# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/61 "2010-12-28T16:11:26Z")
Another basketball vote. Never heard it used in any other fashion. Triple double is also a familiar basketball term. Is there an equivalent coffee order for that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/62 "2010-12-28T17:20:24Z")
In-N-Out ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/63 "2010-12-28T17:24:43Z")
I answered coffee in the poll, as it was the first thing I thought of, but the hotel thing is also valid as I’ve helped run conventions and that’s a big thing there. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/64 "2010-12-28T19:09:01Z")
I’ve only ever heard it as a basketball reference - double digits stats in two categories. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/65 "2010-12-28T19:19:00Z")
My first thought was In-N-Out. My second thought was Little Ceasers. Pizza! Pizza! Now I’m hungry for pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/66 "2010-12-28T19:32:06Z")
> [@Chocobo](#): > > Cribbage slang for me. A “double run” is something like 7-7-8-9-K. A “double double” would be 7-7-8-9-9. this for me too ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/67 "2010-12-28T22:37:15Z")
More than 20 points, and more than 10 rebounds, in a basketball game (for power forwards, centers, and some small forwards. Plus, Dwyane Wade.) Or, more than 20 points, and more than 10 assists (for point guards, shooting guards, and the rest of the small forwards.) Never heard it used in the context of food. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/68 "2010-12-29T07:17:22Z")
Canadian checking in. Had no idea there was any other meaning for double double aside from a Tim Hortons coffee with 2 cream, 2 sugar. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/69 "2010-12-29T15:41:10Z")
I vaguely associate it with hamburgers. Can’t actually say which restaurant or what exactly it consists of, but burger was the first thing that came to mind. But wait, isn’t it also slang for a woman’s butt? That’s an even vaguer thought so I’m probably confusing it with something else. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/70 "2010-12-29T17:37:35Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > But wait, isn’t it also slang for a woman’s butt? That’s an even vaguer thought so I’m probably confusing it with something else. Isn’t that “double bubble”? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/71 "2010-12-29T17:39:36Z")
Toil and trouble. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/72 "2010-12-29T17:46:07Z")
As a California resident who doesn’t eat beef, who has familiarity with Tim Horton’s but doesn’t drink coffee and used to watch a lot of basketball but have never really played, a double double is three things I’ve never had. But I know of the phrase from all three contexts. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/73 "2010-12-29T17:53:15Z")
> [@TheFifthYear](#): > > Isn’t that “double bubble”? I thought that was the name of the titties. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/74 "2010-12-29T21:59:00Z")
From the glossary at [www.scrabble.org](http://www.scrabble.org) DOUBLE-DOUBLE A move which spans two Double Word Squares in one go earning four times the value of the word played. Also called FOUR-TIMER. Am also familiar with the basketball usage. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/75 "2010-12-29T22:00:54Z")
Another for “hotel room with two double [or larger] beds”. I was a desk clerk for years and this was consistent in the places I worked. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/76 "2010-12-29T22:33:49Z")
This thread is the first time I have heard the phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/77 "2010-12-29T22:58:28Z")
10 points and 10 rebounds and on up. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906/78 "2010-12-30T03:14:11Z")
Ten or more in two categories in a basketball box score. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-double-double-to-you/563906.md?page=3)