-capital-P instead of colon-lowercase-P in a recent post and it didn’t come out as 😛 as intended. :wally: 😃 Thanks, **tomndeb** , I like the Thorn. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/13 "2003-10-05T04:15:47Z")
I like the [MSN Messenger 4.6 version](http://www.imgmag.net/images/nuttysman/boardsmilies/tongue3.GIF), myself. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/14 "2003-10-05T15:08:13Z")
[Bronx Cheer.](http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/bronx_cheer/Bronx_Cheer.html) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/15 "2003-10-05T16:46:22Z")
Sorry – **Kalhoun** was correct, it’s the Tongue Sticky-Outie. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/16 "2003-10-05T20:22:03Z")
[Kung-Pow]I call him Tonguey.[/K-P] ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-p/203052/17 "2003-10-05T20:22:37Z")
I like the term “pub.”