# Let's come up with some all-too-pertinent honorifics

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**Created:** [March 29, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275 "2015-03-29T16:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/1 "2015-03-29T16:07:15Z")

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For reference see [Honorific - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific)

As an example consider:

Your Irreverence, Lenny Bruce  
Your Flatulence, Ted Cruz  
Your Irrelevance, Pauly Shore

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/2 "2015-03-30T13:55:57Z")

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John Boehner - Your Stubborness  
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore - Your Intolerance  
Anne Coulter - Your Ignorance  
Justin Bieber - Your Insolence  
Jimmy Fallon - Your Irreverence

I think all of these are probably interchangeable.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/3 "2015-03-30T14:19:49Z")

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Your Highness, Cheech Marin

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/4 "2015-03-30T14:53:48Z")

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Good ones, folks! Thanks for the additions.

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/5 "2015-03-30T17:19:29Z")

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> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> John Boehner - Your Stubborness  
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I’d go with “Your Orangeness” for Boehner.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/6 "2015-03-30T19:24:59Z")

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> [@Jman](#):
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> I’d go with “Your Orangeness” for Boehner.

And “Your Tortoiseness” for Mitch McConnell.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/7 "2015-03-30T19:37:29Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> And “Your Tortoiseness” for Mitch McConnell.

For Mitch I could see:  
Your Oiliness or  
Your Greasiness or even  
Your Sliminess

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-some-all-too-pertinent-honorifics/716275/8 "2015-03-31T03:50:10Z")

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Your Insolvency, Nicolas Cage