# What's your nickname for it when you make a U-turn? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954 "2018-01-06T00:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/1 "2018-01-06T00:31:45Z")
All I’d ever heard was “hang a yooey” until a friend of mine called it “whip a tit” and later, one of my cousins called it “flip a bitch.” Are there more I should know about?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/2 "2018-01-06T00:42:53Z")
Do a 180 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/3 "2018-01-06T00:58:58Z")
Uie. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/4 "2018-01-06T01:04:08Z")
Well, we have two terms in the ivyhouse. If we have to make a u-turn because that’s the way to get to where you’re going, it’s a u-turn. If we have to make a u-turn because I drove right past where we needed to turn, it’s a “MyRealName-turn.” :o ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/5 "2018-01-06T01:32:31Z")
I’m boring and say ‘‘Make a U-turn’’ If it’s a required, necessary U-Turn forced by the flow of traffic, it’s a Michigan left. My favorite is ‘‘flip a bitch,’’ though. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/6 "2018-01-06T01:32:35Z")
hang a u-ball ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/7 "2018-01-06T01:35:04Z")
I’ve always said, “Bang a yooey.” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/8 "2018-01-06T01:36:54Z")
Flip around ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/9 "2018-01-06T01:41:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve always said, “Bang a yooey.” Me too, ever since Hank said it to Walt on Breaking Bad. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/10 "2018-01-06T01:55:44Z")
Make a “U-bolt.” (Got that from my wife–western PA native.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/11 "2018-01-06T01:55:46Z")
Dewey Yewie ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/12 "2018-01-06T02:15:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve always said, “Bang a yooey.” I say that too–but usually about [something else.](https://youtube.com/user/YUIVEVO/videos?shelf_id=1&sort=dd&view=0) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/13 "2018-01-06T02:25:50Z")
A “Ted Heath”? > **[The lady's not for turning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lady%27s_not_for_turning)** > > "The lady's not for turning" was a phrase used by Margaret Thatcher, then Prime Minister, in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference on 10 October 1980. The term has thus been applied as a name to the speech in its entirety. It is considered a defining speech in Thatcher's political development, becoming something of a Thatcherite motto. > The phrase made reference to Thatcher's refusal to perform a "U-turn" in response to opposition to her liberalisation of the economy, which some com... ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/14 "2018-01-06T05:58:49Z")
In the US it would be hang a Louey (L for left). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/15 "2018-01-06T06:07:56Z")
A ‘Rewinder’…one of my kids said that when they were young. We thought it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/16 "2018-01-06T06:10:30Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > All I’d ever heard was “hang a yooey” until a friend of mine called it “whip a tit” and later, one of my cousins called it “flip a bitch.” > > Are there more I should know about?😉 “Hang a yooey” for me too. But I am now inspired to make up terms. How about “spank a kitty” or 'pop a southie"? ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/17 "2018-01-06T06:18:57Z")
Chuck a U-ey ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/18 "2018-01-06T06:19:09Z")
In Aus, the generally accepted term is, ‘chuckin’ a yewie’. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/19 "2018-01-06T07:34:25Z")
In my dialect of Spanish it’s called _capucete_; it shares the roots of _capuz, chapuz_ or _capucha_ (all meaning “hood”) and of _capuzar_ (“capsize”). If you were already driving _das la vuelta de capucete_ (you make a _capucete_ turn) or _haces un capucete_ (you make/do/shape a _capucete_); if you were parked _sales de capucete_ (you exit with a _capucete_). ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954/20 "2018-01-06T09:33:36Z")
If someone in the car asks me to make a U Turn, I simply shout with an Italian accent, “U-Turn? U-Turn? Nota my turn so it musta be U-Turn!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-nickname-for-it-when-you-make-a-u-turn/805954.md?page=2)