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Disliking a word?

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Mortlake
Republic Military School
#1 - 2016-02-08 16:19:11 UTC
I've heard of people disliking particular words before, but I recently met a young lady who physically wretched if someone within earshot uttered the word 'mole'.

Does anyone else have a similar reaction to a particular word? If you can't bear to type it, give a clue.

I dislike 'booth' and 'meats'. They don't make me vom though.

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Lasisha Mishi
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2016-02-08 16:31:30 UTC
feminist and SJW.

cause it hurts my mind to think how far people go to deceive themselves into assuming their own small view of life is the reality for everyone.

Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#3 - 2016-02-09 00:22:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
I can strongly relate to this topic. I think the ugliest-sounding word in the English language is gland. Not the meaning, just the sound of it. Try saying it out loud and just listen.
Girl is not so euphonious either. What a harsh sounding word to mean the younger females of the species.
I never cared much for the sound of egg either.

I think I'm spotting a pattern, maybe it's hard g sounds that sound ugly to me. (Ugly-- That's another g one. But it sounds like what it describes, so that's pretty perfect). If we could replace those gs with their cousin ks, those words could sound nice. Kland - Sounds a little cleaner and more upright. Kirl - Kind of cute sounding, but not over cute. Ekk - Again, cleaner, more alert, less pragmatic, grubbing for bodily sustenance-like.

(P.S. Francais, does it have any ugly-sounding words? Consider the beautiful champignon-- which is just a humble common mushroom).
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#4 - 2016-02-10 17:08:13 UTC
"moist"
Pix Severus
Empty You
#5 - 2016-02-10 18:21:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Pix Severus
A few British slang words for female genitalia make me cringe upon hearing them. I won't post them here as it may be against the rules.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#6 - 2016-02-10 23:48:36 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
"moist"

Agreed. All of the oi words.
oil
oil
oil
Say that together and you sound like some sort of lower creature sounding off about something.
Unbeatable SquirrelGirl
Acorn Harvesting
#7 - 2016-02-16 07:42:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Unbeatable SquirrelGirl
Heheh, reminded me of this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg

Dreadful TINNY words! Tin-Tin-Tin!