# Need a clever name for a weight loss challenge team

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398 "2008-12-09T15:53:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/1 "2008-12-09T15:53:38Z")

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I need a clever name for a weight loss challenge team. There are four of us on the team. Any ideas?

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**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:** [December 9, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/2 "2008-12-09T15:57:16Z")

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Undertalls.

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/3 "2008-12-09T16:20:07Z")

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How about a slogan: “Eschew the Fat!” Groan…

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**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/4 "2008-12-09T16:24:38Z")

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The Four Horsemen

You could all be “Famine.”

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**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:** [December 9, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/5 "2008-12-09T16:26:09Z")

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Diminishing Returns.

Dwindling Expectations.

Thinner than Your Team.

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**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/6 "2008-12-09T16:55:02Z")

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We have a store out here called “Food 4 Less”, so how about the “Less Food 4” ? (would only make sense if you have the store in your area)

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/7 "2008-12-09T17:13:01Z")

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You’ll be seeing less of us.

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**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/8 "2008-12-09T17:13:55Z")

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The Four Lossketeers? Oh dear, that’s terrible isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/9 "2008-12-09T17:27:18Z")

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“Born Losers”. You could all dress like the bikers in the Billy Jack movie…or like Billy Jack.

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/10 "2008-12-09T19:57:47Z")

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Big Fat Losers - not exactly politcally correct, but could be funny

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**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:** [December 9, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/11 "2008-12-09T20:31:55Z")

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Unrepentant Thinners

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**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/12 "2008-12-09T20:54:37Z")

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Lost Cause

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/13 "2008-12-09T23:21:42Z")

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The Ketoners.

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**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/14 "2008-12-09T23:55:09Z")

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The Second Dimension

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/15 "2008-12-10T00:05:44Z")

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The Vernal Bruins

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**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/16 "2008-12-10T00:13:37Z")

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Derek and the Domino’s Pizza.

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**Author:** ![ViktorWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@ViktorWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ViktorWolf)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/17 "2008-12-10T00:28:40Z")

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Fat-Losers? 😛

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**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/18 "2008-12-10T00:42:02Z")

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The thinner Winners?

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/19 "2008-12-10T00:44:49Z")

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Drop It Like It’s Hot

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398/20 "2008-12-10T05:52:15Z")

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