A group of mathematicians at the University of
Vermont published a paper in 2012 on positivity in the English language.
They took over 10,000 of the most frequently used English words from different
sources, such as Twitter, Google Books, The New York Times, and music lyrics,
and had people rate them on a 9-point scale, from least happy to most
happy. In the resulting data, ''laughter'' comes in at number 1 and ''terrorist'' comes last. Here is the list:
- laughter
- happiness
- love
- happy
- laughed
- laugh
- laughing
- excellent
- laughs
- joy
- successful
- win
- rainbow
- smile
- won
- pleasure
- smiled
- rainbows
- winning
- celebration
- enjoyed
- healthy
- music
- celebrating
- congratulations
- weekend
- celebrate
- comedy
- jokes
- rich
- victory
- christmas
- free
- friendship
- fun
- holidays
- loved
- loves
- loving
- beach
- hahaha
- kissing
- sunshine
- beautiful
- delicious
- friends
- funny
- outstanding
- paradise
- sweetest
Which words do you consider the most positive? What is your favourite?
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