# Straight dope origin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426 "2001-09-29T01:09:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426/1 "2001-09-29T01:09:15Z")

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I am sure that someone has probably asked this question before, but here goes. Who coined the term Straight dope and how did it derive its meaning? Is it drug related from the 60’s?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426/2 "2001-09-29T01:14:15Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57123](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57123)

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426/3 "2001-09-29T01:17:10Z")

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Hmmm. Six minutes. Slow, slow, slow. 😉

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-origin/84426/4 "2001-09-29T01:30:54Z")

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Hey! It’s Friday night. Some of us have a life(obviously, not me). Make allowances.