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Anybody else have a word they can’t stand?

209 replies

Silverbook · 14/04/2023 14:30

Two words I hate for reasons unknown to me - moist and buggy. No idea why.

By contrast, I love ‘bumble bee’ and again I have no justification.

Surely I’m not the only oddball who has this irrational like/dislike of words?

OP posts:
WrinklesShminkles · 14/04/2023 15:25

Most words that have been infantilised to a version ending in Y or IE:

Comfy, veggie, panties, and any part of the female anatomy so treated (usually by men or pornographers). 🤮

Westfacing · 14/04/2023 15:59

Creamed spinach

letsgotothebeachyay · 14/04/2023 16:06

hun

Kranke · 14/04/2023 16:33

Veggies

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/04/2023 16:53

Pamper and pampering. At least partly because they’re so often in connection with massages and/or spa days, from both of which I’d run a mile.

MrsScrubbingbrush · 14/04/2023 17:01

Gutted - it makes me think of being disembowelled

SilentHedges · 14/04/2023 17:05

"Cuppa" ... and it's used on here a lot. Makes me cringe.

CantFindTheBeat · 14/04/2023 17:06

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 14/04/2023 15:22

How did I guess that moist would the word mentioned in the OP.

Why is it never pulchritude, or pustule?

I always think pulchritude should mean something disgusting... I'm surprised every time that it means beautiful!

FriedEggs1 · 14/04/2023 17:07

Literally

Viviennemary · 14/04/2023 17:09

Misogyny. Its used a lot on here. Never heard anyome use it in real life. Only here and a few times on TV. It must be quite a new word.

Gloriousgardener11 · 14/04/2023 17:10

Nipples -- ewww !

HeadNorth · 14/04/2023 17:11

Buttery, as in buttery soft. It conjures a most unpleasant image.

MMBaranova · 14/04/2023 17:11

Lived experience

Park up

The second is quite established but I always think 'up where?'

SmartHome · 14/04/2023 17:12

Nom, hubby, belly, knickers.

Ivebeenframed · 14/04/2023 17:13

Hollibobs
Nom nom
Moist
and people whose answer to everything is "perfect"

CantFindTheBeat · 14/04/2023 17:16

Silverbook · 14/04/2023 14:30

Two words I hate for reasons unknown to me - moist and buggy. No idea why.

By contrast, I love ‘bumble bee’ and again I have no justification.

Surely I’m not the only oddball who has this irrational like/dislike of words?

OP

Moist is one of the most hated words in the English language.

I read somewhere it's because we associate it with smutty references to female arousal as it's been historically used by slimy comedians as slang, which makes us cringe because of the connection and distaste (for them).

Hoist, joist, foist have similar sounds but most people have no issue with them.

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 14/04/2023 17:20

CantFindTheBeat · 14/04/2023 17:06

I always think pulchritude should mean something disgusting... I'm surprised every time that it means beautiful!

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Me too. It sounds like it should be describing someone covered in scabs and oozing boils.

Fluffywabbits · 14/04/2023 17:27

Muff

Codger2023 · 14/04/2023 17:29

Vile

CantFindTheBeat · 14/04/2023 17:31

Same with bucolic, @MurderAtTheBeautyPageant

I just think of 'bubonic' !!

Iamacatslave · 14/04/2023 17:36

Moist
Hubby
Panties

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Silverbook · 14/04/2023 17:36

CantFindTheBeat · 14/04/2023 17:16

OP

Moist is one of the most hated words in the English language.

I read somewhere it's because we associate it with smutty references to female arousal as it's been historically used by slimy comedians as slang, which makes us cringe because of the connection and distaste (for them).

Hoist, joist, foist have similar sounds but most people have no issue with them.

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This would make sense. I can’t stand it. It makes me itch but I have no issue with any of the words it rhymes with.

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Threelionsandalioness · 14/04/2023 17:39

Moist
Hubby
Holibobs(instead of holiday)
My Prince/Princess (when referring to their child/ren)
Little man (son)
Pi@@ (wee)

Mummyme87 · 14/04/2023 17:41

Womb. I’m a midwife and I just hate it. It’s a uterus

Westfacing · 14/04/2023 17:47

HeadNorth · 14/04/2023 17:11

Buttery, as in buttery soft. It conjures a most unpleasant image.

Especially a 'buttery-soft leather jacket" !