Words I hate

[Stanislaw]

Do you guys have words that you absolutily hate, even if it is for no good reason? I do, maybe I am just nuts, but maybe everyone else is too, which would make me normal...

Words I hate:
-Bach
-scrumptious
-sashay
-fashizzle
-dawg
-calculus 113(JK;)
-BTW, dont know why it just bugs me.


SO what about you guys?
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[ajoe]

I actually love sashay and fashizzle. Along with bamboozle and other words that sound like those.

I don't think I actually hate any words. I used to hate mischievous cause I spelled it wrong all the time, but now I now i is before e.

[papayahed]

There are a few words that I dislike saying, even hearing. One refers to the female anatomy or a cat. And I really dislike the phrase "Shut Up". Oh I also dislike the word "Hate" it seems so final.

[Stanislaw]

How about strongly dislike with a burning passion?

O hey, if anyone can think of words that mean the same thing as the ones I hate, that would be cool, cause I can't.

[Shore Dude]

I don't hate it, but the word rhyme frustrates me to no end.

No matter how many times I look at it, never does it seem like a real word.

[Riddick]

Hey Stan, your nuts!!!!!!

So, I finally made it out here, looks neat, Talk to you later.

[Jay]

papayahed
One refers to the female anatomy or a cat.

Hate that word, too, with passion. Then I don't like the words I can't pronounce or those that are pronounced in an odd way (meaning, the 'official' pronouncination is different from how I would pronounce them)

lol, btw papaya, there's a traditional czech tale for kids about a dog and a cat, called Doggie and P*** Cat (not sure if the word would make it through the filter so I used the * things, hope it's ok). Everytime I see the book translated into English I go *grrrrrrrrrr*, lol.

[Riddick]

Like aluminium

[Jester]

I cannot pronounce specific and got mocked all the time, I say pacific, not my fault but I really hate that word....

[ajoe]

oh, I got it now. I hate the word three and most other words that contain "thr" cause I can never pronounce them correctly. Also words like mirror, warrior, etc. The r's are killing me.

[Taliesin]

I want to vote for three options. There are two questions actually : Is Satan nuts and if I hate some words?

I don't dislike any words, but I actually really dislike, when (in estonian) people don't inflect the word "õlu" (beer) properly. The first three cases (there are 14 cases in estonian) should be "õlu-õlle-õlut", but people use "õlle-õlle-õlu". It is so unnerving.

EDIT:I dislike euphemisms too.

[Jay]

*pretends to know what Taliesin was just about*

Ok, guess Taliesin dislikes some words, too :D

[papayahed]

Oh and I dislike the word "lists" or anything with the "sts" combination - I just can't say it, it always comes out "listeses"

[Stanislaw]

"I want to vote for three options. There are two questions actually : Is Satan nuts and if I hate some words?"

Actually, just as a side note, my name is Stanislaw, not Satan, but many get mixed up like that. Am I relly that evil?

And I found a new word I hate, wigger. Just is dumb

[Jay]

lol, Stan, I don't think you got what Taliesin wanted to say.


There are two questions actually : Is Satan nuts and if I hate some words?
the two questions being:
1) Is Satan nuts?
and
2) Do you hate any words?

That's how I got it :).

[Stanislaw]

oops, wasn't thinking, apologies!

I wonder who voted for the last choice?

[Jay]

LOL, why? ;)
And before you go jumping to conclusions, wasn't me ;)

[Stanislaw]

Just curiouse, It is one I would vote for, but didn't so who would have? hmmmm

[Taliesin]

"I want to vote for three options. There are two questions actually : Is Satan nuts and if I hate some words?"

Actually, just as a side note, my name is Stanislaw, not Satan, but many get mixed up like that. Am I relly that evil?

Yeah, right. Your name might not be Satan, but your identity...
Do you really think that taking that "a" away and adding "Islaw" fools anyone?
We all know who you really are. :banana:

[mono]

A word I recently found I dislike: asterisk.
*

[Stanislaw]

Taliesen, You have found me secret, :flare:

Now I will reveal my real form... :flare: :rage: :banana:

woohoo partey

[Miss Darcy]

Words I hate:

I concur with papaya, that is one of the few words I strongly dislike. I also don't like "shut up"...so rude


-Bach

*Indignant* But Bach's a beautiful word!


-scrumptious

This word is simply delicious...


-sashay

It's okay.


