# Seriously People, Am I The Only Person Who Has Never Heard Of A "Pimp Cup"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 20, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096 "2009-08-20T17:27:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/41 "2009-08-20T20:12:01Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > “Ice out”? Ice = diamonds. (That one, at least, I know.) > [@Zsofia](#): > > I’m a spinster librarian and _I_ knew what a pimp cup is. Compare: pimp stick. Honeyplease, pimp **cane**. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > It’s to hold your crunk, dawg. Crunk is something you drink now? I thought it was a state. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/42 "2009-08-20T20:13:09Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > She mentioned how much money you could make with making even simple things, and gave as an example, “I went to California last week and saw a **pimp cup** that cost $1,200 retail and I could have made it in about 20 minutes for under $20.” Next time she brings it up, ask her if she’s ever seen one SELL for that much. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/43 "2009-08-20T20:24:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Next time she brings it up, ask her if she’s ever seen one SELL for that much. From the article I linked to: \* Rappers like Ludacris, Juvenile, and Nelly delight in custom-blinged goblets from Chicago-based Deborah Harrison (a.k.a. Debbie the Glass Lady), who crafts the vessels — some for upwards of $1,000 — from glass, diamonds, crystals, gems, platinum, and 24-karat gold. \* Granted, she couldn’t make one like that “in about 20 minutes for under $20”. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/44 "2009-08-20T20:24:54Z")
I’d rather stay sober. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/45 "2009-08-20T20:33:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’d rather stay sober. Not even if it was filled with a fine single malt… liquor?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/46 "2009-08-20T20:35:25Z")
I’m 21, and never heard of it. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/47 "2009-08-20T20:37:54Z")
I would never sully The Macallan by bringing the bottle into the same **room** as one of those…things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/48 "2009-08-20T20:44:49Z")
I never heard of it before, either - but then, I think I got my fuddy-duddy card in the mid 1990’s. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/49 "2009-08-20T20:54:32Z")
I hadn’t heard of them either but heck, I’ve never been hip. Do the kids still say “hip” these days? Although I did envision pretty much what they would be so maybe there is some hope for me. Far out! ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/50 "2009-08-20T20:59:30Z")
I knew about pimp cups. Because I watch _Girls Next Door_ on E! Nevermind what that says about me. I’m pushing 40, for the record. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/51 "2009-08-20T21:02:36Z")
Odd what you learn at work. I only know about these because one of my customers at the fabric store was planning to make some, and came in looking for rhinestones. I don’t remember if she actually bought some or not, but she didn’t seem to be fazed by the $.65/inch price tag, even though she needed yards of the things. As I recall, she was making pimp cups for some kind of banquet. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/52 "2009-08-20T21:11:53Z")
Never heard of them. But now, I want one – or at least, a blinged-out goblet. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/53 "2009-08-20T21:15:37Z")
I want a flagon with a dragon. Or a vessel with a pestle. StG ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/54 "2009-08-20T21:31:56Z")
I have never heard the term pimp cup, but I knew instantly that that was the term that stupid would come up with to describe a chalice. Also, like 7 years ago, the Man Show had a funny sketch where the boys hung out with Bishop Don Magic Juan. Adam Carolla asked, while in Don’s '70s Cadillac, if he ever got busted for driving with an open chalice. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/55 "2009-08-20T21:47:56Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I want a flagon with a dragon. Or a vessel with a pestle. hijack: I saw Julie & Julia and they refer to her mortar and “pess-uhl” :eek: Have I been saying pestuhl like a moron all these years?! But both pronunciations are in the dictionary–whew. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/56 "2009-08-21T00:48:44Z")
I have never heard of a pimp cup. Are [these](http://www.artglassusa.com/pages/ponzini_stems.html) pimp cups? Maybe I’ve had one all this time and didn’t know it. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/57 "2009-08-21T01:33:24Z")
I’ve never heard the term either, and if that student saw one of those things for sale at $1,200, I’m guessing it had some gold and/or diamonds attached. And even at that there’s no telling how long the thing has been sitting there. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/58 "2009-08-21T01:37:25Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’d never heard of a Pimp Cup before this thread. I am tragically un-hip.☹ Yep. Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/59 "2009-08-21T01:46:49Z")
I’d never heard of it and could have happily lived my whole life without knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/60 "2009-08-21T03:19:57Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I hadn’t heard of them either but heck, I’ve never been hip. Do the kids still say “hip” these days? Yes as in grandpa broke his hip walking down the hall. I think Dusted Dixies would be a cooler name. Glittered Dixie cups people.🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096.md?page=4)