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I am working on my college project, which is a kind of product review/feedback website. In this many users can give their comments and opinion, and like or dislike the product. I'm very confused what name I should give to my site. I was thinking about blabbermouth, popinjay, or loudmouth; but they do not sound interesting. Is there any one word for "Thumbs up and thumbs down"?

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    Yes, "rate". I bet the domain name is taken, though.
    – RegDwigнt
    Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 9:41
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    The names that you've suggested aren't quite relative to what the website wants to do. I'm thinking to see if anything fun comes to my mind, although this is more of a name choice question rather than an English one. (:
    – Neeku
    Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 9:53
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    Call it Nero ... known for many executions ...
    – user63230
    Commented Jul 28, 2014 at 10:10

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A neutral term--but hardly amusing or unique--is feedback. Personally, I'm not a big fan of the word, implying as it does a machine with a built-in device for detecting an increase or decrease and then responding accordingly by performing an operation. Example: a thermostat that controls the temperature in your home.

I prefer the term reaction. A somewhat humorous take on reaction could be reactionaries, but that particular term denotes an almost knee-jerk negative reaction to anything new or non-traditional. It's a common term for an ultra-conservative person who clings to the "traditional" way of doing things, whereas revolutionary is a term for an ultra-liberal person who eschews the traditional way of doing things.

Some other suggestions (both single- and double-word suggestions--sorry!):

  • critics' corner

  • lances and laurels, or laurels and lances [the one being a negative evaluation and the other being a positive evaluation]

  • hits or misses

  • love it or leave it

  • valence [Psychology: The degree of attraction or aversion that an individual feels toward a specific object or event.]

  • ejaculations [This is sure to be popular (titillating--itself a "funny" word) with the younger crowd, but the term actually means a blurting out of, say, an opinion, with very little thought preceding it. In other words, a gut reaction, for example.]

  • cogitations

  • judgments

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Colloquially it has nearly the same meaning as "approve/disapprove".

Originally it had this meaning, but the approver was someone in high authority.

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Superpollicate/Desuperpollicate are novelist Thomas Pynchon's Latin-derived words for thumbs up / thumbs down.

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    Welcome to EL&U. This looks like a good start, but do note that Stack Exchange seeks definitive answers, those which provide explanations supported with adequate examples and references so that they can stand alone. I think this answer has not been well-received as you do not provide the source in Pynchon (which works? What is the context?) nor examples of their use outside his works, or how they might be used outside his works. I strongly encourage you to take the site tour and review the help center for additional guidance.
    – choster
    Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 21:24
  • I agree with chaster's comment, but I'd add that you haven't actually answered the question "Is there any one word for "Thumbs up and thumbs down"?" (my emphasis), so your answer should have been posted as a comment. You can easily earn the 50 reputation points needed to access the comments privilege by posting good answers (each upvote earns you 10 pts) or questions (upvotes earn 5 pts). :-)
    – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten
    Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 22:43
  • These are possible answers, but you need to link them to a dictionary quote. Just provide more context or links to make it clearer.
    – Karlomanio
    Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 16:19

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