-fashizzle

Not quite as good as "fizzle" or "sizzle".


-dawg

I agree. Though personally I don't mind gawd...it's so wonderfully secular.

BTW, what about lol? Do you dislike that as well? :D

Okay, words I dislike...hum...all swearwords, really...Hell's okay, if not used with vehemence...other words that get on my nerves are:

creationism
intelligent design

(joking!)

jackaroo
dingbat
blood relations

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone!

Darcy

[RobinHood3000]

With regards to the "cat" synonym that refers to female anatomy: I agree that it can be horrifically rude, but as Robin Williams points out on Inside the Actor's Studio, there are worse alternatives (amazingly enough).

I, too, cannot stand "fashizzle." Likewise, "w00t" tends to grate on my nerves. It also irritates me how kids now say "50 cent" when they're asking for the equivalent of two quarters, as in, "Can I borrow 50 cent?" IT'S PLURAL, FOR THE LOVE OF NOAH WEBSTER!! FIFTY, AS IN 'MORE THAN ONE!!'

[Anon22]

I hate the word "peoples" it just annoys me... isn't "people" already in plural form? I always thought "person"=singular form and "people"=plural form. So why say "peoples"? the only time it doesn't annoy me though is when people are saying it just to joke around like "Hey, peoples!" or something like that... lol

I also hate cuss words.

[RobinHood3000]

"Peoples" does have a formal usage when referring to multiple cultures (as in, "the peoples of South America"), but I agree that the colloquial use can become annoying, even more so when truncated to "peeps." And I hope it isn't too offensive when I address those who truncate accordingly like so:

" 'PEEPS' ARE A SNACK FOOD, BLAST IT!!"

I don't know why, but somehow "dammit" sounds a great deal more emphatic than "blast it" (what? I'm a Star Wars geek) when addressing the butchers of the English language.

[Koa]

Oh there are words I can't stand... but now none of those come to my mind! :eek: :(

edit: I saw the post about 'peoples' and I must say that it annoys me a lot when people write 'loose' instead of 'lose'... But that's not really the topic...

[emily655321]

I'm with Taliesin and Koa; I can't think of proper words that I dislike, but it really grates on me when words are used improperly (like "there" instead of "their," or "your" instead of "you're"). I understand that grammar doesn't seem as intuitive for everyone as it does for me, but I still cringe when I see such things. I also hate it when people type "u" instead of "you," and "2" instead of "to" or "too." It may be faster to type, but it's excruciatingly slow to read.

Other words that bug me are Anglicized words from another language. I work in a store called "Mélange," which sounds good in French, but which I can't get a handle on saying in English conversation. I don't like it when people mispronounce foreign words, but I also find it obscenely pretentious when they go out of their way to pronounce them in foreign accents. So what is one to do when a word uses a vowel-sound that doesn't exist in English? I usually just blunder my way through and squirm inside while I do it.

[Koa]

Oh yes emily LOL, like on MTV Italia we have some veejays that in the middle of a sentence prononuce the name of the singer or the title of the song with an accent like they were under the Big Ben or in front of the White House... sure it's better than my Italianised English, but it doesnt seem appropriate in the context, it feels like showing off...

I agree also on you're and your, well it can happen to everyone out of distraction, but when it's a habit I find it worrying...

Anyway there definitely are words I hate...just I can't name then now..
Actually, as already discussed with Virgil...words with too many vowels. Like "aiuole" (flowerbeds according to my dictionary) LOL, what a lip-twister (as opposed to tongue twister ;)).

[starrwriter]

I hate the word cuddle. Children cuddle. Teddy bears cuddle. Children cuddle teddy bears. Cuttlefish cuddle. Adult men DO NOT cuddle.

I can hear you ladies already. Nag, nag, nag.

[samercury]

Cuddle is a cute word...it sounds so warm and fuzzy :p

[starrwriter]

Cuddle is a cute word...it sounds so warm and fuzzy :p
Grrrr! I also hate the word cute. It reminds me of grown men cuddling slavishly with their women. Oh, the humanity!

[samercury]

Grrrr! I also hate the word cute. It reminds me of grown men cuddling slavishly with their women. Oh, the humanity!

...different thought process.... :lol:

[starrwriter]

...different thought process.... :lol:
Inspired by Nietzsche --

The coal said to the diamond: "Why so hard? Are we not brothers after all?"
The diamond replied: "Why so soft?"

