# Coolest one-word film dialogue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540 "2016-12-24T16:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/81 "2016-12-27T05:56:32Z")
I was always fond of “golly” _Philadelphia Story_, after Mike kisses Tracy As far as wordless dialogue, Kiera Knightley has a pretty awesome scene in _Love, Actually_ as she watches the video tapes. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/82 "2016-12-27T19:41:13Z")
If non-word ‘grunts’ are allowed, then surely [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORSvf8eVa0g&t=30s) iconic roar has to be included. (Safe for Work link) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/83 "2016-12-27T21:45:15Z")
“Manuel! Manuel!” and “Boo-hoo!” _ **Candy Goes to Hollywood** _ ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/84 "2017-01-02T12:10:47Z")
“…Chapstick.” _-The Mothman Prophecies_ ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/85 "2017-01-02T12:22:15Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Not even a word: > > Walter Matthau’s glare at Martin Balsam at the conclusion of “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974). The _word_ in that scene is one of the coolest in cinema; Gesundheit. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/86 "2017-01-03T03:31:02Z")
> [@eburacum45](#): > > The _word_ in that scene is one of the coolest in cinema; > Gesundheit. You’re right, of course. Hey, how about this one: “Pity.” (Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!) ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/87 "2017-01-03T17:35:33Z")
Well since I’ve seen a few other posts with lines from TV, I nominate: “Phrasing!” ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/88 "2017-01-03T20:22:36Z")
I know that alot of people here on The Dope are movie gurus and such and know all these awesome quotes just by one word or so, but not all of us are … that being said, can we please put title of the movie the “one word phrase” is from? If I want to look up the scene to see the clip in question, it would really help to know what movie it is from. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/89 "2017-01-03T20:35:24Z")
“Disappointed!” A Fish Called Wanda ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/90 "2017-01-03T20:39:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “… Nigger.” > > _ **Blazing Saddles** _ For Dante: Specifically, when the Mayor presents the Key to the City “To our new …” ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/91 "2017-01-09T23:34:55Z")
“Chickenwire?” Blue Lou Martini, The Blues Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/92 "2017-01-10T00:01:56Z")
> [@Dante\_G](#): > > I know that alot of people here on The Dope are movie gurus and such and know all these awesome quotes just by one word or so, but not all of us are … that being said, can we please put title of the movie the “one word phrase” is from? If I want to look up the scene to see the clip in question, it would really help to know what movie it is from. What makes the “single-word quotes” fun to me is that they don’t make any sense as a quote out of context, and it leaves others scratching their heads. What makes them memorable is _when_ and _how_ they are said. My two examples were: [Everyone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBKXu3Kg4yg). [Eskimo](https://youtu.be/x7d55pVHCyU?t=4822). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/93 "2017-01-10T17:01:03Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > One of my favorite scenes in"A Christmas Story": > > Ralphie: “FFFuuuudge!” > Narator: “Except, I didn’t really say fudge.” You also have **Naddafinga** and **Fra-gee-lay**. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/94 "2017-01-11T03:26:59Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > You also have **Naddafinga** and **Fra-gee-lay**. You’ll like this: Years back, I was unloading our moving truck with some guys from my wife’s new job. I handed a thin box to the fellow at the roll-up door; it had pictures in it and I had scribbled the magic word (and it wasn’t “please”) on the front in HUGE letters as there was glass inside. The dude turned around, held the box up high and called to the others. Nine guys, at once, hollered “Fra-gee-lay.” 🙂 It was 6:30 in the morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/95 "2017-01-11T04:20:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Not even a word: > > Walter Matthau’s glare at Martin Balsam at the conclusion of “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974). Cue the soundtrack!!!" A BUMP BUMP BUMP!!!" ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/96 "2017-01-11T07:06:49Z")
The Quiet Man…Michaleen Oge Flynn sees the collapsed bed in the bedroom… “Impetuous”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/97 "2017-01-11T13:10:44Z")
Nicole Kidman’s line (the final one) at the end of Kubrick’s **Eyes Wide Shut** [spoiler] In case you haven’t seen it: “Fuck” …for once, not said as an exclamation, but meant literally.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/98 "2017-01-11T13:18:08Z")
“Jesus!” Mel Brooks’ character, from History of the World. “Yes?” Jesus’ reply. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/99 "2017-01-11T20:24:57Z")
Can we stretch this to tweets? “Sad!” – Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540/100 "2017-01-11T20:34:48Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Technical nitpick: A “dialog” is defined as a conversation involving two or more people. How can there be a one-word dialog, unless both participants say the same word in unison? Only one I can think of that might apply is from _Serenity_ > [@](#): > > Trap? > > Trap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540.md?page=6)