Words: Name ones that are like nails on a chalkboard to you!

[Truthiness Inspector]

I heard two of the words that, for some reason, have always bugged me. I just don't like the way they sound or how my mouth feels saying them, or for that matter watching/hearing other people pronounce them, LOL.

My two for starters:

nomenclature

vermilion

What are some words you just wish weren't actually words?

[Lyric]

1. Cabbage, cribbage, garbage, roughage

Just...ick.

[YDogg]

2. anything ending in bush ...

... except likemybush?

[cordelia]

3. Synergy

Or any variation.

It does seem to have declined in usage lately. But I still despise it.

[DarkTirade]

4. Nucular.

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. It's not actually a word, but used far too commonly as one: hubby.

Fuck infantile abbreviations!!11!1!!1! Are people too lazy to say "husband"? Are two syllables too difficult to handle?? Sweet God on a pogo stick, typing it on a message board is bad enough, but those who say it in real life....my word, they are so screwn. I cast asparagus in their general directions!

Seriously, though, "hubby" is crap. Sounds like a 2 year old talking.

[DS1]

7. wifey, for me

:puke:

[sammythecat]

18. Off topic here, but I get a kick out of your sig picture

every time I see it. That is really clever.

[libodem]

8. same here

don't care for 'hubby' or 'preggers'. Yuck.

[sammythecat]

19. Ya beat me to it.

I was going to say "preggers". It seems it hasn't peaked yet either. I see it more and more.

[quip]

11. I would prolly have to agree with you there!

[last_texas_dem]

29. Oh yeah- that was the first one I thought of!

I've never been able to stand that particular "cutesy" expression.

BTW, didn't you once start a thread about your dislike of that term that started a mini-flamewar? haha

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. I think I did, actually, like a year ago now.

:rofl::rofl:

So many defenders of the "hubby." :scared:

[QMPMom]

6. Asphalt pronounced the Canadian way:

ASH-phalt. They all, including newscasters, insist on pronouncing it ASH-phalt.

It makes me crazy when I hear it.

[ashling]

46. I agree

sounds like a halfash fault
:rofl:

[IDemo]

9. Issue

[meow2u3]

10. Rap slang, when spoken by white suburbanites

It grates me to no limit when whites try to use rap lingo as if they were born and raised in the ghetto. For instance, the n-bomb (n***a), when people call a woman a bitch for no reason other than being female (right-wing females are an exception), etc.

[quip]

12. Or anyone else, for that matter.

Just sayin'

[Orrex]

13. I often use some of the non-insulting terms

But only ironically, to mock my own abject lack of hipness.

[Cant trust em]

14. What about fo shizzle?

That one is just good fun.

[Cant trust em]

15. Tonite

Tonight is only one more stupid letter. Does it take that much effort?

[Robeson]

16. People who still use 80's and 90's corporate buzz-words...

...kill me. It's such fluff with no substance. Similar to the people who speak it.

[BlueJazz]

17. Butch....in memory of an ex-girlfriend's Dog that used to sit around ....

....the house all day and lick his rectum.
Grosses fucking dog I've ever had the displeasure of knowing.

:puke: :) :)

[sammythecat]

20. Belly. It's okay for airplanes to have a belly,

but people shouldn't have "bellies". All the alternatives aren't really accurate, or they sound too stiff. I just try to avoid talking about "that".

"Gal" always bugged me for some reason. Especially if said by a middle-aged bowler with a belly.

"Tit", or "titty" always jumps out at me when I see or hear it. It'd probably fine at an orgy or something, but ordinarily I just don't like the sound of it. I can't really say what I mean, but I know if I was a woman, and was interested in some guy and I overheard him say something about a "titty bar", that would be a huge turn-off for me.

"Mucilage" and "sebum".

"Penis". "Vagina" is a beautiful word, why does "penis" have to have that long "e" in it. That's what ruins it. "My peeenis". Yack!

"Gonorrhea" I'm pleased that I don't know a whole lot about it, but it sounds like it would have a lot mucilage and sebum. I can't imagine a pretty girl with "gonorrhea".

[Elidor]

21. Hemicorporectomy

I hate it that I know what it means.

[sammythecat]

23. Whatever form your association is, I'm very sorry.

That's certainly a word one wouldn't want to become very familiar with.

[Elidor]

25. Oh, I haven't had one, and I've only known one person who has

A former Navy chief who was gravely wounded in Vietnam. I hate it that I haven't kept up with him (I moved far away years ago.) He was a good shit, but his life was hard and lonely. I always wanted to take him fishing, but I was working 7 days a week back then, and couldn't take the time to do so. God bless all Navy chiefs. They're real people.

