# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/101 "2009-08-23T17:53:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s rather obvious from the pictures that “pimp cups” haven’t existed for very long, and will very likely be forgotten in a few years. How long is “long” in terms of a fad? Here’s [Snoop Dogg](http://music.msn.com/music/artist-photos/snoop-dogg/?gallery=13931&photo=b4c24a0d-bda4-46c9-b38e-a7b12bfa24b7) with his pimp cup in 2002. I knew what a pimp cup was, and have for years. ---
**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 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/102 "2009-08-24T00:14:57Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > How long is “long” in terms of a fad? > > Here’s [Snoop Dogg](http://music.msn.com/music/artist-photos/snoop-dogg/?gallery=13931&photo=b4c24a0d-bda4-46c9-b38e-a7b12bfa24b7) with his pimp cup in 2002. > > I knew what a pimp cup was, and have for years. Dude – go Steelers!!! ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/103 "2009-08-24T03:26:44Z")
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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/104 "2009-08-24T05:24:22Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Well, we may not be hip but at least we make it up in nerdiness. Tread lightly sir. Had you said “geekiness” I’d have no recourse but to insist on reclaiming my honor with a duel, [rattan swords, plywood shields and copious amounts of duct tape at dawn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCA_Heavy_Combat)! CMC fnord! My nerdiness knows no bounds! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/105 "2009-08-24T20:19:31Z")
I’d never heard of a pimp cup until this thread, but I’ve seen them…there are two on display at the Silver Mania cart in the mall I work at, and I walk by them every morning. They’ve been there for years, in the same spot. They are a pretty cobalt blue, and I’d buy them if they didn’t have all the bling spelling out (IIRC) 420 on them. And even I know what 420 stands for. I think tomorrow I’ll check what price she’s asking for them! ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/106 "2009-08-24T20:44:10Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I want a flagon with a dragon. Or a vessel with a pestle. > > StG As long as it has the brew that is true. I worked with a bunch of twenty-somethings so I was introduced to pimp cups during a database installation in one long weekend. That was the weekend when I learned to appreciate the melodious croonings of _My Humps_, _Gold Digger_ and _Laffy Taffy_. Truly educational. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-people-am-i-the-only-person-who-has-never-heard-of-a-pimp-cup/507096/107 "2009-08-24T22:20:07Z")
Never heard of it. After seeing it, I’m kind of glad I’d never heard of it. So it’s a cup with shiny things stuck on it, that you can’t drink from? To be carried proudly by those who want to be known as pimps? Er…no, thanks. :rolleyes: (hopeless fuddy duddy, I guess) [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=5)