Why so soft, little sister, when you can cut glass like a diamond?

[papayahed]

I hate the word cuddle. Children cuddle. Teddy bears cuddle. Children cuddle teddy bears. Cuttlefish cuddle. Adult men DO NOT cuddle.

I can hear you ladies already. Nag, nag, nag.


untrue!!!! I have met grown men that cuddled, and have actually said the words "Wanna Cuddle?"

and as I side note: I'm loving all these old threads coming back. I start reading them and I'm surprised when I see that I've already posted to them.

[Scheherazade]

I have met grown men that cuddled, and have actually said the words "Wanna Cuddle?"Ever get the feeling that they say that just to make us stop talking???

:D

[starrwriter]

untrue!!!! I have met grown men that cuddled, and have actually said the words "Wanna Cuddle?"
I say again: Oh, the humanity!

(It's what the radio announcer whimpered when he saw the Hindenburg blimp go down in flames with all aboard.)

[samercury]

.....cute cuddly teddy bear.....

[papayahed]

I say again: Oh, the humanity!

(It's what the radio announcer whimpered when he saw the Hindenburg blimp go down in flames with all aboard.)

you caught that live didn't you starr???

[RobinHood3000]

Ooh--burn.

Speaking of words that I don't necessarily hate but think are odd-looking: why does rhythm only have half a vowel?

[starrwriter]

you caught that live didn't you starr???
Nooooooo.

And I don't dream about being NAKED in a courtroom, either.


.....cute cuddly teddy bear.....
*A wave of nausea racks Starrwriter's body*
I feel a technicolor yawn coming on.

[RobinHood3000]

~shoots starrwriter in the head with a Bucket Arrow~

Yessss--800 posts!

[starrwriter]

~shoots starrwriter in the head with a Bucket Arrow~
What are you, the Three Stooges version of Robin Hood?

[samercury]

*A wave of nausea racks Starrwriter's body*
I feel a technicolor yawn coming on.

Do you need some medicine for that?

[starrwriter]

Do you need some medicine for that?
No, I have plenty of Budweiser anti-nausea medicine in my refrigerator. I feel no pain after several "doses."

[samercury]

:rolleyes:....does that even work?

words I don't like:
hate, open, mispell

[Scheherazade]

No, I have plenty of Budweiser anti-nausea medicine in my refrigerator. Only in your fridge???

Me thinks plentiful in your blood circulation, too!

:p

[starrwriter]

Only in your fridge???Me thinks plentiful in your blood circulation, too!
Not yet, but soon if I keep reading these females posts.


words I don't like:
hate, open, mispell
Maybe you would like misspell better if you learned how to spell it. And what do you have against the word open? Perfectly good word, very useful when you want to state the opposite of closed.

[samercury]

Maybe you would like misspell better if you learned how to spell it. And what do you have against the word open? Perfectly good word, very useful when you want to state the opposite of closed.

That's exactly my point
...the word open is so......quiet and sneaky

EDIT: cute cuddly pink teddy bear...isn't it so cute ^o^

[Miss Darcy]

One thing that *does* annoy me..."thank you" spelled "thankyou" where it should be spelled "thank you" (not as in "they said their thankyous" but as in "thank you, kind sir")...people from foreign countries can easily be excused, but it is quite often that you see it misspelled in libraries or in business letters, or in other places where people ought to know better.

That kind of misspelling of any kind of word bothers me if it's in a formal place.
[The internet obviously doesn't count as a formal place.]

Darcy

[Virgil]

That kind of misspelling of any kind of word bothers me if it's in a formal place.
[The internet obviously doesn't count as a formal place.]

Darcy

Lucky for that last sentence or Nightshade would be after you.

[Miss Darcy]

Well lucky for a lot of people, on the internet I don't mind misspellings/typo's at all. :D

Almost.

[Nightshade]

Lucky for that last sentence or Nightshade would be after you.
Your not making me look good here Virgil :brow:
Im very very guilty of that thank you thing although if Im wrigting by hand it looks more like:
Th anky uo usually
:rolleyes:

[smilingtearz]

Th anky uo

:lol: :lol:


I don't hate any word...but i dislike the words "cheeky" and "melancholy"...always end up pronouncing the second one wrong

[RobinHood3000]

I hate it when people make up words that they think are real but aren't. Like "conversate" and the existent but nonstandard "irregardless."

