# What do you call your SO on the boards? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260 "2001-08-27T01:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/41 "2001-08-27T12:31:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\ ***Feynn** , or if I’m in the mood, **Mr. Granola**. \*\* In the mood? For what? Nevermind…don’t answer that. 😃 FTR, I’ve never seen you refer to him as Mr. Granola. I’ve been out of the loop too long, huh? And what on earth are you doing up so early? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/42 "2001-08-27T13:28:16Z")
I call her Mrs. Amp (she’s also registered by that name). I call my son MilliAmp. If we ever get around to reproducing again she/he will be known as microAmp. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/43 "2001-08-27T13:28:29Z")
I call him the SO or my boyfriend … I suppose I could refer to him as **Kayebyboy**? ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/44 "2001-08-27T15:15:30Z")
“Man O’ Tansu”, or just “my partner” or “SO” ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/45 "2001-08-27T16:30:49Z")
I used to call her **that\_darn\_fiance** , but then she registered and now she’s just **moi**. Durn wimmins, invading my safe place. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/46 "2001-08-27T16:45:40Z")
Well, I’d call her “blinky”, but that’s already registered and in use. Once. So I call her Mrs. Tranq, and that’ll do. Any other cute names I have for her are just too squishy for the image I’m wishfully trying to cultivate. Were she on the board, she’d probably call me “Insufferable\_Pain\_In\_The\_Butt”, or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/47 "2001-08-27T18:14:36Z")
Someone humorously referred to the Devil’s Grandfather recently. I haven’t referred to him that way in my current incarnation, but I have referred to various current and ex-boyfriends as Mr. \ in previous posts. I think in the future, I should refer to him as the BoyFiend. ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/48 "2001-08-27T18:38:30Z")
Unoriginally, my SO is either Spouse or Husband. In person, I refer to him as Schmoogie-Woogie or Sweetness or Pooodle. ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/49 "2001-08-27T23:26:46Z")
Mr. Winkie (which he thinks is pretty cool) or “my hubby.” ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/50 "2001-08-27T23:44:25Z")
MonkeyShikse of course… ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/51 "2001-08-27T23:45:11Z")
Given my nickname, I guess I’d call him **Rat Boy**. I generally refer to him as **Carnie** ; he also answers to **Hillbilly**. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/52 "2001-08-28T00:36:27Z")
I briefly considered calling him **Rhett** , but he’s {b]really\*\* not the type. So plain old **Mr. S** for him. Actually, that’s kind of amusing, as we don’t share a surname either, and he has occasionally gotten mail addressed to “Mr. B------ S-------------” (his first name and my last name). Unfortunately I get mail addressed to “Mrs. A------ F------------” much more often. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/53 "2001-08-28T05:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TruePisces \* > \*\*Well, I call mine **lurker** , but then again, he was here first, so maybe I’m the one that should have the cutsey Doper-nick related name… then again, we weren’t officially dating at the time I joined the boards either, so that would screw my own sense of identity and feelings of self-worth… > > Heck, I guess I’ll just keep calling him **lurker** for board purposes, and **smartass** the rest of the time. 😛 \*\* Can’t you tell she’s in love?:p: ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/54 "2001-08-28T05:15:06Z")
I call her Mrs. Maru, but Chef Troy has taken to calling her Kobayashi. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/55 "2001-08-28T13:52:45Z")
**Eve** has nicknamed my entire immediate family, thus saving me the trouble and earning my grateful thanks…Ukulele Lady, plus little Pianola (daughter) and little Banjo (son). Sometimes I call her “the wife” of “the missus.” At home I call her “Claire.” ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/56 "2001-08-28T14:09:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*I call her Mrs. Maru, but Chef Troy has taken to calling her Kobayashi. \*\* Why? Did she bring him a gift from Mr. Soze? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/57 "2001-08-28T16:31:49Z")
I used to refer to her as Mrs. O, but after a fun little adventure on the “DC Lunch Bunch” thread, she is now known as **Valkyrie**. Not that she posts here much. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/58 "2001-08-28T22:33:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*Can’t you tell she’s in love?:p: \*\* Well, I _could_ tell them all what I call you right before I scream “Harder, harder!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/59 "2001-08-29T01:51:19Z")
**Foxboy** occasionally. Other times, “The BF” or “Loverboy” work well too. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260/60 "2001-08-29T13:40:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by okielady \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > > \*\ ***Feynn** , or if I’m in the mood, **Mr. Granola**. \*\* > > In the mood? For what? > Nevermind…don’t answer that. 😃 > FTR, I’ve never seen you refer to him as Mr. Granola. I’ve been out of the loop too long, huh? And what on earth are you doing up so early? \*\* Well, if you read every single post I’ve made here, you’ll see that I’ve called him that two or three times. 😃 And I was up early because it was my first day of classes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-so-on-the-boards/78260.md?page=4)