Show the most expressive word at a recent meeting of savants and others with pretensions to authority in a matter of language a disca sion arose as to the most expressive word in english while admitting that the field waa was a wide one and that becis ton on could only rest upon the very general grounds the participants took great interest in the question and many suggestions were made it was observed that the tendency was to name onomatopoetic words such as buzz crack rattle snap and thud from these the list took on a subtler cast and the word honor lound found several supporters other ex pres lons of moods or sentiments as lonely dreary mournful and blithesome met with favor when the matter was at a stand stall one of those p besent advanced the word no with a strong plea tor its acceptance as the most expressive word it was unanimously agreed that no was the answer not particularly because it was a striking example of onomatopoeia but because it most completely quickly and definitely conveyed unmistakable idea |