So, you know that feeling when you feel the urge to sneeze, it’s almost there…and then it’s gone? You know, an almost sneeze. Well, as the results of their word fugitive contest to name the phenomenon of almost sneezing.

Most popular submission (328 votes, more than any other single word): snizzle

Other popular submissions: sneeze tease (160), sneizure (43), snee (41), sneezle (33), snickle (32), sneeze freeze (28), snud (21), amsneezia (16), sneezent (10), sneefu (8), near mist (8), snope (4), sneevaporation (3), snurge (3)

Derivatives of “choo” or “achoo” (total 428 votes): mischoo, no-choo, not-choo, deja choo, pseudachoo, retractachoo, missed oppa-choo-nity, about-choo

Variations of “Gesundheit” (total 250 votes): gesundhalt, gesundheist, gesundflight, gesundmight, gesund-less, gesund-aint

The “interruptus” family (total 220 votes): sneezus interruptus, sinus interruptus, honkus interruptus, tussis interrupta (from a retired Latin teacher)

First Runner-Up (as decided by the All Things Considered staff): an-tissue-pation

Winner of the Word Fugitive Contest: sniff-hanger

Sniff-hanger…?