[smilingtearz]

oh yeah :nod: i agree with robin...i have a friend, who uses the word "temptate"...think he means "tempt"...and it gets on my nerves everytime he uses that word... and he uses it A LOT!

[permanentstain]

slough---the first time i heard it it was applied to something that made me throw up a little

[Miss Darcy]

I hate it when people make up words that they think are real but aren't. Like "conversate" and the existent but nonstandard "irregardless."

:lol:

And Nightshade, I think if you used the kind of formal English used - or should I say should be used by libraries and small businesses....that would take away from your bounciness and certainly would diminish your wonderful Nightshadehood. Stay the way you are. ;) It gives you elan.

Darcy

[starrwriter]

slough---the first time i heard it it was applied to something that made me throw up a little
I think "a slough of despond" is such a lovely phrase. Downright picturesque, like a Louisianna swamp.

[Miss Darcy]

I've always thought picturesque was a nice word. So...uh...picturesque.

[rachel]

i hear you Jester. I hate the words hate-frumpy-okey dokey(ARGHHHH) shlep
(all bathroom words!!!!) and bawdy. Who are the dimtwits who sat up thinking these loser words-that's what I want to know.

Stan is not only not nuts he ROCKS!

[emily655321]

"Alright" annoys the heck out of me. (For the record, it is always two words. Always. All right?)

Also, when people use nouns as verbs ("impacted" instead of "had an impact"), verbs as adjectives ("nauseous" instead of "nauseated"), etc. For a while the weathermen were trying to make "trend" a verb; "The storm front is trending towards the Northeast"—gahh! So glad that didn't catch on.

[Virgil]

I've wanted to add something to this thread for a while, but words I hate could never come to me. I guess there aren't that many. Here's two:

Lurk and Loom.

When someone says something is looming or lurking, it's so overly dramatic that it sends shivers down my spine. Too pretentious.

[Anon22]

"Alright" annoys the heck out of me. (For the record, it is always two words. Always. All right?)

Also, when people use nouns as verbs ("impacted" instead of "had an impact"), verbs as adjectives ("nauseous" instead of "nauseated"), etc. For a while the weathermen were trying to make "trend" a verb; "The storm front is trending towards the Northeast"—gahh! So glad that didn't catch on.


"All right" annoys me, just way too much. In my opinion, it should be "Alright", just like "Altogether" and "Already" is. I guess I'm just not used to it, all this time (except for a couple of days ago) I've always thought you spelled "All right" as "Alright"

[RobinHood3000]

I guessing Virgil doesn't wear Fruit of the Lurk, then?

[Scheherazade]

I've wanted to add something to this thread for a while, but words I hate could never come to me. I guess there aren't that many. Here's two:

Lurk and Loom.

When someone says something is looming or lurking, it's so overly dramatic that it sends shivers down my spine. Too pretentious.
I like the word 'lurk'; it is sweet on the tongue when you pronounce it slowly and I use it quite often as well.

And one of my good friends is a terrible lurker, hanging around the outskirts but rarely venturing inside... I try to tell myself it isn't because of me but...

*sighs*

[Virgil]

Sweet on the tongue? While the "L" does roll, it ends with a harsh "K" and the vowel is a caveman "urrr" growl.

[Scheherazade]

I think it depends on how you pronounce it... Since English is not my first language, I pronounce it with an accent and while the 'urr' sound is emphasised, the 'k' is much softer.

(Disclaimer: I don't mean that is how it should be pronounced)

[Anon22]

I like it... makes everything seem nice and mysterious...

[starrwriter]

Also, when people use nouns as verbs ... ("nauseous" instead of "nauseated"), etc.
You mean Woody Allen was a putz every time he said nauseous in one of his films?

[RobinHood3000]

I'm not sure, but I think emily may have meant those two the other way around...

[Miss Darcy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by emily655321
"Alright" annoys the heck out of me. (For the record, it is always two words. Always. All right?)
[...]/quote

"All right" annoys me, just way too much. In my opinion, it should be "Alright", just like "Altogether" and "Already" is. I guess I'm just not used to it, all this time (except for a couple of days ago) I've always thought you spelled "All right" as "Alright"

Actually guys...both spellings are correct. All right and alright are both alright.
So please yourselves. :p

[Nightshade]

:lol:

And Nightshade, I think if you used the kind of formal English used - or should I say should be used by libraries and small businesses....that would take away from your bounciness and certainly would diminish your wonderful Nightshadehood. Stay the way you are. ;) It gives you elan.

