# Roller coaster or rolley coaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243 "2026-10-29T18:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/1 "2026-10-29T18:25:44Z")
I know it is roller but when we were little we called them rolley coasters. Google doesn’t turn up anything so I guess other kids said it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/2 "2026-10-29T18:28:46Z")
Never heard rolley coaster. And wouldn’t it be “roly” as in “Holy moly what a roly coaster!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/3 "2026-10-29T18:30:40Z")
Did you also say “sodey-pop”? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/4 "2026-10-29T18:30:47Z")
Never heard the term until I saw your thread title. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/5 "2026-10-29T18:34:01Z")
Nobody over the age of five says “rolley-coaster.” ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/6 "2026-10-29T18:39:39Z")
Do you also eat pasgetti? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/7 "2026-10-29T18:45:21Z")
Just basgetti [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RAqYpOzllmM/maxresdefault.jpg "What We Do in the Shadows (2015) - Basghetti Dinner Scene (2/10) | Movieclips") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAqYpOzllmM) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/8 "2026-10-29T18:54:07Z")
Agreed, “rolly coaster” is pretty clearly just a little-kid-ism that the OP and his family/friends used. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/9 "2026-10-29T18:54:29Z")
The next thing you will be saying is that you don’t say doggie: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Aqwq4AgMiik/hqdefault.jpg "Patti Page - How Much Is That Doggie In The Window") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqwq4AgMiik&list=RDAqwq4AgMiik) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/10 "2026-10-29T19:03:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Never heard the term until I saw your thread title. Samesies! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/11 "2026-10-29T19:54:25Z")
I have a wheelbarrel, dammit, not a wheelbarrow. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/12 "2026-10-29T20:10:29Z")
I think I’ll stop by the [beer dock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-term-beer-dock/1034036/20) today after I ride the rolley coaster. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/13 "2026-10-29T20:14:05Z")
You said there’d be fudgeicles, Bart. Where’s the fudgeicles? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/14 "2026-10-29T20:33:33Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Do you also eat pasgetti? Snort! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/15 "2026-10-29T20:39:38Z")
My daughter used to say peenie butter sandwich. And for a treat, I’d take her to [Don Donald’s](https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu.html) And before I was 5 I used to say [fruit tail cocktail.](https://www.target.com/p/del-monte-fruit-cocktail-in-100-real-juice-15oz/-/A-13010406?TCID=OGS&AFID=google&CPNG=Dry%2BGrocery&adgroup=212-12&srsltid=AYCX9vJtVP0x6A-2_SWlwWMu6wJL3z-AOeD8tZEFbFluNhBo--yLRhpmmDM®ion_id=309) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/16 "2026-10-29T20:50:16Z")
Arthur quote from Larry Sanders: “Its a rolley coaster ride.” Larry: you mean ‘roller coaster’. Arthur: Merry go round. . .rolley coaster. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/17 "2026-10-29T21:20:47Z")
I ate all my vegables. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/18 "2026-10-29T21:21:20Z")
One of my brother’s children would say “ice fream” as a very small child. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/19 "2026-10-29T21:26:21Z")
Did s/he have “ice fream” for brekkie? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243/20 "2026-10-29T21:26:59Z")
We were never _that_ indulgent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-or-rolley-coaster/1034243.md?page=2)