# Make Up Pretentious Job Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596 "2007-02-02T19:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/1 "2007-02-02T19:49:45Z")
Thanks to this rather insipid Pit thread on [coffehouse elitism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406579&page=1&pp=50) some of my gray matter will not be forevermore clogged with the knowledge that the guy who pours up your fancy-schmancy coffee order is a “barista”. I’ve become fascinated by this charmingly pretentious job title. I want one. I’m a chemical engineer in the lubricants industry. I’d considered “engineero” but it just doesn’t zing. Perhaps “lubricatrix”, were I a female lube engineer. Alas, no. I’ll keep workin’ on my new job title. Come, join in the fun: what would your job title be if you wanted to convey your sneering contempt for the lesser mortals grubbing along at their little jobs? hmm. “Chemiculator”, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/2 "2007-02-02T20:24:19Z")
Yes, also being an engineer, I feel that the title has been watered down too much by other industries (sanitation, computer, etc) grubbing for our glory. I’m in aerospace, so I propose: Aeroraptor! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/3 "2007-02-02T20:35:16Z")
When I was working as a Kelly Girl, I used to tell people that I was a Syntactical Maintenance Technician. AKA a word processor. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/4 "2007-02-02T20:41:22Z")
I’ve often considered myself a “Plannerisimo Generale.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/5 "2007-02-02T20:43:22Z")
Editrix Supreme. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/6 "2007-02-02T21:05:25Z")
When we were making up business cards for me because I was going to meet with more clients, my dad said we had to come up with a title for me. I’m technically the Vice President, but most people don’t look at my pink, Britney Spears-listening-to-self as an authority figure. So I pondered. He said I could pick whatever I wanted, just to tell the printer. I came up with “Grand Poobah of Taxation and Awesome.” He nixed that idea. Jerk. He decided on Client Services Representative. That’s a nice way of saying secretary. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/7 "2007-02-02T21:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] When I was working as a Kelly Girl, I used to tell people that I was a Syntactical Maintenance Technician. AKA a word processor. [/QUOTE] Hee. My father was a technical writer/editor for IBM and I was always amused by his title: Information Developer. We throw “XYZ Guru” or “XYZ Diva” around a lot here, but nothing too official about it. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/8 "2007-02-02T21:17:46Z")
Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. I am your friendly neighborhood Universe Investigator\*, at your service. \*Physicist. Come to think of it, we don’t _need_ to inflate our job titles. Nuclear Physicist. Plasma physicist. Quantum physicist - or, as I like to say, Quantum Mechanic. All of these are already awe-inspiring. Unlike most disciplines, the public still fears anyone in a white lab coat. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/9 "2007-02-02T21:18:51Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] When we were making up business cards for me because I was going to meet with more clients, my dad said we had to come up with a title for me. I’m technically the Vice President, but most people don’t look at my pink, Britney Spears-listening-to-self as an authority figure. So I pondered. He said I could pick whatever I wanted, just to tell the printer. I came up with “Grand Poobah of Taxation and Awesome.” He nixed that idea. Jerk. He decided on Client Services Representative. That’s a nice way of saying secretary. [/QUOTE] Meh. Not impressed much. Does that make me the “Safety Net for the Grand Poobah of Taxation and Awesome” or “Mr. Fixit” or “He Who Shall Remain Unnamed, for He Is Bad-Ass and Is Above the Law”. The last one might be going too far, though. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/10 "2007-02-02T21:22:00Z")
Me? Land Use and Urban Design Solution Imagineer. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/11 "2007-02-02T21:23:14Z")
You’re my Minister of Propag. . … Truth. Yes, truth. Now, go spread the word that there is a new tax in the name of the Great Poobah of Taxation and Awesome, Diosabellissima. That’ll be $20 each. We can Western Union the cash into my account. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/12 "2007-02-02T21:31:44Z")
Gee, I didn’t know you were Nigerian… ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/13 "2007-02-02T21:32:17Z")
Since we make engine oils, my co-worker and fellow engineer suggested “enginista!” Sorta like those What Not To Wear fashionistas, 'cept with oil. Well, _more_ oil, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/14 "2007-02-02T21:54:03Z")
Yeah, I try not to let it get out. For whatever reason, people tend to be less trusting of Nigerians with their bank account information. Go figure. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/15 "2007-02-02T21:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] Yeah, I try not to let it get out. For whatever reason, people tend to be less trusting of Nigerians with their bank account information. Go figure. [/QUOTE] You don’t say! :o \<—feigned shock ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/16 "2007-02-02T22:01:05Z")
I was a collection system analyst (sewer cleaner). I’m a freight train conductor now but I guess I could be called a rail guide. Some of the occupations my own company lists me as are: Traveling shifter at road rates, brakeman, utility man, pilot, crew member, foreman, switchman, conductor…but the one listed in the occupations code that I like the most is…Hump Foreman. I want to be one of those. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/17 "2007-02-02T22:43:38Z")
_Grand master of the big black thumping machine in the corner that will eat your firstborn should you ever disobey._ (It’s big, archaic, weighs over two tons and I’m one of the few people on the job that knows what it does, and one of the _very_ few who understands how it works. It’s got more knobs than a bukkake festival and so many dials and buttons that I’m convinced there’s an “consume baby” function on the thing somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/18 "2007-02-02T23:25:34Z")
[QUOTE=GargoyleWB] Yes, also being an engineer, I feel that the title has been watered down too much by other industries (sanitation, computer, etc) grubbing for our glory. I’m in aerospace, so I propose: Aeroraptor! [/QUOTE] The guys out here settle for Rocket Scientist. That’s what goes on the tax forms, school forms, applications for loans and credit cards. Beats the four word jargon title on their business cards. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/19 "2007-02-02T23:39:30Z")
Shortly after graduating High School, and moving to Montana, I became a… Petrolleum Distillate Distribution Engineer. Yeah, I pumped gas. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596/20 "2007-02-02T23:48:42Z")
I’ve googled and I don’t know what a “Kelly Girl” is. I’d love to find out, it sounds vaguely sexual. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-pretentious-job-titles/390596.md?page=2)