# Spoontula or Spatuloon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934 "2008-01-10T02:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/21 "2008-01-10T23:41:15Z")
I have a couple from Le Creuset like this guy: [http://www.hugthecook.com/detail.aspx?ID=9164&prod=Le-Creuset-Large-Silicone-Spatula-Spoon-Caribbean&code=BB202-17](http://www.hugthecook.com/detail.aspx?ID=9164&prod=Le-Creuset-Large-Silicone-Spatula-Spoon-Caribbean&code=BB202-17) Apparently they call it a Spatula Spoon (boooring). However, [shopping.msn.com](http://shopping.msn.com) calls it a [Spoon-Spat](http://shopping.msn.com/results/shp/?text=spoon-spat,scId=20)! That sounds…exciting. ETA I go with Spoontula. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/22 "2008-01-11T03:11:52Z")
Wow. That’s a toughie. I can’t pick, at all. They’re both fabulous. And this thread has me giggling like a loon. It’s truly the first I’ve ever shared with SpouseO. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/23 "2008-01-11T03:31:52Z")
However it’s spelled, I’ve read that it was invented by someone named Crandall. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/24 "2008-01-11T08:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=Shecky] I hear there’s a huge selection at Spoonula City [/QUOTE] And good value too, owing to the price war with the store across the street - Spatuloon Barn. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/25 "2008-01-20T22:39:17Z")
I vote for ‘spatuloon’, for the simple reason that [Rachel Ray has started using ‘spoonula’](http://www.slashfood.com/2007/12/11/whats-the-most-annoying-rachael-ray-catchphrase/2), presumably to stir her ‘stoop’ with. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/26 "2008-01-20T22:54:12Z")
Spatuloon! It has a ring to it. Husperson +1. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/27 "2008-01-21T02:04:46Z")
I vote for spatuloon. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/28 "2008-01-21T17:36:43Z")
One more vote for spatuloon. The “oontyoula” sound is too difficult to pronounce. Sorry. I wanted to vote for a Doper but my heart just wouldn’t let me. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934/29 "2008-01-21T22:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] So, Dopers, which word do you prefer? Spoontula, or Spatuloon? What other random items have you given crazy hybrid names to? [/QUOTE] Im not happy with either term, but I kind of like Spatuloop… a spatula/scoop. As for hybrid names, in university I first bought a cheap set of dishes with soup plates in them, instead of the deeper bowls I was accustomed to. I started calling the soup plates plah-bowls. Still, to this day, I mentally call them that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoontula-or-spatuloon/432934.md?page=1)