# What does the C.K stand for in "C. K. Dexter Haven"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612 "2005-01-13T22:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/21 "2005-01-14T02:39:29Z")
Cabbage King maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/22 "2005-01-14T03:18:34Z")
Captain Kangaroo? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/23 "2005-01-14T03:24:43Z")
Cecil’s Koala ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/24 "2005-01-14T03:30:28Z")
Captain Kaos? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/25 "2005-01-14T04:15:15Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Check it out here as an anagram. The Mod’s told me it was too huge to post. > > [Internet Anagram Server / I, Rearrangement Servant : anagram, anagrams, nag a ram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise, anagramme, anagrama, wordplay, word play, anagram creator, anagram solver, anagram finder, anagram generator, anagram maker, anagram unscrambler, anagram machine, anagram constructor, anagram builder, crossword, transmogrify, pangram, shuffle](http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/) THE VEXED CRANK? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/26 "2005-01-14T04:45:53Z")
This appears to have the best answer we can supply, but I’m going to let the denizens of **Cafe Society** have a shot at it. [/Moderator Mode] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/27 "2005-01-14T04:46:04Z")
Cock Kicker ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/28 "2005-01-14T04:50:28Z")
So really, there IS no answer? Nobody knows, **TomnDebb**? ---
**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 14, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/29 "2005-01-14T04:59:35Z")
**C** harles **K** uralt ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/30 "2005-01-14T05:50:53Z")
**C** retinous **K** ayaker? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/31 "2005-01-14T09:08:38Z")
**C** abbagepatch **K** id Dexter Haven. This explains his odd smile, and the fact that his hair seems to be made of yarn. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/32 "2005-01-14T12:05:42Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > You trying to frame me for another murder? Another? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/33 "2005-01-14T12:59:26Z")
I always thought it was **C** itizen **K** ane. Not that I have any rational reason for that, of course, but that’s what I always thought. Oh, and **roger thornhill** , if you want us to take you seriously as a mass-murderer, that middle initial should’ve been **W**. For “Wayne”. All the cool serial killers have that middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/34 "2005-01-14T13:02:34Z")
And I thought **C\*NT KICKER** was bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/35 "2005-01-14T14:16:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And I thought C\*NT KICKER was bad. And you were right. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/36 "2005-01-14T14:19:54Z")
I thought it stood for Clark Kent. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/37 "2005-01-14T14:22:39Z")
As I say, it’s a common enough name. Just in movies and plays, we have Joseph Cotton, Cary Grant, and Bing Crosby all playing characters with my name. And, natch, I know what the C K stands for in my case, it being my name and all, but I don’t know about all the others. The other answer I could give to “What does the C K stand for” is that, as Moderator, I don’t stand for much, let me tell you. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/38 "2005-01-14T14:42:32Z")
“Clark Kent,” maybe? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/39 "2005-01-14T14:45:25Z")
Cyber-Kamikaze? Curvacious Keister? Or, considering how often he is obliged to explain the Master’s “editorial corruptions” in CoCC, Cecil’s Kibitzer. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612/40 "2005-01-14T14:48:02Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > “Clark Kent,” maybe? stupid idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612.md?page=3)