Am I Right On This?
Filed under: Vexed - July 22, 2007 @ 11:16 amI hate some words. Like “boyfriend” and “girlfriend.” Sounds so amateur. I also hate these words:
moist
slacks
coupon
sweepstakes
crisp
snack
cum (I cringe every time I spell it that way, but “come” looks so odd)
trinket
scrunchie
What words bug you out? A friend of mine hates the word “chutney” but I have no problem with it.
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:30 pm
I hate the word girdle. have you ever heard of http://www.wordie.org/ it’s a site where you can make lists of words and see other people’s. it’s almost completely useless but somehow oddly fun to look at other people’s words. there are really some good lists.
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I hate the word “friends” as in “let’s just be friends”.
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
The two words on the top of my list at the moment are “ubiquitous” and “normalcy.” And similarly to the comment above, here’s a website all about lists of things people don’t like - except this one is a “dating” website. But rather than matching people based on what they like, it matches them on what they dislike in common. Neat: http://www.weneither.com
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I hate the word “three.” That’s because if I’m not careful with how I pronounce it, it ends up sounding like “tree.” Ugh, it’s hard to be a non-native speaker sometimes. Other words, like “thump,” “thump,” “thrust,” “thud,” etc. also annoy me.
When I was just beginning to learn English, I hated the word “put,” because it sounds like just the beginning of the Bulgarian word for “cunt.” And where I come from, only low-educated people and gypsies use such words. I guess the rest of us are dreamy romantics by American standards.
Which leads me to the point that I also hate words in the “fuck” category. They are usually one syllable (i.e. “cunt” and “cock”), and their sound suggests unceremonial forcefulness, almost violence. Well, maybe it’s just that I’ve been listening to all that Schumann and Chopin lately, so I’m becoming picky about sounds.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:22 am
I don’t like the word “flautist” because I don’t understand why it’s not just “flutist.” I don’t like stupid self-obsession-related pop-psych words like “body image disorder” (though maybe that doesn’t count cos it’s three words).
Mostly I don’t like the word veneer and I don’t like the word bolshy.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 am
mucus
nicely
I hate the phrase “a little something,” in terms of gift purchases. My ears are assaulted with this phrase every Christmas as my mom and mother in law say it all the time. In layman’s terms, “a little something,” means a cheap, piece of shit item that will end up in the trash or the bottom of a shoebox, under a bed within 24 hours of acquistion. I don’t know if this qualifies for your list.
Also, my sister says “trinkets” all the time, but she HATES them and considers them to be shitty clutter and only says the word with the utmost contempt. She is disgusted by anything collectible or small and decorative, having no functional purpose.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:43 am
i’m with you tbk, hate the word boyfriend. also hate the word “dating.”
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:46 am
oh i also hate when people say “things of that nature.” usually said by inarticulate red-necks. if i think about it some more i’m sure i can come up with a few more pages of words and phrases i hate :).
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 pm
I love the word cum, actually. Purrrr…
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm
tween…as in the demographic
assignment…I mean, is this Mission Impossible?
PB&J
algebra…(shudder)
any fake curse word…”fudge!!” for example
“terror” at least when used be a certin President
“Non Alchohalic” is that a dare for me to add some?
Retro, dope, metrosexual, “gourmet”, disposable, and the word “savings” when used in ads.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I’m sorry but chutney just feels weird to say! And you’re supposed to eat it??? I don’t think so. I also hate the word moist but the word I hate the most is CLOT! UGH! Makes me throw up a little bit just thinking it!
July 26th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I’m with David on the fake curse words. “Fudge” was only cool when Chef said it. “Friggin” is incredibly annoying. Also I got flipped off recently with a ring finger–it’s all about the intent and if you’re a Christian, you’re probably going to Hell either way, so go ahead and use the middle finger.