# What term would you like used to refer to YOUR dead body? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031 "2019-09-30T06:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/41 "2019-10-03T20:44:59Z")
Other: I don’t care ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/42 "2019-10-05T15:21:44Z")
“The ones in drawer 5-- the ones that are probably female.” ---
**Author:** ![Tempe\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tempe_jeff/32/7328_2.png) [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/43 "2019-10-06T04:11:29Z")
HFKATJ : Human formerly known as Tempe Jeff. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/44 "2019-10-06T10:55:09Z")
in requiem meam/ soul at rest. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/45 "2019-10-06T14:52:22Z")
cremains… ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/46 "2019-10-06T18:41:55Z")
Other: rent and rotting pile of flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/47 "2019-10-07T13:32:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > “The ones in drawer 5-- the ones that are probably female.” Said by an anthropologist and not a medical examiner, one hopes! ---
**Author:** ![WhyWhyWhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whywhywhy/32/7539_2.png) [@WhyWhyWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyWhyWhy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/48 "2019-10-08T07:52:59Z")
Decompiling meatware Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/49 "2019-10-08T14:57:24Z")
Chum. When I die, I want to be cut up and fed to sharks and as my wife tosses my remains to sea, she can say, “so long, chum”. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/50 "2019-10-08T16:36:45Z")
Stringy wolf meat. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/51 "2019-10-09T02:10:30Z")
“Patient Zero” I could be famous. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031/52 "2019-10-09T02:49:59Z")
pining for the fjords [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-term-would-you-like-used-to-refer-to-your-dead-body/841031.md?page=2)