# The name Sluggo

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 9, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236 "2001-01-09T22:31:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236/1 "2001-01-09T22:31:54Z")

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What is the origin of the nickname _Sluggo_?

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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236/2 "2001-01-09T23:26:40Z")

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The only reference I have ever heard of the name Sluggo, was in the old 1970’s Saturday Night Live short, “The Mr. Bill Show”  
In case you are not familiar with it, Mr Bill was a clay character, and Sluggo was his evil arch-enemy.

Videotapes are available for rent at your local video store.

Sluggo is also the name of “A unique blend of iron phosphate with bait additives compressed into easy-to-use pellets.” Apparantly, is is used to control slugs.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236/3 "2001-01-09T23:31:22Z")

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Sluggo was also the name of a character in Ernie Bushmiller’s comic strip “Nancy,” now drawn by Guy Guilchrist.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236/4 "2001-01-10T00:16:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mobo85 \*  
> \*\*Sluggo was also the name of a character in Ernie Bushmiller’s comic strip “Nancy,” now drawn by Guy Guilchrist. \*\*

As I recall, this Sluggo was a friend of Nancy’s and was not at all pugnacious or mean.

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**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-sluggo/49236/5 "2001-01-10T00:21:51Z")

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With a name like Slug or Sluggo, the person might wind up being…I dunno, like, an _illustrator_ or something.

Real scary.