# What Does "Deep Throat" Mean To You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257 "2010-01-24T18:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/1 "2010-01-24T18:53:08Z")
This is a poll for those familiar with both meanings of the term. When you saw the title, what is the first thing that came to mind: the porn movie starring Linda Lovelace or the Watergate informer? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/2 "2010-01-24T18:54:39Z")
The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/3 "2010-01-24T18:55:39Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. Likewise. Didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/4 "2010-01-24T19:07:57Z")
Mulder’s informant, of course. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/5 "2010-01-24T19:21:30Z")
More often than not, I think about the Linda Lovelace movie. And this is from someone who met William Mark Felt as a child. He was a co-worker of my fathers. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/6 "2010-01-24T20:03:33Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. This pretty much sums it up for me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/7 "2010-01-24T20:29:27Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. This. I couldn’t care less about the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/8 "2010-01-24T20:40:50Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > Mulder’s informant, of course. That’s the first thing I think of, also. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/9 "2010-01-24T21:41:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > More often than not, I think about the Linda Lovelace movie. And this is from someone who met William Mark Felt as a child. He was a co-worker of my fathers. How many fathers do you have? 😉 I didn’t think of the movie or the watergate guy, I just thought of oral sex. Mmmm, oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/10 "2010-01-24T21:43:35Z")
The informant in an instance, then the very next the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/11 "2010-01-24T23:31:56Z")
Capitalized, I think of the informant. Lower-cased, I think of vigorous fellatio. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/12 "2010-01-24T23:35:46Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > That’s the first thing I think of, also. ditto ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/13 "2010-01-24T23:40:26Z")
I couldn’t vote, because honestly, I think of all (3) of the possibilities when that particular phrase comes up. If someone were to mention it out of context (such as this poll), I’d ask for clarification. ---
**Author:** ![mecaenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mecaenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mecaenas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/14 "2010-01-24T23:50:34Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/15 "2010-01-25T00:11:26Z")
> [@mecaenas](#): > > Ditto. From now on, when I hear the word “Ditto” (capitalized, of course) - I’ll be thinking of deep throat - the act, not the informant nor the scandal… unless of course its the informant doing the act and it leads to scandal. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/16 "2010-01-25T00:19:44Z")
> [@simster](#): > > From now on, when I hear the word “Ditto” (capitalized, of course) - I’ll be thinking of deep throat - the act, not the informant nor the scandal… unless of course its the informant doing the act and it leads to scandal. Ahh… that makes the word uttered by Patrick Swayze in ‘Ghost’ that much more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/17 "2010-01-25T00:29:20Z")
I doubt many people think of the movie very much. That movie came out decades ago, although many have heard of it, I’d wage not too many have seen it recently. The Watergate chap has a limited following as well these days. Oral sex, however, is as popular as ever. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/18 "2010-01-25T00:29:28Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. Me too. Darn gag reflex. ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/19 "2010-01-25T01:49:00Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. Me too, but then the movie (really just Linda Lovelace and the book she wrote called _Ordeal_ I never actually saw the movie) and then the scandal, but only after I think about it for a second. 😉 So I voted “movie” because it is as close to my first thought as the poll got. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/20 "2010-01-25T01:59:42Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > Mulder’s informant, of course. Exactly. Watergate comes to mind second, then porn third. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257.md?page=2)