# Misinterpreted thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/461 "2026-08-19T21:47:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/462 "2026-08-24T15:47:54Z")
[Carney Deals with Trump (USA trade war against Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carney-deals-with-trump-usa-trade-war-against-canada/1032478) Every deal Trump does is a carny deal since he smarmily lies all the time and the game is rigged. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/463 "2026-09-11T16:09:47Z")
> [@"Floating" goalposts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floating-goalposts/1032990): > > The ICCU stadium at the University of Idaho has (US football) goalposts with no uprights. They are bolted to the wall and ceiling of the covered venue. [The Famous Kibbie Dome : r/Idaho](https://www.reddit.com/r/Idaho/comments/18f9irp/the_famous_kibbie_dome/) I thought floating goalposts were going to be metaphorically extremely slippery arguments ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/464 "2026-09-11T18:28:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > floating goalposts were going to be metaphorically extremely slippery arguments I took the phrase too literally. I pictured them bobbing amongst the whitecaps. Your perception is far better. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/465 "2026-09-16T15:26:05Z")
[Asshole lawn care company employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-lawn-care-company-employees/1033096) If your asshole needs lawn care, you’ve got bigger problems… ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/466 "2026-09-18T16:45:22Z")
[Fucking plovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plovers/1033166) Well, at least the plovers are no longer disqualified from joining the FBI… ---
**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:** [September 18, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/467 "2026-09-18T16:50:48Z")
It’s even better if one doesn’t know that a “plover” is a sort of bird. And instead assumes it’s some Aussie slang for [whatever]. It happens I did know what a plover is, but I could as easily have been in the other camp. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/468 "2026-09-22T11:16:03Z")
[Fucking pullovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plovers/1033166) Why can’t Brits just call them “sweaters,” like God intended? (I haven’t posted in this thread in years, and I swear I hadn’t seen the previous post citing the same OP.) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/469 "2026-09-22T11:35:22Z")
Sorry - above post is in the wrong thread. I didn’t realize we had two similar threads going. You could say I misinterpreted the thread title. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/470 "2026-09-22T21:13:58Z")
First time having one thread [qualifying for BOTH threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2076): [Your hooptie of necessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229) Only now after actually opening and reading the thread do I see that it is NOT about a specific type of fashion accessory around a male’s neck, but a…type of car, of all things?! Alternate term for a generic beater or rolling wreck? Huh, wow. Sure would like to know the etymology of THAT… ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/471 "2026-09-22T22:04:31Z")
See my post in the “Origin of Hooptie” FQ thread. > [@What's the origin of "Hooptie" (beat up car)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-hooptie-beat-up-car/424501/14): > > The OED says that “hooptie” is a variation of “hoopie”. The etymology of the latter is unknown, but they say Perhaps compare the U.S. colloquial phrase to roll (one’s) hoop (now rare) to go away, be off (1899 or earlier; with figurative allusion to the children’s toy. So it actually may be related to the hoop toy, but not because of its low value. Both words date to the early days of the existence of automobiles: the first quotation for “hoopie” is from 1915 and the first for “hooptie” is f… ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/472 "2026-10-11T00:34:38Z")
[Ketamine Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketamine-q/1033713) That usage of “Q” as an abbreviation for “question” always throws me off. I kept thinking “Ketamine Q” was a special kind of Ketamine, like regular Claritin versus Claritin D. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/473 "2026-10-11T00:47:19Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I kept thinking “Ketamine Q” was a special kind of Ketamine You were not alone. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/474 "2026-10-13T02:05:20Z")
I keep thinking of it as a member of the [Q Continuum](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Q_Continuum). (Along with Than and Fuh.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/475 "2026-10-13T21:41:37Z")
> [@Moat Dimensions (and the fauna therein)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moat-dimensions-and-the-fauna-therein/1033706): > > We’re all familiar with the trope of the moat surrounding a castle (or keep); the water-and-occasionally-crocodile-filled trench that surrounded medieval strongholds. How common were they? How wide were they, as a general rule? How deep did they tend to be? What dangerous aquatic fauna were they usually stocked with, in order to discourage skinny-dipping? Creatures from the Moat Dimensions, now on the Sunday late-nite movie! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/476 "2026-10-14T20:09:33Z")
[Boondocks. Out in, or down in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-out-in-or-down-in/1033789) Only clue going in that it was not about the comic strip was that it was in IMHO and not CS. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/477 "2026-10-14T20:22:10Z")
Today I learned there is something called the **[The Boondocks (comic strip) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(comic_strip))**. Wiki says it ran from 1996-2006. News to me from end to end. Thanks for that info. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/478 "2026-10-15T15:30:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today I learned there is something called the **[The Boondocks (comic strip) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(comic_strip))**. Wiki says it ran from 1996-2006. News to me from end to end. Probably more widely known from the animated series. And the self-hating Uncle Rucus. (Language NSWF.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f_M7u_kW7Zk/maxresdefault.jpg "Uncle Ruckus Learns How to be Black | The Boondocks | adult swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_M7u_kW7Zk&t=5s) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/479 "2026-10-15T16:00:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today I learned there is something called the **[The Boondocks (comic strip) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(comic_strip))**. And a most excellent strip (and animation) it was, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/480 "2026-10-15T20:17:02Z")
[**The khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi Jewry**](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-khazar-hypothesis-of-ashkenazi-jewry/1033860) I read this as Ashkenazi _JEWELRY_. Soooo very not that. Well, my birthday is next month, and I was thinking of a possible prezzie for myself. Never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=25)