# Phrases you don't really want associated with your name... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509 "2014-02-28T11:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/81 "2014-03-13T06:24:43Z")
Extreme Couponer ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/82 "2014-03-13T16:58:29Z")
“… to ribbons, you say…” “…dental records have identified…” “…after coming in contact with a live power line…” “…Westboro Baptist Church member…” ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/83 "2014-03-14T14:32:31Z")
“. . . the one we all remember for accidently awakening Cthulhu. . .” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/84 "2014-03-14T21:41:52Z")
“died like on that **CSI** that time…” “died like on that **Law & Order: SVU** that time…” “died like on that **Criminal Minds** that time…” ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/85 "2014-03-14T21:47:14Z")
‘French’ ‘could not be identified due to the advanced state of decomposition’ ‘said a hospital spokesman, choking back tears…’ ‘will be appointed a public defender’ ‘arraignment is set for Tuesday’ ‘Democrat’ ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/86 "2014-03-14T22:00:10Z")
‘strewn over several hundred miles’ ‘several dozen officers’ ‘search planes’ ‘Cleveland’ ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/87 "2014-03-14T22:12:50Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “died like on that **Law & Order: SVU** that time…” “convicted of the same crime as that character on **Law & Order: SUV** that time…” ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/88 "2014-03-15T01:29:31Z")
‘resident of Cleveland’ ‘found by specially trained dogs’ ‘sentenced to five consecutive life prison terms’ ‘helicopter search called off due to darkness’ ‘accidental overdose’ ‘amputated’ ‘uncontrolled bleeding’ ‘former associate of Jimmy Hoffa’ ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/89 "2014-03-15T01:42:02Z")
Mouth breather White supremacist Holocaust-denier **Antivaxxer**. now that one really scares me… ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/90 "2014-03-15T01:44:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Extreme Couponer And Hoarder… One naturally follows the other, n’est-ce pas? ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/91 "2014-03-15T02:15:30Z")
‘first hostage to be executed’ ‘caught in the flaming wreckage’ ‘whose parachute failed to open’ ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/92 "2014-03-15T02:22:47Z")
…in a drunken stupor… ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/93 "2014-03-15T02:40:06Z")
‘horribly disfigured’ ‘lost and presumed dead’ ‘among the many listed as missing’ ‘faced the gunmen armed with a broom’ ‘was last seen wearing a red coat’ ‘at the bottom of…’ ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/94 "2014-03-15T02:51:42Z")
‘driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of…’ ‘ballistics test results confirmed’ ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/95 "2014-03-16T02:18:35Z")
You know, about a week ago, I Googled an old friend’s name and phone number to tell him and his wife that I would be visiting my old hometown. Imagine my surprise when his picture came up before I finished typing. Along with the phrase “Kills Two” Not joking. And like the stereotype, he was always the quiet jovial type … ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/96 "2014-03-16T02:58:22Z")
‘neighbors described him as quiet’ ‘pending notification of next of kin’ ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/97 "2014-03-16T03:23:00Z")
‘attempted to bathe a cat’ ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/98 "2014-03-17T01:40:05Z")
‘apparently lost control’ ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/99 "2014-03-17T02:32:33Z")
“Parents of baby in bucket” (which I saw in a headline while throwing some old newspapers into the recycling bin this weekend.) ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/100 "2014-03-17T12:44:01Z")
> [@Melchior](#): > > ‘attempted to bathe a cat’ > [@Melchior](#): > > ‘apparently lost control’ That’s how it normally goes. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509.md?page=6)