# What/who is your go-to name for somebody pissing you off in traffic or elsewhere? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170 "2014-07-02T06:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/41 "2014-07-02T15:57:56Z")
If they’re not moving when there’s no reason not to move, I say that they have anal digit syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/42 "2014-07-02T16:16:54Z")
Asspipe ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/43 "2014-07-02T17:43:26Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Some movie or TV show (might have been **Paladin** – _Have Gun, Will Travel_ – years ago) made reference to a **pencil necked geek** which became elevated in my own vocabulary for special occasions. Most sources say this term was originated by professional wrestler Fred Blassie, so your origin theory seems unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/44 "2014-07-02T18:28:16Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Most sources say this term was originated by professional wrestler Fred Blassie, so your origin theory seems unlikely. Thank you for your support. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/45 "2014-07-02T18:36:18Z")
For people driving slow, grandma/grandpa or Gomer. Otherwise just the generic “fuck-nut”. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/46 "2014-07-02T19:13:20Z")
Lately it’s been “jerkwad.” “Fartknocker” is a favorite alternate, and has been for as long as I can remember. Fartknocker also works as a general expletive for a driving-related situation that is not caused by another driver. Running late and the railroad crossing lights up just before you get there? “Fartknocker!” The epithet reserved for the most egregious situations is “asshole.” Oh, I swear like a sailor most of the time, but for some reason, when I’m genuinely angry and I want to call someone the worst thing I can think of, “asshole” is what comes out. ---
**Author:** ![StayseaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/47 "2014-07-02T19:22:09Z")
Sounds weird but…“f\*\*king Rita”. Back story: after becoming fans of Dexter, my husband and I developed a hatred for his wife, Rita. It became our own cuss word after using it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/48 "2014-07-02T19:56:02Z")
> [@StayseaDee](#): > > Sounds weird but…“f\*\*king Rita”. Back story: after becoming fans of Dexter, my husband and I developed a hatred for his wife, Rita. It became our own cuss word after using it a few times. I hope I may be permitted this mini-hijack but you’ve helped me remember something that’s been hidden in a corner of what passes for my mind. In the movie [Jungle Fever (1991)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102175/) Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra are involved (at least their characters are) in an interracial affair. Annabella’s character is Angie Tucci. (If you Google Angela Tucci you’ll find several others.) But the fact that the A. Tucci in the movie is Snipes’s sex object made my wife and me decide that Snipes is “Fucking A. Tucci.” And Spike Lee can’t possibly have been unaware of the slang counterpart of that phrase. Not quite as out front as Gus Grissom’s (as played by Fred Ward in [The Right Stuff (1983)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/?ref_=nv_sr_1)) “Fuckin’ A, Bubba” but in the same ballpark. End of hijack. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/49 "2014-07-02T23:38:31Z")
I was on a weekend getaway with some longtime friends recently. I guess these two have gotten kind of zen recently and they were frankly appalled at my freestyle cursing at pedestrians, other drivers, etc. I just do it for fun, not out of borderline road rage or anything. Just to get my girls relax a bit (and shut the fuck up about my vocabulary), I started saying things like PARDON ME, SIR and OH NO, YOU FIRST DEAR in a chilly, bloodless tone. They seemed to think it was a big improvement and it was actually almost as fun as swearing (but not quite). Example: Certainly, Mr _Zeldar_…I don’t mind _waiting_ for you. Please. Take your time, I’ve got _all_ _day_. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/50 "2014-07-02T23:44:03Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > Example: > Certainly, Mr _Zeldar_…I don’t mind _waiting_ for you. Please. Take your time, I’ve got _all_ _day_. How sweet of you. No, please, you have the right of way. Live long and prosper. Asshole! (That sort of thing? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/51 "2014-07-02T23:45:36Z")
“Asshole,” normally said a la Otto from _A Fish Called Wanda_, so “Asshoooooooole!” ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/52 "2014-07-03T00:29:00Z")
My usual name for annoying drivers is “turkeytrot” but if they REALLY get on my nerves I call them fartblossom. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/53 "2014-07-03T00:49:28Z")
Nostril-fucks I always picture that they gather together, form a line, and hump the nose of some huge nosed hive-boss at the end of the day before crawling back under their rocks. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/54 "2014-07-03T00:57:07Z")
I usually start with “Oh sir, oh sir…” (or ma’am, as the case may be) and then escalate from there as necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/55 "2014-07-03T01:18:36Z")
Fuckwad is a favorite, and then there is bluehair, grandpa, Sparky, dillweed, asswipe, asshole, dickface, and fucking Einstein. My absolute favorite is for tailgater: “hey, asshole, if you are going to ride my ass like that, the LEAST you can do is pull my hair.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/56 "2014-07-03T01:24:55Z")
Jagoff. I’m guessing this is a particularly Chicago-centric term. (ETA: Although it seems to be popular in Pittsburgh, too.) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/57 "2014-07-03T01:40:40Z")
SOB and M’F\*\*ker. Have no need for more. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/58 "2014-07-03T03:17:21Z")
“Fucktard” is my epithet of choice ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/59 "2014-07-03T06:05:58Z")
My mother used to say “Charlie”. That is, she didn’t simply fire “Charlie” as an insult, but would say “you’re (doing something wrong), Charlie”. My father didn’t drive much. I don’t drive at all. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170/60 "2014-07-03T15:32:59Z")
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