diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7cc69c318..35118cebe 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ CAmount GetMinRelayFee(const CTransaction& tx, unsigned int nBytes, bool fAllowF
 
 
 bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransaction &tx, bool fLimitFree,
-                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectInsaneFee)
+                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
     if (pfMissingInputs)
@@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
             dFreeCount += nSize;
         }
 
-        if (fRejectInsaneFee && nFees > ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) * 10000)
-            return error("AcceptToMemoryPool: insane fees %s, %d > %d",
+        if (fRejectAbsurdFee && nFees > ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) * 10000)
+            return error("AcceptToMemoryPool: absurdly high fees %s, %d > %d",
                          hash.ToString(),
                          nFees, ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) * 10000);
 
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index a7360d2f7..936cd43e9 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void FlushStateToDisk();
 
 /** (try to) add transaction to memory pool **/
 bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransaction &tx, bool fLimitFree,
-                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectInsaneFee=false);
+                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee=false);
 
 
 struct CNodeStateStats {
diff --git a/src/qt/sendcoinsdialog.cpp b/src/qt/sendcoinsdialog.cpp
index 9e8743d80..5aef2d753 100644
--- a/src/qt/sendcoinsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/sendcoinsdialog.cpp
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ void SendCoinsDialog::processSendCoinsReturn(const WalletModel::SendCoinsReturn
         msgParams.first = tr("The transaction was rejected! This might happen if some of the coins in your wallet were already spent, such as if you used a copy of wallet.dat and coins were spent in the copy but not marked as spent here.");
         msgParams.second = CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR;
         break;
-    case WalletModel::InsaneFee:
-        msgParams.first = tr("A fee higher than %1 is considered an insanely high fee.").arg(BitcoinUnits::formatWithUnit(model->getOptionsModel()->getDisplayUnit(), 10000000));
+    case WalletModel::AbsurdFee:
+        msgParams.first = tr("A fee higher than %1 is considered an absurdly high fee.").arg(BitcoinUnits::formatWithUnit(model->getOptionsModel()->getDisplayUnit(), 10000000));
         break;
     case WalletModel::PaymentRequestExpired:
         msgParams.first = tr("Payment request expired!");
diff --git a/src/qt/walletmodel.cpp b/src/qt/walletmodel.cpp
index 57596b77b..3893def9c 100644
--- a/src/qt/walletmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/walletmodel.cpp
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ WalletModel::SendCoinsReturn WalletModel::prepareTransaction(WalletModelTransact
             return TransactionCreationFailed;
         }
 
-        // reject insane fee > 0.1 bitcoin
+        // reject absurdly high fee > 0.1 bitcoin
         if (nFeeRequired > 10000000)
-            return InsaneFee;
+            return AbsurdFee;
     }
 
     return SendCoinsReturn(OK);
diff --git a/src/qt/walletmodel.h b/src/qt/walletmodel.h
index 9916d11f9..4a9a12bea 100644
--- a/src/qt/walletmodel.h
+++ b/src/qt/walletmodel.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
         DuplicateAddress,
         TransactionCreationFailed, // Error returned when wallet is still locked
         TransactionCommitFailed,
-        InsaneFee,
+        AbsurdFee,
         PaymentRequestExpired
     };
 
diff --git a/src/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet.cpp
index 1fe055210..31ceda9c3 100644
--- a/src/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet.cpp
@@ -2365,9 +2365,9 @@ int CMerkleTx::GetBlocksToMaturity() const
 }
 
 
-bool CMerkleTx::AcceptToMemoryPool(bool fLimitFree, bool fRejectInsaneFee)
+bool CMerkleTx::AcceptToMemoryPool(bool fLimitFree, bool fRejectAbsurdFee)
 {
     CValidationState state;
-    return ::AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, *this, fLimitFree, NULL, fRejectInsaneFee);
+    return ::AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, *this, fLimitFree, NULL, fRejectAbsurdFee);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet.h b/src/wallet.h
index f9cbd3a84..71d9d1fb6 100644
--- a/src/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet.h
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ public:
     int GetDepthInMainChain() const { const CBlockIndex *pindexRet; return GetDepthInMainChain(pindexRet); }
     bool IsInMainChain() const { const CBlockIndex *pindexRet; return GetDepthInMainChainINTERNAL(pindexRet) > 0; }
     int GetBlocksToMaturity() const;
-    bool AcceptToMemoryPool(bool fLimitFree=true, bool fRejectInsaneFee=true);
+    bool AcceptToMemoryPool(bool fLimitFree=true, bool fRejectAbsurdFee=true);
 };
 
 /**