Darcy
Thanks I will. One thing that does annoy me is the misuse of "what"
eg One thing what doe annoy me would be this sentace what I wrote.

[emily655321]

Actually guys...both spellings are correct. All right and alright are both alright.
So please yourselves. :p
:eek2: No... are you serious? But I hate that word! :bawling: Now how will I get people to stop using it?

EDIT: Looked in the dictionary, and it says "alright" is a "non-standard variant." Stupid word. I hate it so much. :brickwall :p

[Virgil]

I hate it when people make up words that they think are real but aren't. Like "conversate" and the existent but nonstandard "irregardless."

I have to disagree with Robin here. Creativity with language is vital for language's evolution. It ultimately leads to efficiency of language and elegance. I understand it may sound rough to the ear if someone incorrectly uses words. But the person who created more words and used them in all sorts of various ways, proper and improper was William Shakespeare. This has been one of the great features of the english language.

[RobinHood3000]

True enough, but when clear alternatives exist (converse, regardless) that are more concise, it gets irritating sometimes. The two examples given are also generally used in cases in which people think they are using proper English but are not, and in which creativity plays no role at all, and the obliviousness is what tends to grate.

[Virgil]

True enough, but when clear alternatives exist (converse, regardless) that are more concise, it gets irritating sometimes. The two examples given are also generally used in cases in which people think they are using proper English but are not, and in which creativity plays no role at all, and the obliviousness is what tends to grate.

Yes, when it's done out of pure ignorance, it just rings of stupidity.

[Pensive]

I hate the word "Ghar" and most of the time I hate the word "NO"

Well, I hate "No" when people says it. I don't mind it saying myself.

[starrwriter]

:eek2: No... are you serious? But I hate that word! :bawling: Now how will I get people to stop using it? EDIT: Looked in the dictionary, and it says "alright" is a "non-standard variant." Stupid word. I hate it so much. :brickwall :p
Alrighty. Is that better?

[Miss Darcy]

Alrighty. Is that better?

No, worse!


No... are you serious? But I hate that word! Now how will I get people to stop using it?

Um...
What sort of people? People who usually listen to you, well, I'd just tell them spelling it "alright" really annoys you, and hopefully they'll remember that for the future and stop using it...people who *don't* usually listen but prefer to do exactly what you tell them not to do...tell them you really like it spelled together.

Or you can just say that they shouldn't use non-standard English, I guess. :p

[Nightshade]

So let me get this straight
1) I have to start spelll checking everything , (american or british?)
2) I cant say alright, alrighty or anyways any more
3) I cant make words up or use made up words like Nightish shadish or confuzzled?
You lot are taking the fun out of my life:bawling:
;)

[samercury]

It also irritates me how kids now say "50 cent" when they're asking for the equivalent of two quarters, as in, "Can I borrow 50 cent?" IT'S PLURAL, FOR THE LOVE OF NOAH WEBSTER!! FIFTY, AS IN 'MORE THAN ONE!!'

Just tell them that you don't have his CD........If they look at you strangely, run away.... ;)

[emily655321]

So let me get this straight
1) I have to start spelll checking everything , (american or british?)
2) I cant say alright, alrighty or anyways any more
3) I cant make words up or use made up words like Nightish shadish or confuzzled?
You lot are taking the fun out of my life:bawling:
;)
Hehe, I like making up words, too, though. :D Deliberate made-up words are fun—I like "Nightish shadish," :D— words like "irregardless" are not. (It's a double negative! Does it therefore mean "with regard"?)

And I was just joking about making people stop using the "alright" spelling. I hates it so, but I'm not going to run around bopping people on the head when they do it. :p Unless...

[RobinHood3000]

Now I know what to get emily for her next birthday: a foam baseball bat!

[Taliesin]

We dislike the english word "bog". Bogs are extremely beautiful types of terrain, but the english language somehow vulgarizes them and makes them sound ugly or/and bad or/and rotten.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/L%C3%BCtt-Witt_Moor_1.jpg/350px-L%C3%BCtt-Witt_Moor_1.jpg

[Virgil]

Bog sounds like a nice word to me. Who says it's ugly?

