# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/21 "2010-12-12T21:50:31Z")
It makes me think of Homer Simpson: “I asked for the double-double, but they gave me the double-double-double-double!” I can’t remember what he was talking about, though. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/22 "2010-12-12T22:41:36Z")
When I was working it meant two sixteen hour days in a row. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/23 "2010-12-12T22:45:50Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > It has no inherent meaning to me. What Hades said, with the complication that I have heard it used in reference to sports of some kind. Basketball, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/24 "2010-12-12T23:23:59Z")
I’m from so-cal in CS the only possible answer is the hamburger in the GR we’d be talking basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/25 "2010-12-12T23:38:26Z")
It means nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/26 "2010-12-12T23:54:22Z")
Mine was split: either the Best Hamburger in the World, or a hotel room with two queen beds in it. (I just booked my team into a hotel for the Stanford Tournament, so the term was fresh in my mind.) ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/27 "2010-12-12T23:56:42Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Double digit points and rebounds in a basketball game. this ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/28 "2010-12-13T00:12:49Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Something I never heard of before. This. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/29 "2010-12-13T00:28:57Z")
Basketball was my first thought, though I think less than a triple double is seldom made note of. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/30 "2010-12-13T01:03:38Z")
> [@jacobsta811](#): > > 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.. Isn’t a patty and a slice of meat the same thing? 😉 Oh, and even though I don’t drink coffee, a double-double is coffee to me; guess that’s a Tim’s osmosis thing. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/31 "2010-12-13T01:19:43Z")
My only thought was “A quadruple?” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/32 "2010-12-13T01:23:27Z")
I don’t guess it would mean much of anything without context. Standing alone, it doesn’t suggest anything to me. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/33 "2010-12-13T02:59:26Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > It makes me think of Homer Simpson: “I asked for the double-double, but they gave me the double-double-double-double!” I can’t remember what he was talking about, though. Wasn’t that the episode where he was working as a bodyguard for Mayor Quimby? Double-double means cheeseburgers to me, even though I can’t recall which if any chains I’ve been to actually use that terminology. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/34 "2010-12-13T03:04:57Z")
No idea. Means nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/35 "2010-12-13T03:19:41Z")
A hotel room with two double beds. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/36 "2010-12-13T03:37:07Z")
Basketball: 10+ points and 10+ rebounds or assists. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/37 "2010-12-13T03:42:08Z")
Something that would require four, very adventurous men, yours truly, lotsa lube, and patience… ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/38 "2010-12-13T03:49:58Z")
A double backflip with two twists. I can’t find a video, but here’s a [triple double](http://www.google.com/m/url?client=safari&ei=n5YFTbDnAqTmMMXhmgE&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3Dt9prvDBbeEs&ved=0CBQQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNFu3GoYd9m-_1DpQsq9oQ2n_Q3CUg) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/39 "2010-12-13T04:12:53Z")
The basketball meaning ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/40 "2010-12-13T04:38:12Z")
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