# Best Word Spoken in a Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258 "2002-12-17T04:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/21 "2002-12-17T13:36:11Z")
“Mostly,” said by Newt in Aliens. “They mostly come out at night. Mostly.” ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/22 "2002-12-17T13:40:45Z")
Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/23 "2002-12-17T13:43:46Z")
Rooooomy Lecter in Silence of the Lamb why describing the senators daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/24 "2002-12-17T15:07:29Z")
THEM!!! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/25 "2002-12-17T15:08:11Z")
“Acting!” no, that was SNL… “Heads.” ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/26 "2002-12-17T15:19:42Z")
Mopery. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/27 "2002-12-17T15:33:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rexnervous \* > \*\*Kind of surprised no one came up with either of these two: > > “nuance” > > “gesture” > > Both from the same movie; bonus points if you know which one. 🙂 \*\* “You know what word I’m not comfortable with? Nuance. It’s not a real word, like “gesture”. Gesture’s a real word. With gesture you know where you stand. But nuance? I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong.” - Modell ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/28 "2002-12-17T15:45:16Z")
[Shatner] Shpock! [/shatner] ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/29 "2002-12-17T15:49:32Z")
Belloq: “Indiana!” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/30 "2002-12-17T16:31:02Z")
[Princess Bride] Inconceivable![/Princess Bride] ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/31 "2002-12-17T16:31:08Z")
“Shiiirre” ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/32 "2002-12-17T16:38:32Z")
“Mother-pusbucket!” -Bill Murray, _Ghostbusters_. brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@Don\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/33 "2002-12-17T16:53:03Z")
recidivism ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/34 "2002-12-17T17:16:58Z")
Off the top of my head, I’ll also have to go with “Groovy.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/35 "2002-12-17T17:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston Bongo \* > \*\*Belloq: “Indiana!” \*\* No the line was Jones! ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/36 "2002-12-17T18:11:41Z")
Tora! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/37 "2002-12-17T19:00:34Z")
“Passport.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/38 "2002-12-17T19:08:27Z")
Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. (Spies Like Us) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/39 "2002-12-17T19:16:39Z")
“Shit.” Isn’t that what the wench said in the Grail when they figured out she was a witch? ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/40 "2002-12-17T19:17:17Z")
**Damn** As in “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a”. - Rhett Butler in _Gone with the Wind_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258.md?page=3)