[Anon22]

So let me get this straight
1) I have to start spelll checking everything , (american or british?)
2) I cant say alright, alrighty or anyways any more
3) I cant make words up or use made up words like Nightish shadish or confuzzled?
You lot are taking the fun out of my life:bawling:
;)

Don't forget the word "Fantabulous"! lol...

[samercury]

Don't forget the word "Fantabulous"! lol...

wait...it's not a real word??? :eek:

[Anon22]

oh, darn... >.< it actually is ;_; and here I thought I was using a made-up word

[rachel]

Miss Darcy,
I apologize for writing thankyou all over the place. I used to use irregardless, I think I learned it from my English Nanny.
Baby Same did you find out what your mom used for you when you were a baby. I am anxious to try it for baby Hasia.
I agree about the word open. I don't know why I just do.
I don't like the word foppish nor the word anecdote, sounds to much like that dreadful cough medicine that smells and probably tastes like fermented urine.

[Neovia]

Is there any words you find disgusting and annoying? And no, I don't mean words that describe disgusting/annoying objects: I mean words that sound horrible by itself. There's some words I hate so much that when one is using them often in one's speech, I just want to tear one's face apart :blush:. So I'm just wondering am I weird or is there someone else also feeling in this way.

[Scheherazade]

The word 'disgust' itself gives me a funny turn actually. Its equivalent in my mother tongue is so strong that to hear it in English used casually makes me feel a little funny, especially because I think I hear it used a lot in daily speech about people, food, behaviour etc by Brits (and my students).

And I cannot stand swear words squeezed in one's daily conversation naturally, like an ordinary adjective (sorry, I am not trying to start yet another whether swearing is acceptable or not debate). I understand that sometimes some people might feel need to express themself through such words when they are upset/angry but, as I said, I don't like them replacing other adjectives.

Though I am not sure if any of the above makes me want to tear someone's face apart...:D

[Omniscient One]

I had a bad experience with the word "interesting" once.:(

[Shalot]

Sometimes I think swearing is the only way to express some emotions properly and for the most part, cuss words do not offend or disgust me. When someone overuses them it looks like the speaker has no vocablualry and the word lose their meaning or effectivenesss, but I am not offended by "dirty words." Words, by themselves, do little anymore. It's images that gross me out.

I hate the word uterus if you really want to know. It grosses me out.

[alhara]

legion though I dislike the sound of the word i love passionatley almost anything i hate passionatley and vice verasa love hate the word legion

[alhara]

i dislike the word cuss also it makes me feel like i&#180;m in the south and about to be lynched or something

[SummerSolstice]

I very well may be incapable of disliking words for their own sake, apart from their meaning. I mean, after reading your question I sat here and thought about it, but... well, there might be one. Somebody a little while ago--I forget who and where--mentioned how much they liked the word "moist," and once I considered that, I decided that yes, it was a very onomonopoeic word that had a great amount of 'feel' to it... but all the same, it might come the closest to willying me out. I mean, if I say it, and think about saying it, it makes me think of the feel of wet kitchen sponges, which somehow makes me think of sucking water out of a sponge, which is a sensation that makes me push my tongue up against my teeth really hard and shiver a little. I'm doing it right now. It's the kind of feeling that makes your palms itch. So yeah... maybe 'moist.' GAH! No, definitely 'moist' now that I've gone and THOUGHT about it... >_<

[Misscaroline]

I can't get over the word "clumsily", but at least it's clear why...

[grace86]

Usually, I don't have a particular problem with "bad" words - maybe how often some people use them. My problem is HOW some people say certain words. My pretty little sister has a tendency to use the "F" word and says it so much and so like a guy (with a deep tone and emphasis on the U) that it just makes me want to throw up sometimes.

But let's not pick on "bad" words for sake of debating issues :p

Why do people say barf instead of vomit? I don't like the imagery of the first.

Question: How many of us associate our dislike of a word by what the word actually means? What about words - like "legion" that have no negative connotation that we just can't stand the sound of?

I'm going to have to think about my own question for awhile. I'll be back :D

[Shalot]

I think I may dislike some words because I associate them with their actual meaning. Other times, it's the sound of a word that I don't like and it has nothing to do with the actual meaning. And sometimes it could be the way a certain person pronounces the word. I knew someone who pronounced the word wash like worsh. I have no problem with the word wash, but when someone says worsh, it's kind of a turn off.


And some words sound like they should mean something totally opposite of what they actually mean. For example, the word mirth means "gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter." But the word mirth sounds sinister to me. (And I realize that could just be my own weirdness).

