# Would you rather: Coin a Phrase OR Have a Famous Sandwich Named After You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339 "2012-12-07T19:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/21 "2012-12-08T09:00:35Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ll take the sandwich. If I managed to come up with a turn of phrase so pithy that everyone used it, I’d go absolutely nuts getting [no recognition](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15609609&postcount=60) for my one tiny spark of genius. Especially if they didn’t use it _[quite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13966098&postcount=23)_ right. And I’m just betting if I tried to tell anyone, they’d be like, “Sure, **Nzinga** , [you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12667440&postcount=112) came up with “[sneak brag](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sneak%20brag)” all by yourself.” > > She [totally](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12464893&postcount=104) [did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12465554&postcount=114), though. I know you posted this in light-hearted good humor…but I’m telling you, you are eerily dead on. I REALLY REALLY wanted my due credit for making up that phrase. I was taking it mad seriously. It broke my heart to see it \*stolen \*by whomever came up with ‘humblebrag’. I mean, it’s 4 in the morning and I have had 5 shots of tequila, but even when sober, I remember feeling just \*robbed \*of my phrase-coining. Bless you for understanding, Heart. You know where I’m coming from. I’m going to make a sandwich named after you. I’m not even kidding. My family and friends are going to get served a Heart of Dorkness sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/22 "2012-12-08T09:35:05Z")
Hey, I coined the phrase drunkle (one’s alcoholic uncle) YEARS ago. My mistake was coining it in front of a crowd of two around a campfire, and not on national TV where I heard it a decade later. Than again, many tribes independently invented the bow and arrow, so no big loss. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/23 "2012-12-08T18:07:06Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Give me the sandwich, easy. > > The quote will get misattributed too easily within five years. Nobody is going to want to eat a Covered-in-Bees sandwich! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/24 "2012-12-08T18:13:05Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Give me the sandwich, easy. > > The quote will get misattributed too easily within five years. Nobody is going to want to eat a Covered-in-Bees sandwich! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/25 "2012-12-10T01:34:41Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Neither of those are remotely original to you, and both are plays on previous phrases, which makes them less than original coinages in any case. Awwww, well I shall endeavour to think of tdn when I have a Tuna-Dill-pickle-Nothing else sandwich then. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/26 "2012-12-10T01:39:57Z")
Sandwich. Need more excuses to tell people to eat me. ---
**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 10, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/27 "2012-12-10T04:40:32Z")
A phrase would be my own creation not just a tribute to me so I could take personal pride in it. ---
**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 10, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/28 "2012-12-10T04:41:35Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Awwww, well I shall endeavour to think of tdn when I have a Tuna-Dill-pickle-Nothing else sandwich then. Yeah, the tuna-dill-nutella project never made it past the testing phase. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/29 "2012-12-10T04:45:46Z")
I picked sandwich, but I would honestly prefer to have a song inspired by me which became famous and often sung at karaoke. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/30 "2012-12-10T05:58:24Z")
I love that this poll is so close. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/31 "2012-12-10T06:35:25Z")
Well, in Thailand a “sandwich” has certain connotations, heh. But it would certainly be intriguing to have a variation named after one. 😃 However, I have already coined a phrase – [Pastrygate](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/06/13/headlines/headlines_30075437.php), as it applied to a local political scandal in which some people got caught transporting a large amount of cash in a dessert container for a bribe to a judge or judges. I have no proof to back it up, but I did suggest “pastrygate” to a sub-editor at _The Nation_ newspaper, and he used it. Later, Jonathan Head of BBC picked it up and used it in BBC reports. Unfortunately, scandals such as this are a dime a dozen here, and it’s become largely forgotten. ---
**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 10, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/32 "2012-12-10T07:08:08Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I picked sandwich, but I would honestly prefer to have a song inspired by me which became famous and often sung at karaoke. This has happened to me. At least, I’m pretty sure Carly Simon was singing about me. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/33 "2012-12-10T07:40:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > This has happened to me. At least, I’m pretty sure Carly Simon was singing about me. You’re so plain. You probably think this white bread’s about you. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/34 "2012-12-10T08:18:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > This has happened to me. At least, I’m pretty sure Carly Simon was singing about me. [Big Dumb Guy](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/carly+simon/big+dumb+guy_20153304.html)? ---
**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 10, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/35 "2012-12-10T18:04:26Z")
I’m so vain I think “Nobody Does It Better” is about me. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/36 "2012-12-10T18:09:40Z")
I don’t have any sandwiches named after me, but [I do have a friend who does](http://leoweekly.com/dining/taste-bud-get-your-boots-muddy). What’s especially cool is that it’s his own invention. I’m pretty sure I coined the concept of computers working in “dog years”. I’ve been on the Internet since 1988. Back then, the number of people on it was so small that you could have an outsized impact. Often in odd and inexplicable ways. My wife has been cited as a “Theremin Expert” because, way back then, she typed in the notes from the back of a Clara Rockmore album. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/37 "2012-12-10T18:25:38Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I’m going to make a sandwich named after you. I’m not even kidding. My family and friends are going to get served a Heart of Dorkness sandwich. They’re going to hate you, though, because you know what it \*has \*to be: > [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > back bacon and peanut butter on a kaiser roll. If only I could have come up with something that was both funny and delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/38 "2012-12-10T18:45:08Z")
Even though I’m not well-known for the phrase, is it still correctly attributed to me on the internet? If that’s the case, I’d go with the phrase. If the phrase is going to end up being attributed to Ben Franklin or Oscar Wilde or somebody, I’ll take the sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/39 "2012-12-10T18:57:56Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > …If only I could have come up with something that was both funny and delicious. Well, let’s see if I can make it work. I have a best friend who is a great cook. Maybe she can hook something up. By the way, since you believed in me, I want you to be the first to hear my bad news. Turns out, I didn’t make up sneak brag…an earlier use has been found on the internet. Can I get a sandwich named after me, please? ETA: And no SPAM! ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339/40 "2012-12-10T21:54:03Z")
Great question! The poll is dead even. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-coin-a-phrase-or-have-a-famous-sandwich-named-after-you/643339.md?page=1)