# Street name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473 "2023-03-22T02:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/1 "2023-03-22T02:58:07Z")
I was doing some routine bureaucratic stuff the other day, and someone wanted to know my “street name”. Although they just wanted to know my address was still the same, it was hard to fight the temptation to say “They call me…Tater Salad”. 1. So if you had a street name, what would it be? 2. Are these still a thing, or did they fade away with the Wu-Tang Clan? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/2 "2023-03-22T03:11:16Z")
Nobody is here Street ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/3 "2023-03-22T03:21:48Z")
They call me … Della. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/4 "2023-03-22T03:37:37Z")
My coworker once saw the sandwich I was eating for lunch and asked, “Spicy turkey?” And I replied, “How did you know my kung-Fu name?” I followed up with, “Hey go ahead and laugh, but you don’t know how close that movie came to being called ‘Crouching Tiger, Spicy Turkey.’” ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/5 "2023-03-22T12:56:28Z")
There are some who call me… Tim. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/6 "2023-03-22T13:00:20Z")
Well, my name’s Jim. But most people call me…Jim. I used to be known as the Waco Kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/7 "2023-03-22T13:01:42Z")
Well, what they _don’t_ call me is _Latefa Dinnah._ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/8 "2023-03-22T13:23:16Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Are these still a thing, or did they fade away with the Wu-Tang Clan? Aren’t they basically nicknames, or stage names, if you happen to be famous? Which are still common. I don’t keep up with modern music, but I’m always seeing headlines about how eXtraH is dating Mackx Zepad, or M0munny is feuding with L’ilbig, or MelissaThaatHorse just got a $100 million record deal, and I just nod uncomprehendingly. I’m thinking that none of those people are using the names printed on their birth certificates. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/9 "2023-03-22T14:17:36Z")
Treif. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/10 "2023-03-22T14:21:55Z")
We have an Either Way locally, and I remember Easy St. in Simi Valley, CA. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/11 "2023-03-22T16:23:52Z")
Sonic. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/12 "2023-03-22T16:30:59Z")
A stoner friend of mine in college once moved to an apartment on High Street. He thought that was hilariously appropriate, and we sometimes called him High Street. So his street name was the name of a street. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/13 "2023-03-22T19:12:03Z")
Highway To Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/14 "2023-03-22T21:41:32Z")
I was out just the other guy and someone called out to me to compliment me on my hoodie: “Hey, Cool Old Dude!” I’ll go with that. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/15 "2023-03-22T22:04:34Z")
Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lill, 🎵 but everyone knew her as Nancy 🎵 Now she and the man 🎵 who called himself Dan… ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/16 "2023-03-22T22:09:25Z")
I’m reminded of this text conversation I saw on Twitter a while back. No idea if it really happened: Jim: “What’s your street name?” Mark: “Little Marco”. Jim: “You live on a street named ‘Little Marco’?” Mark: “Oh, you mean my address!” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/17 "2023-03-22T22:17:33Z")
Walter Tranmere Felsper – but that is too lengthy and elaborate, so ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/18 "2023-03-22T22:25:52Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Highway To Hell. Dang, I just noticed that I totally misunderstood the thread, I thought it was about what your name would be if it was a name of a street. So never mind, carry on. I think I don’t have a street name, I’m always at home sitting on my sofa and rarely in the streets anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/19 "2023-03-22T22:27:47Z")
From Buster Keaton: “Flushing Place”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/asEgQZhShLk/maxresdefault.jpg "Buster Keaton Cops 1922") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asEgQZhShLk) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473/20 "2023-03-22T22:29:55Z")
I was wondering 😆 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-name/981473.md?page=2)