[SummerSolstice]

Meaning, oh, you wanna get me started on words I don't like cuz of their meaning, I'm pleased to oblige. How about "logistically"? What does it mean? It means "relating to the practical application of mathematics." You know how often I hear this word? You know how often I hear this word used to mean "relating to the practical application of mathematics"? "Logistically" does not mean "logically," and "logistics" does not mean "logic."

"Methodology" is a somewhat different stick up my rear. It means "method." It really does, it says that in the dictionary. So my question is... WHY? Why, why, why in the name of all that is good and holy do you need a word that means the same thing as another word only with an irrelevant suffix? I lay awake at night and ask myself these questions, and say, "Dear Mr. Webster, please forgive humanity."

[Misscaroline]

The answer, my dear, is verse. It's the same reason that all words have synonyms that are not the same but treated as such- for the sake of us writers who feel up to rhyme and meter and will have epileptic fits if it doesn't work just right...

[SummerSolstice]

Oh, come on. Who would use the word "methodology" in a poem? It's a buzzword. It makes people feel important to use more syllables. *gnashes teeth*

[Misscaroline]

True, but I've also been known to choose an off word for the sake of a poem. Or to make fun of people :D!

[Shalot]

Oh, come on. Who would use the word "methodology" in a poem? It's a buzzword. It makes people feel important to use more syllables. *gnashes teeth*

Another one that comes to mind is "utilize." There is no reason to say utilize when you could just say "use."

[Misscaroline]

True, unless it's in a paper for my teacher, whom I rather wish to whack with a book one day. Then I would use it to tick her off :D! (Then again, she might give me full credit...:EEK!::)

[dramasnot6]

I hate when people call guys "hunk". It makes me think of a hunk of chocolate. Which makes guys look bad anyway...since chocolate is obviosuly vastly superior....

[Laindessiel]

Are you referring, by any means, to me man? Hehehe..

I loathe the word FLIRT. *shivers* Makes me cringe and these images of two people all over each other come to mind. And there's no need for flirting if you have the guts and the gall to say what you wanna say. Subtle and provocative hints don't work for me. Good or bad, gruesome or not, say it to my face.

And the sound of it "uuurrttt", makes me wanna put out gas. Bleeeagh!!

[kathycf]

Mucus, entrails, viscera, viscous...

[dramasnot6]

Snot is a pretty gross word :p how ironic is it for me to say that?:lol:

[aeroport]

I find I've a marked aversion to pronouncing the word "contiguous". Every time I come across it I find myself thinking "y'know, there's really nothing vulgar or low-class about just saying "adjacent" or "neighboring". I just don't like the way I have to move my mouth for the "igou" sound.

[mtpspur]

Potato salad, cucumbers, applesauce and lawn mowing do it for me and any sentence begining with "Your favorite (TV show/Comic book) has been canceled."

[dramasnot6]

lipid, it drove me insane the entire year of biology.
and gross....ugh...gross IS gross

[zanna]

I have some words that I very much dislike, also. But then, there are some that are great, or at least fun to say. I'm more of a smooth talker, ;) I don't like words that are really percussive, unless you're trying to make a point. With you on sashay, Stan. I always say it wrong. One of my least favorite words is like. Easy to say it a lot, and hard to break the habit. The other one is "said" he said, she said, sheese! There are so many other, more descriptive words, that it is nice to mix it up a little. I like the idea of made-up words . . . I am not a fan of swear words, so I make up my own. Sheese is good, but I like Foosh too. Tried to say Blast for a while, but I'm not British, so why fake it? :) And now that I am learning German, I say Shade all the time, if something is not how I'd like. (I've been told it means "too bad.")

Oh, but a favorite word is Oofta. As in oofta, this thread hasn't been posted on in nearly a year! :)

[cuppajoe_9]

I hate the word 'gorgeous', not because of what it describes, but because they way it sounds so poorly fits it's meaning. The first sylable is the word "gorge", which means either a large hole in the ground, or to eat a disgusting ammount. I have a problem describing anything I feel affectionate towards using the word 'gorge'. This, unfortunately, leaves me without a word anywhere between the emphases of 'pretty' and 'beautiful', leaving me high and dry whilst trying to describe certain members of the opposite sex. Oh well, c'est la vie.

