# of Trash Pandas, Nope Ropes and the like **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000 "2018-12-12T16:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/1 "2018-12-12T16:45:47Z")
So I’m familiar with the amusing terms the kids use these days for identifying certain animals: Raccoon = Trash Panda Snake = Nope Rope Ferret = cat snake What other examples for animals can I use to appear hip and amusing? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/2 "2018-12-12T16:52:26Z")
Well, there is always the stingray, or, as it is called, “Majestic Sea Flap Flap” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/3 "2018-12-12T16:55:38Z")
I’ve seen various terms, all coming from some guy called Dave. You can Google image search dave “names for animals” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/4 "2018-12-12T17:06:04Z")
Our raccoons aren’t trash pandas. They seem pretty well-behaved in that regard. But we don’t want them in the yard. We have a cat, and we don’t want any altercations. The other night, Mrs. L.A. was relaxing on the deck when a raccoon came up very close. She held out her hand and made nice. The raccoon took off like a shot. When I’m on the deck and a raccoon comes by, I stand up quickly and make myself big and say, ‘Get out of here! Ssssssssss! Sssssssss!’ They just look at me as if I’m mental, and eventually trundle off. Maybe I should try ‘making nice’ to see if they depart as quickly as they did with Mrs. L.A. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/5 "2018-12-12T17:07:51Z")
Always liked the skunk "fart squirrel. " ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/6 "2018-12-12T17:14:14Z")
And the squirrel is known as a “suburban rat” ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/7 "2018-12-12T17:16:08Z")
In honor of our Canadian posters, a moose is a metric deer. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/8 "2018-12-12T18:03:31Z")
Snakes are also “danger noodles”, a term which can be applied to similarly shaped fictional threats, like reaper leviathans, as well. Big cats sometimes get the appellation “murder kitty”, but it’s less common. It usually carries a connotation along the lines of, “It would kill and eat me, but I still want to pet it.” An alternate form, “murder floof”, often applies to cats, but can also apply to other fuzzy-furred predators. I’ve seen “murder puppy” for wolves, but it doesn’t seem to have taken hold. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/9 "2018-12-12T18:10:44Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > And the squirrel is known as a “suburban rat” And we often refer to pigeons as “flying rats”, being about as ubiquitous in an urban environment. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/10 "2018-12-12T18:12:21Z")
[Tardigrade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade)= water bear = moss piglet And by the way, our new minor league baseball team will be called the [Rocket City Trash Pandas.](https://www.mlb.com/cut4/rocket-city-trash-pandas-are-the-newest-minor-league-team/c-293581862) Here’s [their logo](https://www.milb.com/milb/news/rocket-city-trash-pandas-unveil-space-themed-logos/c-299749662). ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/11 "2018-12-12T18:17:35Z")
_Nina de la Tierra/Child of the Earth_ = Jerusalem cricket ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/12 "2018-12-12T18:28:37Z")
Otters are “Water Dachshunds”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/13 "2018-12-12T18:29:11Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > And the squirrel is known as a “suburban rat” I’ve heard “tree rats”. I was bitten by a raccoon when her children came up and ate out of the cat food bowl. The double take on one of the kittens was something to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/14 "2018-12-12T18:30:37Z")
Squirrels are “tree rats”. Pigeons are “city chickens”. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/15 "2018-12-12T18:32:14Z")
Apparently, prairie dogs are also known as “sod poodles.” I found this out when [a new minor league team decided they needed a bizarre sounding name for marketing purposes](https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/11/13/18092664/padres-minor-league-affiliate-amarillo-sod-poodles). ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/16 "2018-12-12T18:32:18Z")
[Beavers are vagina squirrels](http://badbeaver.bangordailynews.com/vagina-squirrels/?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwistKaq9prfAhWQoIMKHUr5BYEQ9QEwAXoECAAQBQ). ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/17 "2018-12-12T18:34:12Z")
In years past, the open landfills around here would be inhabited by hundreds of seagulls, leading to the nickname of “dump ducks” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/18 "2018-12-12T18:34:15Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Apparently, prairie dogs are also known as “sod poodles.” I found this out when [a new minor league team decided they needed a bizarre sounding name for marketing purposes](https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/11/13/18092664/padres-minor-league-affiliate-amarillo-sod-poodles). It has a different meaning in Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/19 "2018-12-12T18:34:27Z")
It’s common for aficionados of the type to call pit bulls “pibbles.” Some argue that this term is a ridiculously childish diminution of a dignified, even noble animal. Having watched our Luna prance about, gently put her head into the arms of little children, or spin in place before doing thunderous zoomies around the room, I find “pibble” to be a perfectly descriptive term. Judge for yourself [whether this is a serious animal or not](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinfeatherphotos/30499776500/in/datetaken-public/). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000/20 "2018-12-12T18:37:24Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > Snake = Nope Rope Unless it’s a frendy snek that you can boop on the snoot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-trash-pandas-nope-ropes-and-the-like/826000.md?page=2)