# Meaning of ‘strokes’ in “different strokes”

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 12, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889 "2020-12-12T12:42:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889/41 "2020-12-14T19:46:35Z")

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I’m just relieved that there seems to be no connection with strokes of a whip.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889/42 "2020-12-15T13:55:03Z")

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I bet if you Google [different strokes whips] in “NFBSK” mode you’ll come up with plenty of hits. Or is that “strokes”? 😉

Porn producers lurves them some wordplay in their titles. Or so I’m told.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-strokes-in-different-strokes/927889/43 "2020-12-15T15:35:21Z")

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I wonder if a neurologist has ever used the phrase in patient consultations.

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