# Who Knows What "Getting the Heisman" Means in the Dating Context? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146 "2006-11-05T02:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/1 "2006-11-05T02:39:34Z")
So, after having sworn off women for two months in order to get my head straight, I worked up enough gumption to ask a certain cute blonde girl to dinner. After receiving her response, I told my buddy about it at lunch. HIM: “How’d it go with Katie?” ME: “Dude, she gave me the Heisman.” HIM: --blank stare– After explaining it to him, he understood and found it funny. But I was stunned that I had to explain it to him at all. I therefore put it to you all- Are you familiar with this phrase? If so, what does it mean to you? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/2 "2006-11-05T02:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **heisman** > > **Noun:** A rejection given to a member of the opposite sex, a job, or anything no longer wanted. Named after the Heisman trophy, which depicts a football player giving a stiff-arm block to a tackle. > > When his girlfriend started getting serious, he gave her the Heisman. Source: [Urban Dictionary: heisman](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=heisman) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/3 "2006-11-05T02:45:14Z")
Well, yah, but the question was- How many of you know what it is without looking it up? I was told that I was “dating myself” by using a metaphor nobody currently uses/understands. I’m trying to get a sense of whether or not that’s the case. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/4 "2006-11-05T02:47:23Z")
From the Urban Dictionary: > [@](#): > > heisman > > Noun: A rejection given to a member of the opposite sex, a job, or anything no longer wanted. Named after the Heisman trophy, which depicts a football player giving a stiff-arm block to a tackle. > **[Urban Dictionary: heisman](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=heisman)** > > heisman: Noun: A rejection given to a member of the opposite sex, a job, or anything no longer wanted. Named after the Heisman trophy, which depicts a... ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/5 "2006-11-05T02:55:24Z")
I knew about it because the guys on the rugby team used to use it. When anyone looked quizzical, they’d do a perfect imitation of the statue, with the addition of a facial expression of “GOD NO” and it cleared up any confusion. This was the early 1990s. I thought it was funny then and still do. Then again, jokes have an embarrassingly long shelf life with me. “1920s-style death ray” still busts me up. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/6 "2006-11-05T02:58:43Z")
I had never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/7 "2006-11-05T03:06:39Z")
Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/8 "2006-11-05T03:06:59Z")
Never, ever heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/9 "2006-11-05T03:08:19Z")
Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/10 "2006-11-05T03:13:16Z")
Never heard of it, then again, never really dated either. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/11 "2006-11-05T03:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Well, yah, but the question was- How many of you know what it is without looking it up?. [/QUOTE] No, the question was … [QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Are you familiar with this phrase? If so, what does it mean to you? [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/12 "2006-11-05T03:20:00Z")
Touche. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/13 "2006-11-05T03:22:15Z")
Knew it, never needed it explained to me, and it amuses me greatly to this day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/14 "2006-11-05T03:50:30Z")
Never heard it. Been subject to it, but never heard the term. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/15 "2006-11-05T05:53:13Z")
Yeah, you would have had to explain it to me too. I don’t know off the top of my head what the Heisman trophy looks like since I’m completely non-sporty. However, now that I understand it, it _is_ funny. 🙂 Sorry to hear things went that way for ya though. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/16 "2006-11-05T06:09:35Z")
I can’t recall ever having heard the term, but I guessed what it meant as soon as I pictured the Heisman trophy. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/17 "2006-11-05T06:10:22Z")
Ditto. I’d never heard of it either. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/18 "2006-11-05T06:29:19Z")
Like **Fionn** , I had never heard it, but figured it out. I think it’s funny. Continue to use it whether it dates you or not! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/19 "2006-11-05T06:49:36Z")
Never heard of it before, but I figured out what it meant from the OP’s dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146/20 "2006-11-05T07:05:29Z")
Never heard of it. Never heard of the trophy, either. (Then again, I spent the past 11 years in Korea. There we just say “Dude, I’ve been kicked.”) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-what-getting-the-heisman-means-in-the-dating-context/379146.md?page=2)