# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/21 "2010-01-25T02:47:56Z")
I’m old enough to have seen the movie in a theater when it first came out, so that’s what I think of. I only think of the Watergate informant secondarily. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/22 "2010-01-25T02:54:39Z")
Being deep-throated by a Watergate informant while watching _X-Files_. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/23 "2010-01-25T03:23:14Z")
Gotta go with the consensus about it referring to the act. But if I had to pick between the offerings, I’d go with the informer. I just don’t think much about pron. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/24 "2010-01-25T04:12:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Being deep-throated by a Watergate informant while watching _X-Files_. Isn’t Linda Lovelace involved at all? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/25 "2010-01-25T13:49:18Z")
Like many others, I think about someone (not LL) deep throating me. Damn, I wish I wasn’t at work right now. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/26 "2010-01-25T13:53:52Z")
The act, and a couple of very fond memories. Then the informant. Then the movie. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/27 "2010-01-25T14:06:10Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The actual process of deep-throating. Not the movie, not the scandal. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/28 "2010-01-25T14:37:09Z")
The act, then the movie, then the scandal. But I was surprised to discover that the informant was actually named after the movie, presumably as some kind of journalist joke. ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/29 "2010-01-25T14:37:20Z")
New poll with the blowjob option! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/30 "2010-01-25T14:50:56Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > New poll with the blowjob option! All poles need a BJ option. ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/31 "2010-01-25T14:54:00Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > All poles need a BJ option. Yes, and do all Poles, as well? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/32 "2010-01-25T15:00:37Z")
It’s kind of hard to think of one with out thinking of the other. Like a top with out a bottom or cookies with out milk or Donnie with out Marie. Wait! Donnie and Marie? (Thinks of thread title) Blech!! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/33 "2010-01-25T15:05:15Z")
> [@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. So if you associate “Ditto” with getting head, does that make you a [Dittohead](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dittohead)? :eek: Now try to get the image of Rush Limbaugh out of your thoughts the next time you get a BJ! Bwa-ha-ha! Your sex life is doomed! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/34 "2010-01-25T15:53:57Z")
Should be an option for both, I’m 29 and literally think of both when I hear it. Wasn’t around when it happened, but I was an X-Files fan, and was around to learn the ID of the guy. “Deep Oral penetration” will out-live the movie and story though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/35 "2010-01-25T15:57:04Z")
> [@Slypork](#): > > So if you associate “Ditto” with getting head, does that make you a [Dittohead](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dittohead)? :eek: Now try to get the image of Rush Limbaugh out of your thoughts the next time you get a BJ! Bwa-ha-ha! Your sex life is doomed! And if it isn’t, I _really_ don’t want to hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/36 "2010-01-25T15:58:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And if it isn’t, I _really_ don’t want to hear about it. hehe. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/37 "2010-01-25T16:00:20Z")
You know what comes to me before either of those? Deep Throat from X-Files! But I never saw the movie and only have the faintest idea it even exists. So on this poll, it’s definitely the scandal. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/38 "2010-01-25T16:34:33Z")
Both, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/39 "2010-01-25T17:31:06Z")
From a historical perspective, the movie came first. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257/40 "2010-01-25T17:34:39Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > From a historical perspective, the movie came first. In the movie’s defense for coming first, it was more arousing subject-matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-deep-throat-mean-to-you/526257.md?page=3)