# Need a name for my new pickup **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231 "2013-03-29T01:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/1 "2013-03-29T01:53:58Z")
Well, actually, my dad’s new pickup. New to him, that is. It’s a 1976 Chevy shortbed 4 x 4. Once tangerine orange, it’s now painted primer gray. It has a 6" lift and tall tires, making it look like a stereotypical hillbilly rig. He’s asked me to name it. I’m coming up blank so I turn to the Dope for help. Ideas, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/2 "2013-03-29T01:55:43Z")
Levi. Drove your Chevy name of Levi until the Levi was dry. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/3 "2013-03-29T02:24:07Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Levi. Drove your Chevy name of Levi until the Levi was dry. Levi or levee? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/4 "2013-03-29T02:28:55Z")
Jed Clampett. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/5 "2013-03-29T02:32:19Z")
Eggbert Lipschitz ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/6 "2013-03-29T02:42:10Z")
Since it’s a '76 name it **TJ** in honor of Thomas Jefferson. He did something or other in '76. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/7 "2013-03-29T02:42:38Z")
Daisy Duke, with the appropriate artwork on the hood. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/8 "2013-03-29T02:51:42Z")
It’s grey, wide, and very slow. My choice, which was shot down, was “Eeyore the Reluctant”. Well, I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/9 "2013-03-29T02:55:41Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > It’s grey, wide, and very slow. Sounds like the shark from _Jaws_. Did it have a name? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/10 "2013-03-29T02:56:30Z")
Picup Andropov. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/11 "2013-03-29T03:05:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Picup Andropov. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/12 "2013-03-29T05:57:20Z")
How about “The Chevy,” unless you have other Chevies. In which case try “The pick-up” or “The 4x4.” Cars are not ships. I think some people would name their pogo stick. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PawPrints](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@PawPrints](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PawPrints)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/13 "2013-03-29T11:36:41Z")
Lloyd. As in Lloyd the truck, then unLloyd the truck. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/14 "2013-03-29T11:43:29Z")
Ernest, as in “Hiya, Vern!” ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/15 "2013-03-29T11:47:17Z")
I had a friend who used to drive a supreme hulk of a car, and I referred to it as The Nostromo. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/16 "2013-03-29T12:31:19Z")
Big and dull gray. I’d go with a military ship. Maybe Bismarck or [USS Gettysburg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gettysburg_%28CG-64%29), which kinda looks like a pickup. Alternately, Galactica or Star Destroyer, depending on your affiliation. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/17 "2013-03-29T12:38:30Z")
Tommy. All my trucks are named Tommy. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/18 "2013-03-29T12:57:09Z")
Earl. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/19 "2013-03-29T13:20:59Z")
**Bubbatruck** ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/20 "2013-03-29T14:15:26Z")
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