Your least favourite word in the English Language?

Heisenberg.

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Lurk

The Scientist wrote:

After getting into a heated (drunken) debate recently with my mates we discussed what word in the english language do you despise/fear/dislike.?
The current edition of the oxford Dictionary contains 171,476 words.
My 2 least favourite which i cant narrow down anymore are:
>Cancer
>Pregnant

Words are just tools, it depends on the context (for example, "Mr. X, I'm pleased to tell you that you don't have cancer and that's it's just indigestion" would be nice to hear).
But if it was in a negative context, I wouldn't like to hear the word "bankrupt."

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Adam

Serendipity.

MrJoeSoap

Potential

tabatha

end

jaggeh

word

mike65

Gorey. or "absolutely!!!!!!!!!"

Mike.

Karl Hungus

Least favourite words? Easily:

I
A

doubledown

Mucus

Zebra3

Nice.

Alter-Ego

Archaic and Cunning.

Vorsprung

Moist

Jamey

Mayonaisse

Rhyme

Scum, klaxon, bucket.

im_invisible

chillax/ chillaxing,

it just really fukin annoys me, whoever made it up should be shot

NoDayBut2Day

Lurk wrote:

Words are just tools, it depends on the context (for example, "Mr. X, I'm pleased to tell you that you don't have cancer and that's it's just indigestion" would be nice to hear).
But if it was in a negative context, I wouldn't like to hear the word "bankrupt."

I agree; words I dislike are only dis-liked because of the context.

Wishbone Ash

Undertake (when used instead of 'overtake on left')
Brunch
Garnish
Breast

WunderFull

steamy

the_syco

Moist.

Scrotum.

tc20

mike65 wrote:

Gorey. or "absolutely!!!!!!!!!"

Mike.

Mike, i think you will upset a lot of our brethren with your dislike of a certain Wexford town.

my own 2c- paean (cos i dont know how to pronounce it)
- narcissism
- phlegm

sonic juice

no

Nalz

mike

mike65

Sorry Gorey peeps! I just think of tailbacks!

Mike.

Geranium

I don't mean to be offensive or sweary, but c-u-n-t is my least favourite word. Just gives me a horrible mental image. And is pretty sexist. Though you could use other swears to argue against that.

Capt'n Midnight

Butterfly - like eh huh ? what's goin on wit dat, cow fat and a buzzing noise ! OMG !!!!!


It used to be wonderfully descriptive as flutterby

KnifeWRENCH

i hate the word "smell" it just sounds so horrible (imo) i try not to say it when i can,but its kinda hard...i also hate "smelly" and "smelt" and "smelting"

Pighead

Freeflow. Abolutely hate that fcuking word. It just never comes out of Pigheads mouth right.
Freefrow, Fleefrow, Fleeflow everything but bloody Freeflow. Stupid word.:mad:

biko

Why? when said like that. I prefer when people say "Why do you think that is?" or "Howcome?"
Maybe it's just my upbringing among the wolves.

Altheus

Freedom

mrmrbungle

overused and improperly used all the time.

Dunjohn

"Khaki". And especially "khakis."

deman

I hate when someone says that they "gave it 110%"

It's impossible. Tell the truth... you only gave it 100%.

threebeards

2 perfectly fine words, going and forward, but when they're used together.....I hate that phrase!!

Dunjohn

Wait, I also hate the word "budget." Nothing to do with the current economic situation, I've just always hated it phonetically. It just sounds really... dirty or something.

rua327

crinimal... can also be pronounced criminal.

Four-Percent

Dude.

postboy

going forward :mad:

postboy

Just joined, how do you follow more than one thread or even view another topic at the same time

looksee

You'll probably find it easier to read one topic at a time To change though, go to the very top bar on this site where it says Arts, Biz, Edu etc float your curser over one of them and select a different forum.

Parasite
Like - 'and then I like, said like, you know, I mean he was like...'

doolox

....such as "societal" instead of "social" which probably sounds too much like "socialist" for the God-fearing, communist hating Americans......

"Affordable" ?? whats wrong with "cheap"?

"Materialise"??? whats wrong with "happen".

Also, as mentioned before, "going forward" and other business buzz-words.

pickarooney

'Affordable' and 'cheap' are not synonyms. Cheap, while still relative, is less so than affordable which takes into account not only the cost of comparable items but also the disposable income of the prospective purchaser.

'Materialise' doesn't mean 'happen'. It's closer to 'appear' in meaning.

Bonavox

Persevere :mad:

Capt'n Midnight

sidewalk = footpath / path

too much political correctness, too many new words in an attempt to avoid offending anyone which is just a never ending chase

pickarooney

Sidewalk means pavement, specifically a pedestrian path beside a road. A footpath can go anywhere.

Too pedantic?

wonton

well basically, there are quite a few words that basically annoy me, but i've basically narrowed it down to basically a few that i basically can't stand listening to anymore.


1.basically

2.awesome

3.literally


okay it's not really the words but their constant usage that gets to me.

deman

Agree with you on Awesome. Really really hate it.

All because the meaning of the word Awful changed into the total opposite of what it had originally meant.

Sie

wonton wrote: »

well basically, there are quite a few words that basically annoy me, but i've basically narrowed it down to basically a few that i basically can't stand listening to anymore.


1.basically

2.awesome

3.literally


okay it's not really the words but their constant usage that gets to me.

Don't forget amazing

Dunjohn

It's not a single word, but I'm hearing the phrase "not one red cent" everywhere since the election (most recently used by Denis O'Brien) and I'm sick of it. Does anybody know what it means?

honeybadger11

wipe....

doomed

Inc. - (when used after "Ireland") We are a f**king country or a society but we are not Tesco.

rightsizing - used by people who are think "downsizing" has been rumbled. Has anyone ever used rightsizing to describe an increase in staff?