# The Straight Dope?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/88117>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/88117 "2001-10-18T01:18:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![robo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@robo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robo)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/88117/1 "2001-10-18T01:18:19Z")

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I figured it would be kind of pointless to search for this:

Where does the term “the straight dope” come from?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope/88117/2 "2001-10-18T01:21:12Z")

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