# Sound Effect Madness -- the finale! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562 "2008-06-28T12:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/1 "2008-06-28T12:28:49Z")
For **Kat** ’s sake, if for no other reason (it’s a long, slow summer with no Fantasy Teevee, ain’t it, kiddo?), we have arrived at the finale of Sound Effect Madness. Turns out that “ing” is the key element in a great sound effect: Our two finalists are: **Zing** vs. **Boing** Make some noise for your favorite! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/2 "2008-06-28T12:30:22Z")
Boing! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/3 "2008-06-28T13:57:24Z")
I think I missed a few rounds. But my vote for number one goes to: Boing. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/4 "2008-06-28T14:34:18Z")
**Boing** in a landslide! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/5 "2008-06-28T17:44:06Z")
Zing ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/6 "2008-06-28T19:35:17Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] **Zing** vs. **Boing** [/QUOTE] Zing went the strings of my heart! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/7 "2008-06-28T19:56:18Z")
Boingy boingy boingy! And yes, yes,it is. If it weren’t for the Madness threads, I’d go mad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/8 "2008-06-28T20:21:49Z")
Number of Oscar-winning Movies with “zing” in the title: ZERO Number of Oscar-winning Movies with “boing” in the title: [ONE](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043581/) Gotta go with _boing!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/9 "2008-06-29T00:16:02Z")
“Zing” occurs in many legitimate everyday words, such as “fizzing” and “anodizing”. “Boing”, on the other hand, is seen only rarely, usually in dance-related words such as “limboing” and “mamboing”. On those grounds, if there were any, I cast my vote for “boing”. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/10 "2008-06-29T02:04:56Z")
**Boing** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/11 "2008-06-29T04:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Number of Oscar-winning Movies with “boing” in the title: ONE Actually, _The Unbearable Lightness of Boing_ lost to _Rain Man_. ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/12 "2008-06-29T15:42:11Z")
BOING! I’d like to add that I have no idea why this Tourney wasn’t more popular. Come on, people! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/13 "2008-06-29T15:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Actually, _The Unbearable Lightness of Boing_ lost to _Rain Man_. [/QUOTE] Zing! (I vote for “boiyoiyoiyoing,” which may be shortened to “boing” as appropriate). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/14 "2008-06-30T03:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=Parthol] BOING! I’d like to add that I have no idea why this Tourney wasn’t more popular. Come on, people! [/QUOTE] Thank you! Damn, it was good enough to lure a lurker like you into posting … oh well. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/15 "2008-07-01T13:12:06Z")
Anyone else want to sound off before I tally the votes? ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/16 "2008-07-01T14:39:28Z")
Boing is so much more fun! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/17 "2008-07-01T15:10:12Z")
Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/18 "2008-07-01T15:11:25Z")
Zing vs. Boing ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/19 "2008-07-01T22:30:34Z")
By a vote of 11 to 3, the winner is (drumroll – er, cacaphony of thunks, whizzes, and kachings, pls. ) – _Boing!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562/20 "2008-07-01T22:33:05Z")
Somewhere, the ghost of Don Martin is looking on with approval. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effect-madness-the-finale/454562.md?page=2)