One-Word Contest Winner Poll

Describe pool in one word

  • Camaraderie

    Votes: 5 5.7%
  • Endangered

    Votes: 18 20.7%
  • Enduring

    Votes: 12 13.8%
  • Enigmatic

    Votes: 10 11.5%
  • Evolving

    Votes: 13 14.9%
  • Insular

    Votes: 3 3.4%
  • Mired

    Votes: 4 4.6%
  • Nostalgic

    Votes: 2 2.3%
  • Play

    Votes: 8 9.2%
  • Potential

    Votes: 4 4.6%
  • Wanting

    Votes: 8 9.2%

  • Total voters
    87
  • Poll closed .

JAM

I am the storm
Silver Member
I am impressed with the expertise and knowledge on this pool forum. The One-Word Contest seemed to capture the gamut of pool as it exists today.

I have been perusing the over-200-word list, and I have narrowed it down to 11 words. So, my fellow AzBilliards members, you are going to pick the winner by voting in this private poll.
 
Please vote! :)
 

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Here is the panoramic photo I will send to the winner. :)

It is of the final 12 at the 2003 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour event at Classic Billiards. It was given to me by Diana Hoppe (Poolpics by Hoppe).

It's actually pretty cool photo and will look very nice in a frame. A nice pool keepsake. :cool:
 

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My, my, looks like a tight race, with "endangered" coming out on top.

We had over 200 entries. Would love to see more votes. :)
 

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There are multiple entries for some words. Whoever was the first person in the thread to mention the word will win the panoramic photo. :smile:

Winner announced Friday morning. :cool:
 

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endangered for sure!

A lot of people are leaning towards "endangered."

It's a good list of words. The original list was quite telling how the pool public feels in general.

Aimless
Alluring
Addicting, 4 times
Ambitious
Anachronistic
Anthropomorphic
Apathetic, 2 times
Appearance
Arrogance
Art, 2 times
Aspiring
AZ
Bad
Balabushka
Balls
Banana
Bars
BCAPL
Beauty
Biased
BigTruck
Bombastic
Broke, 2 times
Bums
Busted
Camaraderie
Cannibalistic
Captivating, 2 times
Challenged
Challenging, 2 times
Characters
Chimerical
China
Cigarettes
Close
Clueless
Communications
Community
Cornflakes
Corrupt, 3 times
Craftsmanship
Creativity
Crossroad
Cult
Deceptive
Defenestrate
Depressing
Desolate
Determination
Dewdrop
Disappointing
Disarray
Discouraging
Disgusted
Disjointed
Dismal
Dwindling
Dying
Dysfunctional
Efren, 2 times
Elephant
Egotistical
Elegant
Endangered, 3 times
Endearing
Enduring
Energy
Enigmatic, 2 times
Enjoyable
Entertainment
Enthralling
Europeans
Everything
Evolving
Expensive
Experience
Face-palming
Filipinos
Flatulence
Fleming
Focus
Fortuneless
Fractured
Friendships, 2 times
Fruitless
Frustrating
Frustration, 3 times
F**ked
Fun, 2 times
Gimmicky
Good
Grandiose
Greed
Hand
HD
Heartbreaking
Hemorrhaging
Hidden
History
Hobby
Homeowners
Hopeful
Humbling
Hypocrisy
Hypnotic
Imagination
Imploding
Incohesive
Inconceivable
Infamous
Infectious
Infinite
Insular
Integrity
Interaction
International
Intoxicating
Irrelevant, 2 times
Kaput
Keith
Lazy
Leaderless
Leadership
Leagues
Life
Liquor
Limbo
Lockbox
Lost
Lovable
Love
Masturbatory
Matchroom
McCready
Me, 5 times
Melancholic
Melancholy
Mesmerizing
Mired
Misconceived
Mismanaged
Mismanagement
Misunderstand
Money
Moribund
Mysterious
Nightmare
Non-broke
Non-lazy
Non-smoking
Neurotic
Nostalgic
Obstinacy
Offense
Opportunity, 2 times
Ostensible
Outstanding
Paradigm
Pathetic
Peripheral
Perpetual
Perseverance
Personal
Persuasion
Perturbation
Physics
Play
Pointless
Potential, 3 times
Pragmatic
Preparation
Priceless
Promotional
Purgatory
Qatar
Quagmire
Reality
Rebirth
Regenerate
Rudderless
Ruined
Sad, 2 times
Self-destructive
Self-serving
Selfishness
Shift
Short-sighted
SonofawitchesatouchofNY
Sorry
Souquet
Spaghetti-Westerns
Species
Stagnant
Standstill
Status
Stillbetterthananyothersop-rtorgame
Straight-shooter
Structure
Struggling, 2 times
Stuck
Suicidal, 2 times
Supercalifragilisticexpialido --cious
Support
Surviving
Taiwan
Teacher
Television
Tenacious
Testosterone
Therapeutic
Tired
Too
Tournaments
Tranquility
Treading
Troubled
Ubiquitous
Ugly
Unacknowledged
Underappreciated
Undisciplined
Uneducated
Unemployed
Unfocused
Unforgettable
Unimaginative
Unknown
Unorganized
Unsavory
Untrusted
Video
Voluminous
Wanting
Women
 
What is it with the "E" words! They're in the lead. :cool:
 

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And the winner is...

SC02GBT from Shelbyville, Kentucky. He was the first one to post "endangered" in the One-Word Thread.

Please PM me your postal address. I am going to send the photo certified mail, return receipt requested, because the last contest I had, the recipient did not get the package. I had to send it a second time. He did eventually get the first package about 2 weeks later. To avoid this happening, I feel more comfortable sending this one-and-only photo prize via certified mail, return receipt requested. ;)

Congratulations, SC02GBT! :clapping::clapping::clapping:

The One-Word Contest was a blind poll. There were 234 word entries in total. When asked to provide a word to describe today's current state of pool, the variety that came forth was quite interesting. One of my favorites was "play" by Mr. Alfie.

The word "endangered" is what the majority of the readership feel about the status quo in pool today. It was mentioned three times, but the prize goes to the first person who mentioned it.

Thanks again to all who contributed to my virtual focus group, the One-Word Contest. :smile:
 
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