# Amazing, Incredible, Invincible, Mighty or Uncanny?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 8, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706 "2005-01-08T04:33:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/41 "2005-01-10T20:05:08Z")

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New.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/42 "2005-01-10T20:11:13Z")

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“Candid” - obviously.

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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/43 "2005-01-10T20:36:34Z")

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All-singing, all-dancing.

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**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/44 "2005-01-10T20:44:40Z")

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Mildly Disconcerting

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/45 "2005-01-10T20:48:37Z")

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Insectivorous.

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**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:** [January 10, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/46 "2005-01-10T20:50:41Z")

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Anatomically gifted

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/47 "2005-01-10T20:54:31Z")

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Asymetrical.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/48 "2005-01-10T20:58:51Z")

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Mind-Boggling

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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/49 "2005-01-10T21:01:44Z")

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I am quite vincible.

I’m curious, though. I am neither canny nor uncanny, neither credible nor incredible. How does that work?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/50 "2005-01-10T22:10:44Z")

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> [@Rufus Xavier](#):
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> I’m curious, though. I am neither canny nor uncanny, neither credible nor incredible. How does that work?

You are demi-canny and pseudo-credible.

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**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/51 "2005-01-10T22:27:12Z")

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Flabby.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/52 "2005-01-10T22:30:38Z")

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Shaven ?

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/53 "2005-01-11T06:13:28Z")

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Savage. And sensational.

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**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/54 "2005-01-11T07:31:21Z")

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…Danger-ous!

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**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/55 "2005-01-11T07:33:09Z")

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Antipodean!

Mendacious!

Definitive!

_has_ Irregular _been taken?_

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/56 "2005-01-11T17:07:24Z")

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…Oh, _this_ kind of thread?

Miraculous. And possibly Ingenious. 😉

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**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/57 "2005-01-11T17:14:17Z")

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Intrepid. And trippy.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/58 "2005-01-11T17:40:28Z")

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Over-rated.

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**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/59 "2005-01-11T18:54:54Z")

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> [@Earthworm Jim 01-07-2005](#):
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> Inconceivable!

> [@Polycarp 01-08-2005](#):
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> Inconceivable!

> [@Othersider 01-10-2005 12:44 AM](#):
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> Inconceivable!

Not _inimitable_, it would seem 😛 😃

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-incredible-invincible-mighty-or-uncanny/283706/60 "2005-01-11T19:17:47Z")

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Crunchy!

(I wouldn’t be if they took the bones out.)

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