# What's a "double double" to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906 "2010-12-12T18:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/1 "2010-12-12T18:08:40Z")
Up here in Canada, it’s most likely a coffee with two cream and two sugar. But I wonder if that goes for other places as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/2 "2010-12-12T18:11:30Z")
It has no inherent meaning to me. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/3 "2010-12-12T18:12:42Z")
Grew up in SoCal with an In-n-Out Burgers down the street. Guess what my answer was? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/4 "2010-12-12T18:16:47Z")
[Double double](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/assets/423/in_and_out.jpg&imgrefurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/innoutburger&usg=__1nODdjOYs5Wu-tka1anbbt-Lr-0=&h=373&w=483&sz=30&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=DkesebodwvDb0M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Din%2Band%2Bout%2Bburger%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D744%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=112&dur=4547&hovh=197&hovw=256&tx=155&ty=140&ei=RxEFTazCOJKWsgO1--X9DA&oei=GBEFTcWQJZC4sQP7t-2vDQ&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/5 "2010-12-12T18:37:00Z")
A sprint exercise in high school wrestling where we raced the length of the mat room down and back X 2. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/6 "2010-12-12T18:45:42Z")
It’s a coffee with two creams and two sugars, but I picked this usage up from the people at Tim Horton’s, so I blame Canadian influence. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/7 "2010-12-12T18:47:04Z")
I’ve never heard of double-double being used in a coffee context. I have heard of it in the burger context, but that isn’t what would come to mind unless prompted. To me, a double-double is when you hit double figures in two statistical categories in basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/8 "2010-12-12T18:48:39Z")
Never heard that phrase. ---
**Author:** ![jacobsta811](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jacobsta811/32/2893_2.png) [@jacobsta811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta811)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/9 "2010-12-12T18:49:11Z")
I agree with Fifth Year - the only context I’ve ever heard anyone actually use the word is in basketball. A cheeseburger with 2 patties and two slices of meat would just be a double cheeseburger around here… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/10 "2010-12-12T19:20:21Z")
Something I never heard of before. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/11 "2010-12-12T19:21:48Z")
Outside of basketball, I know it only as reference to a double hamburger with two slices of cheese ordered from In N Out. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/12 "2010-12-12T19:29:33Z")
Double digit points and rebounds in a basketball game. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/13 "2010-12-12T19:43:49Z")
The basketball usage is also my understanding of this term. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/14 "2010-12-12T19:51:34Z")
I’m not Canadian, but the first place I ever heard this was in a Tim Horton’s. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/15 "2010-12-12T19:55:28Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Grew up in SoCal with an In-n-Out Burgers down the street. Guess what my answer was? > [@Rick](#): > > [Double double](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/assets/423/in_and_out.jpg&imgrefurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/innoutburger&usg=__1nODdjOYs5Wu-tka1anbbt-Lr-0=&h=373&w=483&sz=30&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=DkesebodwvDb0M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Din%2Band%2Bout%2Bburger%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D744%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=112&dur=4547&hovh=197&hovw=256&tx=155&ty=140&ei=RxEFTazCOJKWsgO1--X9DA&oei=GBEFTcWQJZC4sQP7t-2vDQ&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0) An In-N-Out burger. I’ve never heard it used in any other context. . ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/16 "2010-12-12T20:28:36Z")
Something to do with witches cauldrons and Scottish guys trying to usurp the king. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/17 "2010-12-12T20:31:14Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Something to do with witches cauldrons and Scottish guys trying to usurp the king. I stand partially corrected in my previous statement. I may have thought of this if not for the ‘a’ in the question. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/18 "2010-12-12T20:39:34Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > [Double double](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/assets/423/in_and_out.jpg&imgrefurl=http://partners.visitrenotahoe.com/innoutburger&usg=__1nODdjOYs5Wu-tka1anbbt-Lr-0=&h=373&w=483&sz=30&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=DkesebodwvDb0M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Din%2Band%2Bout%2Bburger%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D744%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=112&dur=4547&hovh=197&hovw=256&tx=155&ty=140&ei=RxEFTazCOJKWsgO1--X9DA&oei=GBEFTcWQJZC4sQP7t-2vDQ&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0) Animal style, extra toasted with animal style fries. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/19 "2010-12-12T20:40:35Z")
Basketball, getting more than 10 in two stats like scoring and rebounding. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/20 "2010-12-12T21:15:22Z")
‘Double double’ means nothing to me, other than to hint of Macbeth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906.md?page=2)