# MPSIMS has gotten a minor rename to “Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share” **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 31, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943 "2023-03-31T16:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/21 "2023-03-31T18:39:09Z")
I like it! An elegant solution that preserves the all-important vibe. (I know it probably feels like I just got here, but I’ve legit been around and lurking for like 15 years.) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/22 "2023-03-31T18:45:28Z")
Bad, bad, bad in a good way!! ☺ ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/23 "2023-03-31T18:49:58Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s “Emm-PEE-sims” to me. You? Who can say? :Shrugging-shoulders: MP Sims, featuring Hiphopopotamus and the rhyming rhymnoceros ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/24 "2023-03-31T19:11:29Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I always pronounced it [mumpsimus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus) > > > [@Wikipedia](#): > > > > A **mumpsimus** ([/ˈmʌmpsɪməs/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [_MUHMP-sih-məs_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key)) is a “traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be”,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarlettRoland1972236-1) or “someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and the person humiliated; also, any error, bad habit, or prejudice clung to in this fashion”.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElster200629-2) The term originates in the story of a priest using the nonsense word _mumpsimus_ instead of the Latin _sumpsimus_ when giving [mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites), and refusing to be corrected on the matter. The word may refer to either the speaker or their habit. > > Somehow it seems appropriate for this place. You win. You totally win. I for one have pitched Emm-PEE-sims to the ashheap of history. I welcome our new _mumpsimus_ overlords. The origin story for this will be part of Board lore long after the goat and squid have been forgotten. All hail @Derleth’s remarkable perspicacity. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/25 "2023-03-31T19:22:37Z")
As the former operator of a website called The Encyclopedia of Pointless, I am deeply offended. I strenuously object to this blatant erasure of Pointlessness. As a normal human adult, I’m cool with it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/26 "2023-03-31T19:26:41Z")
Agreed, it doesn’t change the MPSIMS acronym like it did with the change from GQ to FQ. I approve! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/27 "2023-03-31T19:31:24Z")
A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged. Thanks, **Irishman** , mods and Ed, for making this happen. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/28 "2023-03-31T19:47:14Z")
Thank you so much for this change, I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/29 "2023-03-31T19:52:08Z")
I’ve always pronounced it “Baba Booey.” But then again, I’ve got a real flat nasally Michigan accent. ymmv. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/30 "2023-03-31T19:56:53Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged. I felt the change was unnecessary, but I celebrate it because it means we no longer have to see the annual thread complaining about the name. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/31 "2023-03-31T19:59:31Z")
Now if only we could rename “Daylight Saving Time” as easily. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/32 "2023-03-31T20:00:15Z")
Mundane Pointless Time I Must Spend. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/33 "2023-03-31T20:07:25Z")
It’s clearly “emp-sims.” And I like how “miscellaneous” enfolds both “mundane and pointless.” ---
**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:** [March 31, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/34 "2023-03-31T20:24:36Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > A good solution, and you can tell because of 26 replies so far, not one has been seriously outraged. This post will make 34 (unless somebody sneaks in ahead of me) and I agree. – I’ve avoided pronouncing it at all. However, if I should have to, Mumpsimus seems like a good way to go. @Derleth, thanks for the word! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/35 "2023-03-31T20:30:19Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I always pronounced it [mumpsimus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus) > > > [@](#): > > > > A **mumpsimus** ([/ˈmʌmpsɪməs/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [_MUHMP-sih-məs_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key)) is a “traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be”,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarlettRoland1972236-1) or “someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and the person humiliated; also, any error, bad habit, or prejudice clung to in this fashion”.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumpsimus#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElster200629-2) The term originates in the story of a priest using the nonsense word _mumpsimus_ instead of the Latin _sumpsimus_ when giving [mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites), and refusing to be corrected on the matter. The word may refer to either the speaker or their habit. > > Somehow it seems appropriate for this place. I came here to post the joke. GMTA. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/36 "2023-03-31T20:42:14Z")
Great idea. I’ve been around long enough that I remember the origin of Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, but damn, that happened a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/37 "2023-03-31T20:51:36Z")
When’s it going to happen ? (I’ll need to get all my affairs in order first.) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/38 "2023-03-31T20:56:49Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > When’s it going to happen ? > [@“Mundane, Pointless”, as in Beirut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-as-in-beirut/917370/104): > > The actually change should happen within the week. Hopefully this answers your question. ---
**Author:** ![Ssounder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/39 "2023-03-31T20:58:00Z")
Huh? Are some of the mods in April 1st Time Zones? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943/40 "2023-03-31T21:12:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Hopefully this answers your question. You’re in luck - it does !! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-has-gotten-a-minor-rename-to-miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/981943.md?page=3)