[Whifflingpin]

"This, unfortunately, leaves me without a word anywhere between the emphases of 'pretty' and 'beautiful',"

Reminds me of the young woman in the supermarket, who, meaning to express how hungry she was, said loudly, "I'm ravishing!":blush:

[Laindessiel]

I could make that as a pathetic excuse, "Uncle" Whiff! :)

[Niamh]

We dislike the english word "bog". Bogs are extremely beautiful types of terrain, but the english language somehow vulgarizes them and makes them sound ugly or/and bad or/and rotten.

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Well Taliesin, you've never seen the bogs in ireland! just miles and miles of brown peat. Most of the Irish Midlands is A Bog because it's technically under sea level. Thats why we call people from the midlands boggers!

I hate it when people use the term FYI. *Cringes* Also when Lads call women Moths and Birds. And when girls in Dublin call their boyfriends 'Me Fella!' There is also a nasty word beginning with C that i dont like. I also hate the Word Retard. Its not nice. And any words with racist connotations.

[naomi moon]

I don't hate any word but I hate what people make of these words.

[Sir Bartholomew]

i hate the word CONFIDENCE

[djy78usa]

I hate a lot of the recent "cool" catchphrases"

Hot (when used in the Paris Hilton, "that's hot," way)
Fierce (still not exactly sure what this means)
shizzle or shizzy
meta
and just about any word or phrase from the movie "Juno"

[LadyW]

I hate a lot of the recent "cool" catchphrases"
Hot (when used in the Paris Hilton, "that's hot," way)
Fierce (still not exactly sure what this means)
shizzle or shizzy
meta
and just about any word or phrase from the movie "Juno"

Same here :thumbs_up
Out of interest, what did you think of the film "Juno" overall?

I also hate the word "ankle"... just doesn't slide off the tongue with any sort of eloquence.

[djy78usa]

Out of interest, what did you think of the film "Juno" overall?


It was alright, but some of the dialogue did make me want to break things... I loved Jason Reitman's first film, "Thank You For Smoking," though

[LadyW]

It was alright, but some of the dialogue did make me want to break things... I loved Jason Reitman's first film, "Thank You For Smoking," though

I expected it to be much better considering how much attention from the media it received...
I thought the selection of music was cool though :)
But Juno herself came across as a little arrogant really; I found her rather irritating as opposed to witty.

[djy78usa]

some of the dialogue did make me want to break things...

although I have to say, J.K. Simmons saying "next time I see that Bleeker kid, I'm gonna punch him in the wiener," is one of the better lines :)

[LadyW]

although I have to say, J.K. Simmons saying "next time I see that Bleeker kid, I'm gonna punch him in the wiener," is one of the better lines :)
:lol: Definitely one of the better characters yes...
I also found the girl with the twitchy face rather amusing.

[Scheherazade]

The OP:
Do you guys have words that you absolutily hate, even if it is for no good reason? I do, maybe I am just nuts, but maybe everyone else is too, which would make me normal...

Words I hate:
-Bach
-scrumptious
-sashay
-fashizzle
-dawg
-calculus 113(JK;)
-BTW, dont know why it just bugs me.


SO what about you guys?
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[TheChilly]

Two words I hate so much: "Normal" and "Relationship".

That is all.

[Maryd.]

Ok, I have 2 new words. Well not new as such. But more the new way they are used. The first "owned"... My daughter says it all the time... "Mum you were so owend." I thought owned by someone, but no, told by someone. Someone had made a statement or a point of putting me in place... Owned.

The other "gay" My girl and I were in the bathroom, at a cinema complex a few months back and the drier wouldn't work for a teen girl... Her response was. "This one is gay" new meaning; broken, wrecked or ruined...

What is with this generation and changing the meaning of words to suit their modern lifestyles?

[iamnobody]

irregardless...makes my teeth hurt.

[MystyrMystyry]

From a writer's perspectective 'the' (I wish we had French gendres) and 'said'

There was 'ejaculated' (which was great before it got hijacked by biologists and pornographers). I don't hate the word, just that when I read it my mind is suddenly thrust to a much baser function than it was on was on a second earlier

Also any meaningless nondescriptive cliche which sidetracks you into thinking about what the cliche means rather than what you were just thinking about

The other day someone (I choose to protect their identity) used 'hit him like a ton of bricks'

From where? The side? Were they in a crate? Did they swing down from above? From all directions one by one? An explosion underneath him? What!