What titles can I call myself without a licence?

Pope/High Priest/Master Shaman/Divine Dragon Knight Commander of the Church of [enter your god here}

You can also call yourself a ‘scholar’, or ‘expert’

Politician
Ditto Expert
Advisor
Consultant
President for that matter.

Lieu coach

Well…

Here you can get an “Honourary Doctorate of Divinity” for $20

and Here you can become an ordained minister with the First Church of the Gospel for $40 and a couple of passport photos.

I think there are still a few low noble titles for sale in Europe. A Baron or Friherre/Freiherr or something. The Germans might sell you a “von” from nowhere. It looks a bit ridiculous on a passport issued by a republic, though.

40 year old virgin

You could call yourself Esquire as long as you are very careful not to ever give legal advice or anything like it. Since lawyers more or less “own” this title – although I don’t believe it is actually tied to legal licensure – lawyers who are jealous of your use of the title will be quick to mount a complaint of “practicing law without a license” if any kind of case can be made.

By the same token, you can call yourself “Captain”, as long as you don’t pretend to rank in military or civilian service (such as police or firefighting forces).

You can call yourself “Reverend”, and no one can stop you as long as you don’t pretend to any particular denomination or ordination that you don’t actually have.

Since hereditary titles have no meaning in the United States (and Canada, too, I believe, but I’m not so certain of that), I’m sure you could call yourself “Sir”, “Baron”, “Count”, “Prince”, “Sheik”, “Emperor” and other terms like that, again, as long as no query elicits a response from you that pretends a rank in a place where you don’t have it. For example, you can’t pass yourself off as the King of England, as that would be fraud.

- Lord of the Manor
– King of the Castle (thanks, Ralph Kramden)
– Supreme Ruler of (your street name here)
– Master of the Universe
– Prince of Tides
– Sultan of Swat (hey, The Babe’s been dead for years…)
– The Duke of Earl (Duke, Duke…..Duke of Earl, Duke, Duke…..Duke of…..aww, you get the picture…)

Futurist, parapsychologist, and philosopher are not titles. They are professions or specialties.

- Marketing specialist
– Public relations specialist
– Information technology specialist
– Human resources specialist

Yes, unlicensed titles often include the word “specialist.” Other titles, which don’t:

- Life coach
– Accountant (not to be confused with CPA)
– Tax preparer (ditto)
– Interior decorator (licensed in some states, but not all)
– Nursing assistance (ditto)
– Landscape designer
– Administrative assistant
– Photographer
– Model
– Security guard
– Chef or cook
– Writer, journalist, editor

You can always call yourself a CEO of some organization wholly controlled / owned by you.

You could call yourself “god” if you wanted to – what’s to stop you? Of course then the religious folks might expect a great deal in return like miracles and stuff, but why not?

You are entitled to whatever honorific you choose to bestow upon yourself. For a reasonable fee, I am willing to attest to your worthiness with all the necessary pomposity suitable to your elevation.

We were purchasing a museum membership via their website, and the Title field was required! So we chose ‘Baron’ and ‘Honorable’.

Master of your Domain?

$50 and you can call yourself a Scottish lord – http://www.highlandtitles.com/?set_currency=3&gclid=CO-r9vbqi7sCFa9cMgodZTAAaw

“Wine Consultant.” I mean, you literally don’t have to know anything. As long as you have a hat and you can talk out of it, it’s all gravy.

Village idiot
Squire Pimplepick

You can ordain yourself as a Minister of the Universal Life Church

^ Ooh, yours is better than mine. Mine has a much funnier website, though.

actually… I just might do that.

The founder of Universal Life Church is an ex-Pentecostal, like me. Ha!

Underwater Basket Weaver or “UBW” for short.

You can also use “SB” as it stands for silly biped.

@downtide That is classy. I love it.

@OneBadApple heh, thanks for making me think of this scene

I am now officially an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. I have decided my honorific will be Primate, as I am a ministering bishop of the nation’s oldest belief system – atheism – and you may refer to me as “Your Eminence”

@uberbatman

I enjoyed that a lot…....“Who IS she ?”.....HA HA

Thanks, man….

I just might have a “title” before the end of the day.
It may be murderess.
” Charming, well liked woman snaps and kills elderly neighbor.”

Authorities say she lost control and stuffed the elderly woman in the recycle can and bashed her head in with an empty bottle of Pino Noir after arriving home from the doctor with a sinus and ear infection and being held hostage for 17 minutes by the 93 year old busybody who would not allow her to enter her home until she answered 40 questions.

(Here’s where I usually start calling @Coloma “ma’am” a lot….)

Mr

Try that at your own peril…..

( A tough customer….but at least she recycles…)

Her Loveliness

Hey everyone @SadieMartinPaul and I have discussed annoying elderly people, all in good humor, well…almost. lol

@Coloma Yes, most definitely with amused chagrin and no cruel intentions.

Hey, I told you two about the time I fixed the lawnmower by myself, right ??

@OneBadApple The most annoying yet endearing thing? If I said, “Yes, you’ve told us all about the time you fixed your lawnmower,” you wouldn’t even slow down or take a breath. You’d proceed to tell the story again, not leaving out a single detail.

One demented apple. lol

Well….I was going to tell you about the amazing spark plug mishap (which was the most enthralling part of the story) , but…..SMP kind of hurt my feelings, right there…so…..