# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/81 "2002-12-18T21:32:04Z")
Take your pick from _Hair_: “Sodomy” “Fellatio” “Cunniligus” “Pederasty” ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/82 "2002-12-18T23:33:07Z")
Bond ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/83 "2002-12-18T23:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rodd Hill \* > \*\ ***“Nottafinga!”** \*\* Rodd, you beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/84 "2002-12-19T02:00:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monstre \* > \*\*Eskimo! > > (name it… ;)) \*\* _Heathers_? 😃 ---
**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 19, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/85 "2002-12-19T02:13:24Z")
don’t think this one’s been mentioned yet… **SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALADOCIOUS** ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/86 "2002-12-19T04:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slainte \* > \*\*_Heathers_? 😃 \*\* Yep! 🙂 And my intended usage is when the preacher says it in the dream sequence. Esssssskimooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/87 "2002-12-19T10:54:24Z")
_Heathers_ was a favorite of mine during my teen years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/88 "2002-12-19T11:58:05Z")
cock bone nob bishop wang thang hotrod hump mobile oscar dong dagger banana cucumber salami sausage kielbasa schlong dink tool big ben mister happy prick disk pecker peter pee-pee wee-wee weiner pisser pistol joint hose horn middle-leg third-leg meat stick joystick dipstick junior the little head little guy rumple foreskin tootsie roll snake one-eyed monster one-eyed wonder shaft sword meat whistle skin flute love muscle roto-rooter instrument banger rammer ramrod cherrypicker log pole. All from one movie, you ask? Nay, all from one _line of dialogue_! Name it! ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/89 "2002-12-19T12:11:20Z")
What’s “rosebud” from? I should know this and it’s driving me CRAZY! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/90 "2002-12-19T12:14:34Z")
Never did much for me, but a female friend of mine (who was nothing if not candid) admitted that she’s watched her favourite movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being umpteen times and that when it gets to the scene where Daniel Day Lewis gives his mistress a smouldering look and says “Strip!” she, errr, soaks her panties every time. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/91 "2002-12-19T12:14:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NightRabbit \* > \*\*What’s “rosebud” from? > > I should know this and it’s driving me CRAZY! \*\* Funnily enough, that summarizes the plot of the movie in question. Citizen Kane. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/92 "2002-12-19T12:15:54Z")
NightRabbit, it’s from Citizen Kane ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/93 "2002-12-19T12:17:10Z")
NightRabbit > [@](#): > > What’s “rosebud” from? Citizen Kane My contribution- “Ostrich!” from… ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/94 "2002-12-19T12:18:29Z")
whoops-what a simulpost! ---
**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 19, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/95 "2002-12-19T14:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doghouse Reilly \* > \*\*cock > bone > nob > bishop > wang > thang > hotrod > hump mobile > oscar > dong > dagger > banana > cucumber > salami > sausage > kielbasa > schlong > dink > tool > big ben > mister happy > prick > disk > pecker > peter > pee-pee > wee-wee > weiner > pisser > pistol > joint > hose > horn > middle-leg > third-leg > meat stick > joystick > dipstick > junior > the little head > little guy > rumple foreskin > tootsie roll > snake > one-eyed monster > one-eyed wonder > shaft > sword > meat whistle > skin flute > love muscle > roto-rooter > instrument > banger > rammer > ramrod > cherrypicker > log > pole. > All from one movie, you ask? Nay, all from one _line of dialogue_! Name it! \*\* url=http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/4rooms.shtml]Four Rooms ---
**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 19, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/96 "2002-12-19T14:36:31Z")
Damn! [Four Rooms](http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/4rooms.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/97 "2002-12-19T16:09:22Z")
Guess this one: The last word of the movie: “What?” ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/98 "2002-12-19T23:12:27Z")
Spy Game. The whole movie kicks ass (you can’t even talk or you’ll miss something) but I think the best single-word-line is: “Go.” It’s actually “Thirty seconds. Go. Now.” But I like just plain “Go.” According to Cecil it’s also the shortest sentence in the English language. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/99 "2002-12-20T05:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beajerry \* > \*\*Rosebud \*\* Hey, I already said that…but I’m glad to see someone else out there knows what’s what. It drove a lot of people crazy when it was said originally too! (and still does apparently) but then a lot of people today have probably never even seen this movie! Not enough action… :rolleyes: “Citizen Kane” is arguably but commonly accepted as probably the greatest movie ever made and the most famous word/line ever said in any movie is “Rosebud”. [http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/kcomp.html](http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/kcomp.html) Not just my opinion, this is only one critic out of many over the years. Peace ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258/100 "2002-12-20T06:11:08Z")
“Spadoinkle” From Cannible the musical a great little movie by Parker and Stone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-word-spoken-in-a-movie/143258.md?page=6)