# Your Adjective **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203 "2005-02-28T00:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/1 "2005-02-28T00:00:54Z")
Here’s the deal: pick a single adjective to describe yourself, not as you see yourself, but as others see you. In other words you might think you’re evil, brooding or mysterious, but others might see you as playful. So the rules are: how you think others would describe you and only one adjective: For me, it might be **playful** ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/2 "2005-02-28T00:03:35Z")
nice ---
**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/3 "2005-02-28T00:09:38Z")
Reserved ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/4 "2005-02-28T00:13:16Z")
Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/5 "2005-02-28T00:14:43Z")
Different ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/6 "2005-02-28T00:16:05Z")
Reliable ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/7 "2005-02-28T00:19:13Z")
Aloof ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/8 "2005-02-28T00:23:21Z")
Emotionless Reserved if they’re nice. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/9 "2005-02-28T00:24:34Z")
tall sigh ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/10 "2005-02-28T00:58:21Z")
Enigmatic ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/11 "2005-02-28T01:04:52Z")
We actually did this at a team-building exercise at work. We were asked to give an adjective describing our co workers. The one that came up for me most frequently was “confident.” (And I’m soooo not!) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/12 "2005-02-28T01:07:52Z")
_Manqué._ ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/13 "2005-02-28T01:16:42Z")
eccentric ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/14 "2005-02-28T01:17:37Z")
strong ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/15 "2005-02-28T01:19:29Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > nice Is this one supposed to be a surprise? 😉 **Anaamika** : Cheerful. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/16 "2005-02-28T01:31:54Z")
Gregarious ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/17 "2005-02-28T01:35:11Z")
Responsible They take this to extremes and are shocked to learn I get speeding tickets and swear at old lady drivers who don’t go when the light turns green. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/18 "2005-02-28T01:39:26Z")
Hyper ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/19 "2005-02-28T01:47:20Z")
Logical. It captures several facets of me well… academically and otherwise, I tend to be able to categorize things and apply the calculus to them. Alternatively, I have a Spock-like inability to understand people who don’t act in at least a pseudo-logical way, which leaves me scratching my head a lot. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203/20 "2005-02-28T02:57:24Z")
Smart. (I was tempted to lie and say “Funny,” which I do think would probably be #2 on this list.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-adjective/292203.md?page=2)