# Vote for the best word (for it's meaning) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710 "2003-11-11T23:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dimosc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dimosc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimosc)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/21 "2003-11-14T00:17:39Z")
**sex** 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dejahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dejahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dejahma)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/22 "2003-11-14T00:54:26Z")
Can I change my vote??? Please, please, please My new favorite word is MOIST ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/23 "2003-11-14T00:59:38Z")
“Unprecedented” It’s actually quite a fun word to just throw in a conversation. Friend:“Man, this food is pretty good.” Me: “Yes, the flavor is UNPRECEDENTED.” Friend: (weird look) “Ooooookaaaaaay. So, anyway…” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/24 "2003-11-14T03:02:53Z")
Octothorpe. It means “#” and I love that. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/25 "2003-11-14T03:05:40Z")
Fuck 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/26 "2003-11-14T03:07:36Z")
asinine That (bad) idea is \_\_\_\_\_\_ . there isn’t any better word here. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/27 "2003-11-14T03:36:57Z")
**Abecedarian** , it’s as easy as A B C. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/28 "2003-11-14T08:18:46Z")
epiphany ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/29 "2003-11-14T11:12:31Z")
erogenous ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/30 "2003-11-14T13:27:10Z")
Best word that depends on the word as well as its meaning (even though the original poster specifically didn’t ask for it): Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Favourite word otherwise: Clandestine ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/31 "2003-11-14T13:43:38Z")
I’ll second schadenfreude: \SHAHD-n-froy-duh, noun: A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/32 "2003-11-14T14:11:32Z")
Somebody or other once noted the greatest mismatch between a remarkably euphonious phrase and its meaning is “proctological examination”. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/33 "2003-11-14T14:34:55Z")
extrude ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/34 "2003-11-14T21:00:42Z")
Baluga… _Baa-looooooo-gah_. [/drdemento] ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/35 "2003-11-15T00:23:56Z")
Good one, **Stoid** , I like epiphany too; it’s almost visual. My submission: serendipity ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/36 "2003-11-15T01:32:25Z")
\*\* Proudest, \*\* you and I think alike. Serendipty is cool. ---
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/37 "2003-11-27T03:47:50Z")
Defenestration. I would really like to defenstrate one day. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/38 "2003-11-27T04:37:50Z")
Tumescent ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/39 "2003-11-27T05:06:08Z")
Synaesthesia. The cross-over of sensory modalities. Melodic Vistas, Serene Smells, Rhythmic Paintings, Colored Harmonies, Evocative Existential Euphoria. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710/40 "2003-11-27T06:58:47Z")
**eunoia:** - Greek, good will, benevolence - a rarely used term denoting a normal state of mind (Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, no longer in newer editions, my old NTN handle and subsequent ones from this definition) - beautiful thinking - fictional alien language [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-word-for-its-meaning/212710.md?page=3)