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What word do you really hate?

Asked by downtide (23815points) September 10th, 2010

I’m not talking about the meaning of the word at all, just entirely based on the way it sounds.

Inspired by this one about your favourite word:
http://www.fluther.com/96792/what-is-your-favorite-word/

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downtide's avatar

Mine is “spelunking”.

harple's avatar

Diarise – it sure doesn’t sound as nice as putting a date in one’s diary

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

“Addicting.”

erichw1504's avatar

Also… kitschy and bric-a-brac.

picante's avatar

decapitate (and all derivatives thereof)

Seek's avatar

“Victuals”

Because it makes no frakking sense to pronounce it ”vittles

I also hate “bologna” for the same reason. Is it “bow-low-nyah” or “baloney”?

Carafe. “Cuh-raff” or is it “care-uh-fay”?

Kielbasa. “Keel-ba-sah” Or “kabasey”?

downtide's avatar

@Seek_Kolinahr re bologna: I’ve always pronounced it “bol-onn-ya” (emphasis on the middle syllable).

omg_dung's avatar

* pak! *...I guess it’s not really a word, but it’s an onamonapia.

ucme's avatar

Glockenspiel

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

fag and faggot

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

Bitch, just by itself. son of a bitch it’s ok. I don’t know why.

erichw1504's avatar

C*nt, I think it’s worse to say than f*ck.

Frankie's avatar

I hate the word “pussy” when people use it in normal conversation.

Strangely, though, I love it when guys say it in bed.

ucme's avatar

Holocaust/Genocide.

Trillian's avatar

I think that “taskers” and “waspers” both equally make my ass twitch. Also “pot pie” for some reason.

zen_'s avatar

Only pussies hate spelunking. I love going down caves. Just saying.

Mine will be (for this week, or until this question is resurrected again, whichever comes first):

ubiquitous

Man, that word is fucking everywhere.

harple's avatar

@zen_ my sister only discovered that word a few years ago, and she read it out to me, only she pronounced it you-be-quish-iuos… I now love the word and can’t see it without thinking of her; bless.

zen_'s avatar

You be quiet now.

;-)

harple's avatar

:-( sorry

CMaz's avatar

Bitches!

I mean I hate bitches.

Plucky's avatar

Fag, faggot, and cunt are big ones on my list. And pretty much any racial insult.

And I just realised I didn’t read the question under the title of the uh question…about just the sound of the word (not the meaning).

I don’t like the word Hawaii because I can’t pronounce it correctly…lol.

CMaz's avatar

“and cunt”

Now that’s just dirty talk. ;-)

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

I was thinking about what frankie said. A lot of words I dislike still sound exciting coming from a girl in bed.

CMaz's avatar

And that’s the way I like it!

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

A book that I am reading said something in a recent chapter about the “N word” being the most hated word in the English language.

CMaz's avatar

Nuts?
Nipples?
Neepads?

Plucky's avatar

@TheOnlyNeffie ...By “N word” you must mean “Neuter” ...

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

lol “neepads”

erichw1504's avatar

@PluckyDog No, I think @TheOnlyNeffie means “Noggin”.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

The US version of aluminum. Not only does it get misspelled every time I type it, but I cannot pronounce it unless going into slow-motion. The UK version is much much easier to pronounce, but will take some time getting used to without giggling.

Trillian's avatar

@ChazMaz You forgot “Ni”!

CMaz's avatar

Ah right…

Nipads.

harple's avatar

@Pied_Pfeffer Aluminium – see, easy! oops, I’m not meant to be talking anymore, sorry @zen_ ;-)

whatthefluther's avatar

conversate : if you are making a slang from a word, why add a syllable?

See ya…...Gary/wtf

mamalis's avatar

no no. IR-regardless.

mamalis's avatar

Oh.Oh.>> “Disorientated.” “Exscape.” “Supposably”

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

@Pied_Pfeffer The first time I heard it pronounced in the UK way was in 9th grade science class and we couldn’t figure out what the the hell they guy was talking about. I prefer the UK pronounciation, as well.

There are certain words that drive me nuts when people emphasize different parts of the word. EYE-talian instead of ITalian and Nucular instead of Nuclear.

filmfann's avatar

Conscience. Hard to spell, hard to say.

Deja_vu's avatar

I hate the word plooker.

zen_'s avatar

@harple I hope you realize it was just a play on the word ubiquitous, right?

Trillian's avatar

“Lump” is also a stupid word.

harple's avatar

@zen_ ha ha, yes I did! Ooh, sorry, I mean: yes, I did!

anartist's avatar

@zen_ what caves are in Israel? Tons here in US in WV and VA and elsewhere.
Hated word “appropriate”

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