Poll: The Emotionary

Results of 495 votes:

1. 1.
   

   The Simpsons (1989)

    

   SNACKTIVITY (n): the act of eating purely for recreation
2. 2.
   

   Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988)

    

   DYSCOMMUNICATIA (n): the inability to articulate a feeling through words
3. 3.
   

   Michael Shannon and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)

    

   CASTRAPOLATE (v): (of a person or situation) to predict the worst possible outcome based on nonexistent evidence
4. 4.
   

   Cameron Diaz and James Marsden in The Box (2009)

    

   AMBIVICULTY (n): the anxiety of having to make suggestions
5. 5.
   

   Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember (1957)

    

   DESPOLATION (n) the paralysis of wanting to reach out to other people but being too comfortable in isolation
6. 6.
   

   Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel in How I Met Your Mother (2005)

    

   BROVERWHELM (v): to surround with an excess of bros, or overpower with a single bro's bro-ishness
7. 7.
   

   Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

    

   CONTEMPTINIZE (v): the disappointment of realizing why a largely disliked person (for whom one previously had sympathy) is largely disliked
8. 8.
   

   John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon

    

   DISAPATHY (n): a state of indifference caused by repeated past disappointment in people
9. 9.
   

   Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)

    

   DEVADE (v): to purposely avoid asking someone a question, for fear that they won't give the answer one wants to hear
10. 10.
    

    Emma Stone in Easy A (2010)

     

    INATTEXTIVE (adj): characterized by incessant phone use during social situations
11. 11.
    

    Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley in This Is Us (2016)

     

    DEGRELATION (n): the process of gradually growing apart from a relative as one loses common ground
12. 12.
    

    Guy Pearce in Memento (2000)

     

    RESPURGENCY (n): the jolt of anxiety from suddenly remembering something that one was supposed to do but never did
13. 13.
    

    Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

     

    HAPPRIHENSIVE (adj): afraid to pursue what one loves
14. 14.
    

    Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network (2010)

     

    EXPOSOPHOBIA (n): the fear of being an active participant of social-networking sites
15. 15.
    

    Eden Sher in The Middle (2009)

     

    SHERPLEX (v): to unnecessarily complicate a simple situation
16. 16.
    

    Pat Carroll in The Little Mermaid (1989)

     

    SNACKLE (v): to follow a vindictive statement with a sugary grin
17. 17.
    

    Shailene Woodley in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)

     

    IMPULSIONAL (adj): anxious from knowing one is making a hasty (most likely wrong) decision
18. 18.
    

    Michael Hobert in Scrubs (2001)

     

    EMOTAL (v): to think, feel and judge oneself in rapid succession, ultimately causing immobility
19. 19.
    

    Adam Richman in Man v. Food (2008)

     

    EPIPHANNAISE (n): the moment one realizes aioli and mayonnaise are exactly the same thing
20. 20.
    

    #30

     

    SOLOPSESS (v): to harbor emotions about an embarrassing event that nobody else remembers
21. 21.
    

    Steve Jobs

     

    iPHONOIA (n): the suspicion that people are reading one's text messages or emails or checking one's phone activity over one's shoulder
22. 22.
    

    Peter Billingsley in A Christmas Story (1983)

     

    SKEPTIMISM (n): restrained excitement for something good one anticipates happening
23. 23.
    

    Gwyneth Paltrow and Toni Collette in Emma (1996)

     

    EMOVELATION (n): the excited clarity one feels from learning a new word that describes an emotion one didn't realize one felt
24. 24.
    

    Cameron Diaz in The Holiday (2006)

     

    TREPARATION (n): preemptive defeat from knowing the time and effort required to become close with a prospective partner
25. 25.
    

    Alicia Silverstone in Clueless (1995)

     

    INTENSILENT (adj): unable to summon a previously formed thought or opinion due to overwhelming emotion
26. 26.
    

    Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in August: Osage County (2013)

     

    LOSSTRACIZE (v): to reject the support of others in times of grief
27. 27.
    

    Ted Danson and Shelley Long in Cheers (1982)

     

    ILLOGIMOTE (v): to feel in a way that contradicts or undermines one's intellectual understanding (of a situation)
28. 28.
    

    Wallace Shawn and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)

     

    PERFULSIVE (adj): unable to accept a "finished" project
29. 29.
    

    Sarah Chalke in Scrubs (2001)

     

    REMEMORATE (v): to remember something one had been trying not to think about by realizing one had not been thinking about that thing
30. 30.
    

    Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, and Dermot Mulroney in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

     

    RESPENTFUL (adj): saddened by an inability to feel happy for someone
31. 31.
    

    The Dentist 2 (1998)

     

    FLOSSICHISM (n): the unique pleasure/satisfaction one gets from the pain induced by flossing