[sammythecat]

28. I'm glad to hear it's not you,

but it had to be someone, and it sounds like someone who was in their prime. I really doubt very much I'd be able to handle something like that. I'm not religious, but God bless him.

[BlueIris]

32. I'm sorry.

But...thanks for teaching me a new word. I think.

[sammythecat]

22. That's funny that you don't like "vermilion"

I actually kind of like the sound of that word.

[Capn Sunshine]

24. President. George. W. Bush.

I still get a sick feeling when I hear that. Probably always will.

[hotforteacher]

26. Pantyhose and Wound (wooooond)

[u4ic]

27. Snow

:argh:

[last_texas_dem]

30. Peeve, Peeved

There are also a couple of slang terms for the female genitalia that I can't stand to hear (one of them is also a word for a cat.) Not even going to type them; they just bug me.

[Aristus]

31. Literally.

Just once, I wish people would say "figuratively" instead.

[BlueIris]

33. Pimento. (Blech.) It just has a yucky sound.

And I can't stand the way the food item looks or smells. Again—blech.

I'm also not a fan of the words "loam," "caul," "sow," "mulch" or "gown." Heavy words, with low sounds that lack music or panache.

[Recovered Repug]

34. Refering to any "scandal" (real or imagined)

as "scandal"gate. Does anyone know what scandals were called before Watergate came along?

[av8rdave]

35. "Metrics," "synergy," "efficiencies," "right - sizing."

All terrifying words in my business.

[deucemagnet]

36. Is anyone else reminded of this sketch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg

Gorn.

[BeachBaby]

37. "Irregardless". I know it's not really a word....

but way too many people seem to think it is.

Also, the N word - it grates on my last nerve.

Two particular words of the female genitalia - one starts with T, the other with C, and both end in T. Disgusting to me.

[BarenakedLady]

38. Irregardless is mine too.

[Imthemoon]

39. Gusset

I hate the word gusset- it can't be said without sounding like some kind of British slightly pervy schoolteacher.

Oh and moist. Unless the 'm' word is connected with cake, then it's good.

[Rabrrrrrr]

40. Words used by people who are fucking lazy language-disregarding assholes

Like "u", "k", "tanks", "tx", "b4", "sum1", and so forth.

Assholes.

[Miss Carly]

41. pecans when pronouned peee-caaan

pee-kahns is my way

also, when a man calls his wife "the wife" or "the little woman" instead of using her name
Carly

[EstimatedProphet]

42. Kitteh

[Sheets of Easter]

49. Anyone over the age of 30 that uses that word deserves a hot poker in the wee-wee hole.

[WinkyDink]

44. "Folks". "Clicks" for "kilometers". "Ups" for "U. P. S." "St. PaDDy". "Pro-active".

"Expensed".

Don't get me started.

[last_texas_dem]

54. Oh yeah, I don't care for "St. Paddy", either...

Also, your "proactive" made me think of another term I can't stand: "self-starter." Mainly 'cause the term is so much bullshit that it's essentially meaningless, but 95-percent of advertisements for jobs ask for these fabled "self-starter" types! I have a feeling that the vast majority of these positions aren't actually being filled by these mythical self-starting creatures...

[quiet.american]

45. I don't like the word "boss."

As in, "... so, what's your boss up to tomorrow. Can they do a meeting?" or "... I saw your boss yesterday and they asked me to give you this." or, "Tell your boss I said hello."

HATE IT. That's why I'm so happy to finally be my own "boss."

[ashling]

47. Fuck

I detest the constant use of that word and other variations. Other than an occasional WTF,

Apparently I am in a minority here, so please excuse my impertinence.
:rofl:

[Silver Swan]

48. Snuck

I hate to hear someone say "snuck." Unfortunately, it has become acceptable, even though my old dictionary calls it nonstandard.

"Sneaked" is perfectly correct, and sounds so much better. I cheer when I hear someone use sneaked instead of snuck.

"Snuck" sounds like some slimy body fluid.

(If this complaint sounds familar, you have probably read my sounding off on this topic before..)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

50. Its not really a word at all .. . . .

but when I hear someone say *puter* instead of computer - it just sets my teeth on edge.

[abq e streeter]

51. Bush, Dick, Rice, Newt, Rush...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

52. Veggie

For god's sake, say "vegetable."

Or be one.

[Kitty Herder]

53. Team-player

Maybe because I'm just inherently not one.