# Name the new element **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174 "2004-10-02T10:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/21 "2004-10-03T13:23:29Z")
Since it will probably be unstable: Harikarium. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/22 "2004-10-03T15:49:52Z")
Imodium. Valium. Nexium. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/23 "2004-10-04T01:33:54Z")
Materia ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/24 "2004-10-04T01:40:19Z")
To get the kids interested, maybe we should try something with a pop-culture edge. How about Eminemium? ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/25 "2004-10-05T20:34:11Z")
Bukkakium? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/26 "2004-10-05T21:44:13Z")
Heavium Groovium But I think Godzillium is best. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/27 "2004-10-05T21:59:51Z")
JThunderium. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/28 "2004-10-05T22:05:51Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Heavium > > Groovium Funkium? Clintonium? ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/29 "2004-10-05T22:19:33Z")
the suggestion of “Bob” nearly made me fall off my chair. nice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/30 "2004-10-05T22:28:44Z")
The lab should auctino off the naming rights to corporations to get funding. We could have… Intelium Nabisconium AOLTimeWarnerium Although if it’s in Japan… Nissanium Sonium But if they don’t want to do that, they should just call it Titanium Mark II ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/31 "2004-10-05T23:05:58Z")
muiium ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/32 "2004-10-05T23:13:23Z")
leeloominum? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/33 "2004-10-05T23:49:29Z")
> [@alphaFemale](#): > > the suggestion of “Bob” nearly made me fall off my chair. nice. 😉 Don’t worry, you can safely land in my lap. 😉🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/34 "2004-10-05T23:57:04Z")
_bow chica bow bow_ ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/35 "2004-10-06T02:36:16Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > “Bob”. **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** your sense of appropriateness is impeccable. You have my vote. However, if ‘the powers that be’ (we know who that is, don;'t we, kids?) invoke the constraints of logic over appropriation: **Densestium** (But I hope they don’t; I like “Bob.”) ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/36 "2004-10-06T02:54:53Z")
unobtainium ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/37 "2004-10-06T03:33:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > To get the kids interested, maybe we should try something with a pop-culture edge. How about Eminemium? Holy crap, that’s hilarious! That one gets my vote. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/38 "2004-10-06T04:19:52Z")
Hentaium. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/39 "2004-10-06T10:37:06Z")
My favourite suggestion so far is “hellokittium”. BTW, I think all this new stories are incorrect in saying that Uut (ununtrium, as the boring old scientists call it at the moment) would be the densest known element. Highest atomic mass, sure, but that is something totally different — otherwise elements like uranium and plutonium (atomic masses 238 and 244 respectively) would be denser than, say, osmium and iridium (atomic masses 190 and 192). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174/40 "2004-10-06T12:13:13Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Heavi > But I think Godzillium is best. Gojirium would be even better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-new-element/267174.md?page=3)