# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/21 "2013-03-29T14:17:50Z")
Steed ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/22 "2013-03-29T14:38:39Z")
Rocinante. Thanks, John Steinbeck. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/23 "2013-03-29T15:00:16Z")
Grey Ghost or Billy Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Chilliwack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chilliwack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilliwack)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/24 "2013-03-29T17:56:51Z")
Gord. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/25 "2013-03-29T18:28:27Z")
Trucky. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/26 "2013-03-29T18:34:40Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > **Bubbatruck** Yup that sounds like a Bubbatruck. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/27 "2013-03-30T01:15:48Z")
Percival. ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/28 "2013-03-30T01:39:34Z")
_Merrimack_ or _Hunley._ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/29 "2013-03-30T02:31:24Z")
As a fan of _The Dresden Files_ and ironic naming, I suggest calling it… Mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/30 "2013-03-30T03:08:48Z")
> [@JLRogers](#): > > 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: This is what I was going to say. Maybe if it’s an old beat up truck, you could call it “Old Red” or whatever color, but cars and trucks should not have names. ---
**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 30, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/31 "2013-03-30T04:31:24Z")
I personally am not big on naming vehicles, but as I noted in the OP my dad asked me to help him come up with a name, so I oblige. **Nostromo** and **Bubbatruck** I am really starting to like… although **Levi / Levee** I think is at the top of my list so far. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/32 "2013-03-30T06:44:20Z")
Gertrude ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/33 "2013-03-30T08:16:08Z")
General Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/34 "2013-03-30T12:36:23Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Sounds like the shark from _Jaws_. Did it have a name? [Bruce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_%28film%29). A large gray monster? How about Grey Wind – the name of Robb Stark’s direwolf in _A Game of Thrones_? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/35 "2013-03-30T13:08:14Z")
Jumbo. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/36 "2013-03-30T15:01:55Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > It has a 6" lift and tall tires, making it look like a stereotypical hillbilly rig. How about “The Compensator”? You know, the bit about guys with big trucks compensating for something else… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/37 "2013-03-30T15:07:45Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > How about “The Compensator”? > > You know, the bit about guys with big trucks compensating for something else… A guy can’t like anything big because he’s compensating for his dick size? What about small things, if he likes small things is he trying to make his dick look large in comparison? It’s not always about dicks. It’s about boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/38 "2013-03-30T15:11:00Z")
So true, my good man. So true. (You are male, aren’t you **control-z**?) ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/39 "2013-03-30T22:17:36Z")
Mastodon. Truckosaurus. The Incredible Sloth. The Little Transformer That Couldn’t. Fifi. ---
**Author:** ![Saraya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Saraya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saraya)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231/40 "2013-03-30T22:38:00Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > 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? Max [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-new-pickup/654231.md?page=3)