Words You Just Hate For No Good Reason
 

I don't like the word "consequently" because my eighth grade Humanities teacher used to use it all the time and talk about how much she loved it.

I used to date a girl who hated the word "nipple" (Don't ask), and now the word makes me think of her. Hers. No, her. ;)

I don't like the word "syrup" and I can't really tell you why except that I don't like the sound. The word "supper" makes me cringe, but only because it makes me think I'm dining in Little House.

I'm sure there are lots more. Feel free to add to this stupid list.

- Jake

Pus. That word just grosses me out. And I'm not sure if this counts, but when people are telling a story and they say "blah, blah, blah." Irritates the crap out of me. Not sure why.

That's all I can think of now. I'm sure there are more, though... :rolleyes:

Carol

Definitely. I'm surprised how many different ways there are to misspell this word. I'm not a native English speaker, but even I know!
"Definately" "defenitely" "Definitly" etc... aaargh.
Why is it so difficult to spell it correctly? :confused:

"Pus" the word is as gross as real pus. It's just disgusting and conjures a mental image that you do not want to have. And pus is associated with pain and infection. Yada yada yada... ;) :laugh: :sorry:

- Jake

In the immortal words of one Miss Stephanie Lynn Nicks...baaaaaby I don't wanna know ;)

My mother has a habit of saying, "alls" as in "alls you have to do is." Of course, when you tell her it's not actually a word, she refuses to hear of it. Evidently, "alls" has found its way into her lexicon and refuses to leave.

I suppose I'm irritated more by people using words improperly than in the words themselves :shrug:

Because kids don't get taught their Latin derivation anymore these days! They're missing out.

Aaahhhh, yes, brings me back to the good ol' days of nursing school when we all realized we could not use a certain adjective to describe an infected wound:

Pus-filled - yes
Engorged with pus - OK
Draining pus - yup

Wound is very pussy - :shocked: um, wait.......

Paula

PS - I hate THAT word to describe the female anatomy too, it's SO cheesey porno.

I don't like nipples or panties. Especially panties. It just sounds weird and dirty all at the same time.

I just wear underwear.

Maybe you's should get a new dictionary. :shrug: :D

On Murphy Brown there was an annoying character (The Inconceivable guy from Princess Bride & Dinner With Andre) who used to say "All's I know." It was a running joke.

- Jake

Just remember the word "finite"; that helped me when I was a kid.

- Jake

No joke, for a second I forgot we were talking about just the words. :] :laugh: :sorry:

- Jake

I think the rating of this thread just changed. :angel:

- Jake

I'mus notus missingus anythingus.

- Jake

Nipples doesn't bother me. Panties makes me cringe...it's like something a dirty old man would say (Jake uses it all the time i'm sure ;) )

LOL...I also hate the word panties...such a stupid word, IMO

I can't think of words I hate...what I hate more is the way people mispronounce words...it's becoming more and more common and it really ticks me off..

Examples: people who say "Aks (axe)" instead of "Ask"....Ex-scape instead of Escape...Supposably instead of supposedly....and my HUGE pet peeve is when people drop certain parts of words...like "Fou-en" instead of fountain..."MOU-EN" instead of Mountain...haha..I don't know if I explained that last one well...that one's hard without the benefit of actually hearing the examples...


So yeah...I can't think of words I don't like...it's mostly the way people say them...

I wasn't going to bring this up, but since Paula already went there... :laugh:

I had a female friend who hated the word "pussy."
And I'm not even talking in just the slang sense... she would flip if you said "pussycat," "pussy willow," etc.
Seriously, her daughter is growing up thinking "Puss 'N Boots" is called "Kitty 'N Boots."

Myself and another friend had some good laughs at her expense one night though, because she threw a fit over us discussing Bond movies, and mentioning "Octopussy."
So... we found a way to work that word into the title of EVERY Bond movie. :D :laugh:
Some were merely groaners, but others were hysterical. :D

Anyway... :laugh:
I'm with Deanna... I usually "hate" the way people pronounce words, rather than actual words themselves. But I'll admit that, in discussions about the members of Fleetwood Mac, I find myself hating the word "better."

I was the same way, until my daughter was told by her babysitter that girls wear panties; boys wear underwear. So that has been what we call them ever since, but I still prefer underwear.

It bothers me, too, when people butcher words and use things like uh-huh, huh-uh, gonna, wanna. They mainly bother me at work when a witness uses them, because with some of them I have to pause and think how to write it, because it's just not natural for me.
A couple words that came up this week: feets, foots, ranned. :shrug:

Carol

That reminds me of the movie Serial Mom with Kathleen Turner, Ricki Lake and Sam Waterson. One of the women Kathleen wanted to murder HATED the word so she prank called her and would say it to her. Everytime I hear, "pussywillow," I think of Kathleen Turner in the movie :laugh:

:laugh:

I've never seen it, but I thought it looked funny from the commercials they used to run (when it was in theatres).
I'm definitely going to have to seek it out now! :laugh:

Words that drive me nuts...One tops the list : Polenta. I hate this word not only because is does not fit the item it describes, but also because it sounds so much like PLACENTA. There is also a city in So Cal called Placentia, which reminds me of both Placenta and Polenta, which makes it almost worse than the other two combined.
Polenta, Placenta, Placentia :eek:

I still can't believe Kathleen and Sam were in it. It does have hysterical moments for sure but it's completely twisted and totally sick and raunchy. I've seen it several times :laugh:

Feet.
Cheese.
Pubic.
Calumny.
Feta.
Fungus.
Curds.
Yogurt.
Sour.
Foreplay.
Brown.
Oedipus.
Piss.
Shag.
Placenta.
Uterus.
Urethra.

That's it. :wavey:

Right. Urethra and pubic....two good choices there Dissention!

Since I work in public radio I always have to be careful in cover letter etc...because SO many times we've gotten things that identify us as pubic radio :rolleyes:

I don't like the words "zap" and "treat".

Don't ask... I just hate them. :nod:

LOL....I hate the word panties. :lol:
****. :sorry:

Hate the word...
 

cancer...Need I say more???

Amen!
 

Hence the thong. :shrug:

- Jake

I'm a real tyrant for correct speech in my classroom.
BTW, "supposably" reminded me of that Friends episode.

- Jake

:lol:

- Jake

What's wrong with that? As the song goes, "I shoulda turned around and ranned." :rolleyes:

- Jake

I remember that line, in that slow and deep Kathleen Turner voice.

- Jake

I saw that coming from a mile away.

I hate thongs. In fact, the word is annoying...especially when Jake says it allll the time :D

To be honest, I don't remember many laughs after the first thirty minutes.

- Jake

Oh yeah, placenta and plasma make the list. So does apesiotome, and if I spelled it wrong, I don't care. I don't want to know any more about that word than what I've already heard. :eek:

- Jake

I remember the part where she rips the liver out. Yuck.

- Jake

I don't mind this one. :cool:

- Jake

You reminded me of the time in eighth grade science where I raised my hand with a answer to be called on by the hot teacher that everybody had a crush on. She called on somebody else, thank goodness, because I realized when he used the word "organism" in the answer that I was about to say "orgasm" by mistake in front of the class.(Back then, this would make a student blush.)

- Jake

I don't like Zap because of that dumbass Scott Baio Willie Aames movie Zapped. I don't like the words "treats" or "sweets".

- Jake

Wow. You went there. :shocked:

- Jake