# 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:** 16\
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**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/41 "2012-11-05T01:39:13Z")

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I wasn’t sure how to answer this, so I asked the first colleague who happened by, and she said “hairy.”

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/42 "2012-11-05T01:54:58Z")

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Perky  
Excitable  
Small  
Pretty  
Terse (look - I had to insert a parenthetical comment in a list!)

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/43 "2012-11-05T02:03:00Z")

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Anthropomorphic  
Invisible  
Squamus

Timid  
Unreliable  
Meek

Normal

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/44 "2012-11-05T02:07:52Z")

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boring  
stupid  
frigid  
mean  
petty

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**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/45 "2012-11-05T02:22:16Z")

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Greedy  
Cheap  
Selfish  
Disloyal  
Unimaginative  
Vanila

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/46 "2012-11-05T02:35:24Z")

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Friendly  
Sociable

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**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:** [November 5, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/47 "2012-11-05T02:44:04Z")

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Illogical  
Emotional  
Flighty  
Black  
Bald  
Unkempt  
Stupid  
Tall  
Fat  
Uncaring  
Teetotaler  
Jerk

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**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/48 "2012-11-05T05:08:21Z")

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Warm  
Effusive  
Ascetic  
Decorous  
Altruistic  
Credulous  
Poker-faced  
Compliant

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/49 "2012-11-05T06:16:35Z")

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Patient

Brave

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**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/50 "2012-11-05T06:20:27Z")

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> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> Patient
> 
> Brave

Expected?

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/51 "2012-11-05T06:21:19Z")

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Obsessed  
Axe murder

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/52 "2012-11-05T06:42:29Z")

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Reckless.  
Credulous.  
Lucky.

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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 5, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/53 "2012-11-05T08:10:35Z")

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meditative  
non-political  
awkward

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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/54 "2012-11-05T12:40:44Z")

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Angry

My 16 yr old daughter once asked her mom: “Has Dad ever gotten angry in his life?”

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**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/55 "2012-11-05T13:04:06Z")

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Pretty.

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**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-people-would-never-use-to-descibe-you/639830/56 "2012-11-05T19:44:44Z")

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tall  
lazy  
messy  
disorganized  
selfish  
clingy

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