# kwyjibo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091 "2004-06-24T22:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/1 "2004-06-24T22:10:08Z")
KWYJIBO Is this a Friends reference, maybe? Possibly playing scrabble? Help? (no, I’m not talking about the poster, KWYJIBO) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/2 "2004-06-24T22:14:17Z")
A large North American ape; Homer Simpson. It’s a word Bart made up to cheat at Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/3 "2004-06-24T22:15:15Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > KWYJIBO > > Is this a Friends reference, maybe? > > Possibly playing scrabble? Scrabble, yes, but as played on [_The Simpsons_](http://www.tammyhocking.com/kwyjibo.htm) . ---
**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/4 "2004-06-24T22:16:04Z")
Scrabble, yes, but it was The Simpsons who were playing it, and Bart who played the word. I can’t quite remember what he said it meant, but it was something to do with North American apes and an obvious jibe at Homer. I’m sure someone else’ll be along soon to fill in the blanks with the appropriate quote. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/5 "2004-06-24T22:16:34Z")
It’s from an early episode of _The Simpsons_. They’re playing Scrabble, and Bart puts down “KWYJIBO” as a word. Homer challenges, and Bart says it’s a big, ugly North American ape (Homer) with a bald head (and Marge adds, “and a short temper”) I might not have the quotes exactly right, please correct me if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/6 "2004-06-24T22:17:54Z")
I guess we’re all agreed on the show and the circumstances, then? Lordy, never have I seen such simulposts! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/7 "2004-06-24T22:33:50Z")
I feel so loved. Thanks. FYI, Yahoo games has this series of letters advertising their “Literati” game. ---
**Author:** ![Feit\_C\_Taj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@Feit\_C\_Taj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feit_C_Taj)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/8 "2004-06-25T03:07:01Z")
> [@KCSuze](#): > > It’s from an early episode of _The Simpsons_. They’re playing Scrabble, and Bart puts down “KWYJIBO” as a word. Homer challenges, and Bart says it’s a big, ugly North American ape (Homer) with a bald head (and Marge adds, “and a short temper”) > I might not have the quotes exactly right, please correct me if I’m wrong. From the Bart and Wagnall’s: kwyjibo (kwi-jee-bo): A fat balding North American ape with no chin. “On a triple word score, plus 50 points for using all my letters. Game Over. I’m outta here” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/9 "2004-06-25T04:55:39Z")
It was also key (as one of the most famous fake Scrabble words) to helping dedicated puzzle-solvers figure out [this MIT Mystery Hunt puzzle](http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/00/set1/7/Puzzle.html). [The solution](http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/00/set1/7/Solution.html) notes the surprising volume of sitcoms that have used the “non-existant Scrabble word” gag… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/10 "2004-06-25T06:00:55Z")
If I’m not mistaken, it was in the very first regular Simpsons episode (aside from that Christmas special and the Tracey Ullman Show shorts). I remember watching it my freshman year in college. Then again, a lot of that year is pretty blurry, so I could be totally wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/11 "2024-04-16T18:37:46Z")
It’s me! The one who is always a decade late to the party. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/12 "2024-04-16T18:41:51Z")
> [@Kwyjibo](#): > > The one who is always a decade late to the party Literally two decades buddy ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/13 "2024-04-16T18:42:45Z")
Never said I could count. 😛 Crap. It’s been a long time. Forgot about the “no zombies” rule. Forgive me mods!!! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/14 "2024-04-16T21:54:28Z")
A neat fact is that Kwyjibo at the best place on the board can net you **152 points**. No longer a zombie – useful info added. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/15 "2024-04-16T22:12:41Z")
Hey, That’s from the Simpsons, ain’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/16 "2024-04-16T22:24:24Z")
Yeah. I changed my user name here over twenty years ago when it was a thing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/17 "2024-04-16T22:27:33Z")
And just who _were you?_. In the before times? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/18 "2024-04-17T02:26:21Z")
I used the name Max Override back then. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/19 "2024-04-17T02:38:25Z")
Nice one ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091/20 "2024-04-17T10:35:14Z")
Could you sing the Max Power song but substitute Override? I’ll give you a dollar. 😄 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091.md?page=2)