What's wrong with 'moist'?

[Dilbertian]

And 'flaccid'?

Why do people hate them?

They are useful, nuanced words.

Why do people take against words?

(And moist is also nice to say, with all the different movements your mouth has to make to utter one little word.)

[Jobseeker19]

Its because someone on How I met your Mother says so.

[Footnote]

Wasn’t it Rachel on Friends?

[LubaLuca]

There's nothing wrong with them. I like to say them as often as I can because I know lots of people find them unpleasant. Moist is easier than flaccid to use in everyday conversation.

I hate 'portion'. My husband says it at least twice as often as the average person does.

[Dilbertian]

What's wrong with portion?

[PiesNotGuys]

I can understand the dislike of portion. There is nothing wrong with the words as such, I just don’t enjoy the movements I have to make with my mouth to say them.

My worst word is rather niche but it’s hydroponics. Everything is fine throughout the hydro (in fact I quite like that bit) but them your mouth has to leap to such a restrictive ‘po’ - the word looks wrong, sounds wrong, and to me it’s prissy, pretentious, ponderous and precious and I haven’t a clue why really.

[MrsEricBana]

Moist = damp = unsavoury
Flaccid = limp/deflated
So not desirable adjectives really. Having said that, turgid is equally uncomfortable as adjectives go.

[Snowisfallinghere]

Because the word moist seems to be associated with vaginas, or genitals in general, and people find that gross or cringey. And once people hear that other people think it's gross, they tend to just copy others and say that they dislike the word too. It becomes kind of trend.

I think it's a great word.

[Dilbertian]

What about a lovely, moist rum baba? Though no doubt you would feel turgid after all that syrup and cream.

[merryhouse]

Yeah, it's just become trendy to say so.

Like how no matter how the op phrases the original question, by the time we're ten posts in someone will have told us how much they hate "could of" and from that point on it's all about sneering at the semi-literate and any interesting linguistic discussion is impossible.

[nearlyspringyay]

Moist and flaccid - wet fanny and a floppy Willy.

Urgh.

[eunace]

I hate moist, I also hate succulent for some reason.

[Dilbertian]

Succulent is another lovely word, rich with meaning and pleasant to say.

[Dilbertian]

A moist vulva is a good thing. This post-menopause woman has learned the value of moisture down there!

[Dilbertian]

I bet the people who take issue with moist have no problem with moisturiser.

[eunace]

They just sound a bit louche to me. I see food packaging with the word succulent on it and just think 'yuk'. I once did some work on ingredients used in food processing and there is a concept called 'mouth feel' in the food industry. Equally unpleasant.

[eunace]

True. Moisture also fine. Interesting, that.

[MrsEricBana]

Moisten though....

[elp30]

I really don't like the word "flesh".

It just makes me uncomfortable.

You can only imagine what I'm like when Billy Idol's, "Flesh for Fantasy" comes on the radio.

[Lightstoobright]

Mmm moist flesh.

[OatSprout]

Ugh, yes I hate the word flesh too. And belly

Also am obviously not a fan of moist

[Vitani]

I'm not sure.

I do know some words make me cringe. "Cluster" majorly makes me shiver.

[Dilbertian]

Belly is wonderful. As Spike Milligan said:

There was a young girl called Nelly,
Who had a nylon belly.
Her skin was so thin
You could see right in -
It was full of custard and jelly!

[Dilbertian]

there is a concept called 'mouth feel' in the food industry

Yes, that's it - words have mouth-feel. Maybe it's not just specific meanings that bother people, but how it feels to say a word. And, equally, the mouth-feel of a word may make it appeal to me.