# If you discovered a new element...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742 "2000-11-18T16:11:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![idiotb0x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@idiotb0x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotb0x)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/1 "2000-11-18T16:11:00Z")

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…what would you call it?

I had a conversation along these lines with my flatmates and the best ones we came up with were:

whatthehellwasthatium  
allthatfundingpaidoffium  
arghmyeyesium  
bennium (to go with frankium)  
itgobangium  
mirkinium

Can anyone do better?

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/2 "2000-11-18T17:53:29Z")

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Wonkonium, of course!

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/3 "2000-11-18T17:54:38Z")

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Dilithium. Obviously!

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**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/4 "2000-11-18T18:16:28Z")

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Flodnakium. Like you had to ask?

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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/5 "2000-11-18T18:16:33Z")

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[ul][li]urinium[/li][li]kuiperobjectium (on the table of elements after plutonium)[/li][li]green (ref. Blackadder II)[/li]dungsten[/ul]

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**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/6 "2000-11-18T18:20:15Z")

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Spartanium (MSU, whoo!)  
or  
tsarinium  
or  
IworkedtenyearsonmyphDandallIgotwasthislousyelementium.

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**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/7 "2000-11-18T18:52:00Z")

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penisium  
respectmyauthoritium  
stickthisinyourpipeandsmokeitium  
dontknowwhattocallthisshittium

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-discovered-a-new-element/41742/8 "2000-11-18T18:55:47Z")

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In honor of Jack Dean Tyler:

foreskinium  
powersuckium  
igotnociteium  
ibetthejewishmedicalconspiricyisgonnasupressthistooium