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# [What's the Most Versatile Word in Your Vocabulary?](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/whats-the-most-versatile-word-in-your-vocabulary)

 Written by [Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/author/mike-brown) | Jul 9, 2010 9:50:28 AM

The other day,** I described a conference call** I'd been on **as "interesting."**

By "interesting," **I really meant "completely whacked out that the client didn't understand why we were doing what we were doing which was exactly what they had asked us to do."**

It struck me just **how versatile a word "interesting" really is.** I use it a lot in situations where I've really meant something or someone is:

- Off strategy<https://www.brainzooming.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/100703-InterestingPair-4.jpg>
- Full of possibilities
- Ugly
- Hot
- Boring
- Intriguing
- Completely unclear
- A great solution
- Inappropriate
- Banal
- Exciting
- Pathetic
- Interesting

I've also used "interesting" when really thinking:

- "That's exactly what you told me yesterday."
- "I wasn't listening to what you just said."
- "Huh?"
- "I don't think I would have said that."
- "I have no idea, but maybe saying 'interesting' will buy me time to think of something to say."

No way around it: "interesting" has to be one of the best multi-use words out there. Maybe it's just behind the "F" word, which I gave up using (except for the occasional slip-up) a dozen years ago.

How about you - **what's your favorite all-purpose word?** - [*Mike Brown*](https://www.brainzooming.com/?page_id=1197)

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