# Without Google (or similar) searching, can you identify the significance of "Loverboynik"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232 "2016-02-15T23:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/1 "2016-02-15T23:51:58Z")
The response was fun enough to [Without Google (or similar) searching, can you identify the significance of “DePatie”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=783412)that I thought I’d try another one. Geezers ought to have a leg up on the younger crowd unless the young’uns engage in some esoteric reading matter. Let this be a “top of the head” response without resorting to Google or the like. Please _spoiler_ your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/2 "2016-02-16T00:33:37Z")
No idea. Let’s say that it’s someone in the USSR around 1980 who was infatuated with Western culture, but was against the USA for whatever reason. (I was thinking the Moscow Olympics boycott, but I think Canada was part of that, too.) So, they were big fans of all things Canada. I knew who DePatie was, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/3 "2016-02-16T00:37:42Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > No idea. Let’s say that it’s someone in the USSR around 1980 who was infatuated with Western culture, but was against the USA for whatever reason. (I was thinking the Moscow Olympics boycott, but I think Canada was part of that, too.) So, they were big fans of all things Canada. > > I knew who DePatie was, though. 🙂 Not altogether a bad guess. Right track anyway. I fear this may be too far from mainstream for the average Doper to connect with. So to save a bunch of scrounging, go to [Al Capp - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/4 "2016-02-16T00:57:17Z")
Nope; can’t place it. **Kimble** : Yep! I knew the name DePatie! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/5 "2016-02-16T01:01:21Z")
There is no need for me to use a spoiler box. I don’t recognize either name. Since you mentioned age, I am 38. I don’t know if that means I’m too old or too young to recognize the names in question. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/6 "2016-02-16T01:08:24Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > There is no need for me to use a spoiler box. I don’t recognize either name. Since you mentioned age, I am 38. I don’t know if that means I’m too old or too young to recognize the names in question. I’m 54 and neither rings a bell. Even after google, it seems pretty obscure ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/7 "2016-02-16T01:22:40Z")
I just googled loverboynik and this thread was the second link. I guess that means the reference must be obscure. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/8 "2016-02-16T01:24:54Z")
Geezer here. Al Capp’s version of Liberace. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/9 "2016-02-16T01:28:55Z")
49 and never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/10 "2016-02-16T01:32:24Z")
Never heard the term that I can recall. Apparently I’m not very good at this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/11 "2016-02-16T02:13:06Z")
The weird thing about the 50s that no one today can identify with is that if you didn’t get a comic strip in your local newspaper it was as invisible as the dark side of the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/12 "2016-02-16T02:19:48Z")
Never heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/13 "2016-02-16T02:34:27Z")
I’m amazed that Google has failed those of you who tried it! See my spoilered comment in Post #3 if you’re curious. Looks like I’d better turn over the trivia games to somebody else who’s closer to the current crowd’s age bracket. Nice work, **panache45**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/14 "2016-02-16T03:14:55Z")
Geezerish. Didn’t pick it up. Remembered after seeing the spoiler. But I don’t recall it from the comic strip. The wiki shows 1956 so I was bit young to be reading at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/15 "2016-02-16T03:21:05Z")
Sounds like something Mad Magazine would use ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/16 "2016-02-16T04:17:44Z")
No idea, until I looked it up. And even then, still no idea. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-google-or-similar-searching-can-you-identify-the-significance-of-loverboynik/746232/17 "2016-02-16T05:09:46Z")
I would have recognized “Clark Rasputingable” or “Lorna Goon”, but I haven’t read any ones from the '50s.