# Words people would never use to descibe you.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830 "2012-11-04T07:26:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/1 "2012-11-04T07:26:21Z")

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**What are you Not?**

Let’s chip away at the negative space and reveal ourselves as others see us.

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**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/2 "2012-11-04T07:38:19Z")

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Elegant.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/3 "2012-11-04T08:27:18Z")

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Apolitical  
Banal  
Closeted  
Dead  
Erect  
Flighty  
Gregarious  
Handsome  
Irrational  
Jealous  
Kosher  
Lesbian  
Materialistic  
Normal  
Ostentatious  
Popular  
Queeny  
Religious  
Skinny  
Tone-deaf  
Unthinking  
Virgin  
Wealthy  
Xenophobic  
Young  
Zombie

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/4 "2012-11-04T12:35:13Z")

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Petite.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/5 "2012-11-04T12:48:11Z")

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Mean  
Extroverted  
Dishonest  
Stupid

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/6 "2012-11-04T12:50:57Z")

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Tall.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/7 "2012-11-04T12:59:06Z")

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mean-spirited,  
dumb,  
patient  
narrow-minded

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/8 "2012-11-04T12:59:22Z")

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Tidy.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/9 "2012-11-04T13:00:04Z")

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blatherskite

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/10 "2012-11-04T13:00:37Z")

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Hulking.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/11 "2012-11-04T13:00:42Z")

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Bubbly.

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/12 "2012-11-04T13:49:52Z")

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peaceful  
reticent  
selfish  
uninterested

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**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/13 "2012-11-04T14:59:57Z")

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normal

religious  
political  
fashionable  
rich  
high class  
snotty  
snobby  
stuffy  
low class  
redneck  
poor  
skinny

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/14 "2012-11-04T15:15:38Z")

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perky

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/15 "2012-11-04T15:29:41Z")

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Ambulatory.

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/16 "2012-11-04T15:32:34Z")

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Devout.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/17 "2012-11-04T15:44:14Z")

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Touchy-feely  
Sentimental

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/18 "2012-11-04T15:50:55Z")

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Bothered  
Tactful  
Serious

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**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/19 "2012-11-04T15:51:07Z")

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athletic  
boring  
dumb  
ungrateful

And also…  
tall  
dark  
handsome  
(I’m a short, pale chick.)

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/20 "2012-11-04T16:14:04Z")

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Mellow.

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