# One word to describe yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181 "2006-07-12T14:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/21 "2006-07-12T16:23:41Z")
Tense. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/22 "2006-07-12T16:35:38Z")
Adaptable ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/23 "2006-07-12T16:44:14Z")
Anxious. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/24 "2006-07-12T16:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] cromulent [/QUOTE] embiggened ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/25 "2006-07-12T17:00:31Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] Do apostrophizations count as one word? [/QUOTE] Is “apostrophizations” a real word? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/26 "2006-07-12T17:12:37Z")
Demure. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/27 "2006-07-12T17:15:35Z")
English. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/28 "2006-07-12T17:18:57Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Is “apostrophizations” a real word? 😉 [/QUOTE] I looked in [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) and didn’t see it. I looked up cromulent, it’s real. Embiggened isn’t a word either, but I think I know what Engineer Dude means. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/29 "2006-07-12T17:21:11Z")
Conservative ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/30 "2006-07-12T17:23:45Z")
vivacious ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/31 "2006-07-12T17:24:22Z")
Maverick which is good because it is my name as well. It fits perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/32 "2006-07-12T17:25:28Z")
English. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/33 "2006-07-12T17:26:51Z")
Underachieving. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/34 "2006-07-12T17:34:43Z")
Evil. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/35 "2006-07-12T17:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] English. [/QUOTE] … or “repetitive…” “forgetful,” maybe? ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/36 "2006-07-12T18:17:30Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] vivacious [/QUOTE] Reeaally!? Are you sure it’s not “delusional”? (just funnin’ w/ ya’.) ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/37 "2006-07-12T18:22:06Z")
Obstinate. (hence one of my perrsonal sites being named that) ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/38 "2006-07-12T18:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Reeaally!? Are you sure it’s not “delusional”? (just funnin’ w/ ya’.) [/QUOTE] Could very well be. _Vivacious_ is justa cool word, IMHO.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/39 "2006-07-12T19:17:03Z")
Jaded. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-to-describe-yourself/364181/40 "2006-07-12T19:22:20Z")
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