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Words that you hate
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:44 pm
by Olhado_
Alea told me I should post more, so I heard about how the word "moist" tends to be hated by people on the Internet. There is even a Facebook group called "I hate the word moist" (and no I am not a member). I just think it is funny that there are people out there who really want this word removed.
So, what are your opinions of "moist"? Are there any words in the English language that you just wish would be removed from the dictionary?
Re: Words that you hate
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:54 pm
by ender1
Alea told me I should post more
Mistake. Never listen to Alea.
Re: Words that you hate
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:42 pm
by Gravity Defier
Never listen to Alea.
Good advice that should be strictly followed and enforced.
(No, seriously.)
As for moist, I like it. It's a good quality.
The one word that I don't like, that comes to mind right away, is not entirely appropriate for this thread. Starts with a p, ends with a y, and is 5 letters long. It always seemed a little too strong for my tastes. Still, I don't think it shouldn't be a word, I just think it should be used with discretion.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm
by zeroguy
fricative
suck
portobello
minestrone
hamper (the noun, not the verb)
I'm fine with moist.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:25 am
by Jayelle
Moist has changed for me since Dr. Horrible.
I hate slacks and panties.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:46 am
by Jeesh_girl15
Starts with "home" ends with "work." Any guesses? I still have a book report to finish before school starts in a week....
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:12 am
by lyons24000
Americans don't really use it but I hate the word "Knickers".
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:14 am
by Wind Swept
Nonplussed. It has two completely unrelated usages. This lead to years of confusion on my part, as I heard and used it "improperly" for quite a long while before finally being corrected. I'll allow the Apple Dictionary to explain more:
USAGE In standard use, nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused’: : the hostility of the new neighbor’s refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. In North American English, a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning: : hoping to disguise his confusion, he tried to appear nonplussed . This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common, it is not yet considered standard. The preferred spelling is nonplussed.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:17 am
by chromesthesia
Lesion, panties, and cluster are all gross words.
And the m word that has gg in the middle and t at the end.
I hate that word.
It makes me ITCH.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:07 pm
by Mich
Nonplussed. It has two completely unrelated usages. This lead to years of confusion on my part, as I heard and used it "improperly" for quite a long while before finally being corrected. I'll allow the Apple Dictionary to explain more:
USAGE In standard use, nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused’: : the hostility of the new neighbor’s refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. In North American English, a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning: : hoping to disguise his confusion, he tried to appear nonplussed . This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common, it is not yet considered standard. The preferred spelling is nonplussed.
Holy wow, so many random sentences in novels make so much more sense to me, now.
On that note, I dislike how I'm seeing "superfluous" misused
all the time, now. I tried to get a picture off of the back of
Turn Coat, the latest Dresden File book, where a review claims the series is superfluous, but my camera flash kept messing it up, and I can't turn off the flash because the screen is busted because I took it to a
single music gig with a bunch of drunk people...
Anyway. Superfluous. And the phrase "fingernails on a chalkboard," which I hate because it makes me think of the sound.
Re: Words that you hate
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:12 pm
by CezeN
Never listen to Alea.
The one word that I don't like, that comes to mind right away, is not entirely appropriate for this thread. Starts with a p, ends with a y, and is 5 letters long. It always seemed a little too strong for my tastes. Still, I don't think it shouldn't be a word, I just think it should be used with discretion.
I honestly can't think of what word you're talking about...
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:56 pm
by Jeesh_girl15
Neither could I.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:58 pm
by Syphon the Sun
To be fair, superfluous meant overflowing/extravagant for a very long time. My bet is that they probably meant superlative, though.
Re: Words that you hate
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:51 pm
by Luet
The one word that I don't like, that comes to mind right away, is not entirely appropriate for this thread. Starts with a p, ends with a y, and is 5 letters long. It always seemed a little too strong for my tastes. Still, I don't think it shouldn't be a word, I just think it should be used with discretion.
I honestly can't think of what word you're talking about...
I'm not sure if you are joking but since J_g said it too, it is another name for a cat...and also a slang for the female genitalia.
I was surprised to find out recently that my 25 yo brother (who was homeschooled for HS) didn't know what the word meant. I asked him after hearing another 19yo homeschooler use the word in company that you wouldn't normally use it in front of. I found out he didn't know what it meant either. He thought the only meaning was wussy/wimpy men. Ah, innocence.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:04 pm
by zeroguy
Nonplussed.
Agreed. I kinda just skip over it whenever I see it; I don't even bother trying to figure what the person meant. Also:
teetotaler (which I believe I've mentioned before)
good
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:34 pm
by mr_thebrain
i think that the only word i hate is the word annoying. it bugs me. seriously.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:09 am
by Peterlover14
The word Puss makes me shudder. I can't even say it.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:51 pm
by Mich
Like... as in "Puss in Boots"? Or as in "that vile puss [sic] seeped from the wound like sap from a newly cut tree"?
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:56 pm
by starlooker
Billable.
Productivity.
Also, I'm sure I've mentioned this sometime before in my history at pweb, I really hate it when people use "dialogue" as a verb. There was actually a rating on the evaluation forms in grad school that had one item on it that went something like, "Dialogueing clearly with other professionals without use of jargon." I think I was the only one who was really amused by that.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:00 pm
by Satya
I hate the word "electrocute" and all forms of it. Electrocution, electrocuted, etc.
I think I have a mild synesthesia when it comes to this word. It gives me a strange, coppery, metallic, bitter taste whenever I say it or think it. There's only a few words that do this for me, and 'electrocute' is the worst.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:10 pm
by Peterlover14
Puss as in the gross stuff that comes out of wound. UGH! Now I'm thinking about it.
-shudders violently-
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:16 pm
by Young Val
Like... as in "Puss in Boots"? Or as in "that vile puss [sic] seeped from the wound like sap from a newly cut tree"?
This reminds me one of the very few puns I enjoy:
"Bad grammar makes me [sic]."
As for words I hate, they include panties, turgid, and congealed (yes, mostly in the past tense).
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:28 pm
by human.
I hate panties, too! There's just something about the word that makes me feel sick.
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:24 am
by Peterlover14
Intercourse.
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:26 pm
by Graff^
Since everytime someone says this word the whole class bursts out laughing.
Head.
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:20 pm
by Peterlover14
Everytime? Gods. Middle school is so annoying.
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:28 pm
by Graff^
Well since k-12 is all in one school High School won't be that much better.
(nice Percy Jackson refrence by the way)
Word of the day that I hate: Quartet