OT: Words that disturb you

Boof

Maya's dislike of the word "panties" just tickles me and got me thinking. I use that word constantly, and it doesn't bother me in the least. However, there are plenty of other words that make my skin crawl. My top two are:

1. Snack
2. Scrimmage

I have no idea why these words bother me...like nails on a chalkboard.

What words make your skin crawl?

Edit: No disrespect to Maya. I just love her sense of humor.

15 years ago

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Angie

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Fun thread!

I snack all the time and voice that "I need a snack" often! Oh no, Meredith. I'd hurt your ears if we met.

I am intolerant of all swear words as I do not swear. I also take a dislike to these words:

1. Sexy
2. Real women
3. Fart
4. Trash

15 years ago

Maya

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Oh boy have you opened a can of worms...

Sexy, succulent, and panties as I mentioned.

Also:

Orifice, putrid, nostril, crotch, droop, slacks, ointment, crusty, goiter

I have given this lots of thought, having seen many episodes of Inside The Actor's Studio.

15 years ago

Maya

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Oh, can't forget the word CLOT. Disgusting. I love clotted cream but for the longest time was convinced it was revolting and yes, putrid, because of the name.

15 years ago

Michelle

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I must admit to sharing Maya's dislike of the word panties.
One that drives me batty for some reason is the word tummy. It makes me feel like a whiny kindergarten kid and I hate it!
I also hate the word gullet for some reason.
I know I'll be back with more later.
P.S. Angie, it's a very good thing you don't work in my newsroom. Your swearing intolerance would be sorely tested.

15 years ago

Angie

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Maya! Why so much word intolerance? I think some of those words are fab - like droop, crotch and crusty.

The word that makes my skin crawl the most is when my full name is pronounced incorrectly. For some irrational reason I find it very insulting. I wish it weren't so but that's the truth. So I've laid down the law that you are NOT allowed to call me by my full name unless you can pronounce it properly in French or Dutch.

15 years ago

Jenava

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Angie, I feel your pain...Haha...I'm SURE I have some words to add here, but none come to mind ATM. GREAT thread, BTW.

15 years ago

Maya

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People butcher my name all the time. I guess I am used to it by now.

If you love those words, Angie, by all means enjoy your droopy crusty crotch

15 years ago

taylor

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these make my skin crawl...I can barley type them:

Ain't
Bugar
Nipple

kind of gagging here:(

15 years ago

Angie

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*chuckle*

Michelle, I'm sure I'd have an apoplexy in the first half an hour of visiting your newsroom. But you'd pronounce my full name properly which would appease my psyche.

What on earth is a Bugar, Taylor?

15 years ago

taylor

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I meant Booger!

I have never even whispered the word...Don't make me spell it again!!!:)

15 years ago

Angie

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Oh! That's hilarious. You all crack me up.

15 years ago

annagybe

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I actually like sexy because for most of my adult life I either studious avoided anything remotely sensual, figure revealing or just didn't do it right. Only now in my late 30's do I embrace my figure and realize that I'm relatively attractive.
But I always try and balance it out. If my skirt or bottom half is more revealing I tone it down on the other part.

15 years ago

agrace

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He he.

1. booger
2. pimple
3. poop
4. phlegm
5. saliva
6. toot
7. poo

I could go on but I'll stop there.

15 years ago

Angie

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Anna, I have nothing against the meaning of the word sexy and living up to it's meaning - I want you to feel sexy! I just don't like the sound of the word. I prefer the word "alluring" or "confident".

15 years ago

Anonymous

There are 2 word that are sometimes, or often, used to refer to the upper and lower private part of a woman.
Like Taylor, I find the words so revolting I don't want to type them. My husband is not allowed to say them either.

15 years ago

Sparky

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Oh boy. A lot of these words are common around me every day and part of my daily speech: booger, tummy, pee, poop, snack. Can you tell I am surrounded by little ones? I am pretty sure I used all of those today.

Here is just a snapshot from this afternoon:

"Mommy, my tummy really hurts me!"
"Where does it hurt? Do you feel like you are going to throw up?"
"No, but it really hurts. Can you carry me, Mommy?"
"Okay. Do you think you need to poop?"
"I don't know . . . oh, it hurts."
"Do you think your tummy hurts from that big snack of lemon slush? Is is a sharp pain?"
I don't know . . . yes, it's a sharp pain."
"Okay, let's head to the restaurant so you can sit down and let's try using the bathroom there so you can pee and maybe poop."

All this while striding down a VERY busy city street.

Swear words, on the other hand, make me cringe. Our languages are rich enough to express ourselves without them.

15 years ago

Boof

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Oh, I actually laughed out loud! I actually love to "snack." Ouch! As a mother, it's a word I must live with. Fester also gets to me, which goes right along with putrid, etc. Having kids also means that I hear all of those words associated with bodily functions on a pretty regular basis. They don't phase me.

Maya, I actually have Mulitnodular Thyroid Goiter!

Taylor, sometimes I call one of my girls "Sugar Booger!" I'm so sorry.

15 years ago

Maya

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Boof, I have thyroid issues too, so I'm surrounded by the word goiter whenever I go to the endo :p

15 years ago

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Finally! Another person who dislikes the word 'slacks'!

I think it just reminds me too much of the horrible polyester pants my mother sewed for me in the 70's!

15 years ago

taylor

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Well of course I am a Mom and a grandmother , so I had to edit these words to a cuter and more acceptible word for me to be able to tolerate:)
poopie
boogie
boobie...you get the idea

15 years ago

Frances

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Well, you've all pretty much rattled off my entire list already. Maybe this is why I couldn't bring myself to have children!

Angie, I agree with you completely on the word "sexy." It's become so overblown with this ridiculous XXX connotation and images of Victoria's Secret models strutting down a runway that it's stripped (no pun intended) the beauty and sacred aspects away from the act and the general quality of sensuality.

I vote that we dream up some better words for our undergarments. Maybe they'll sound better if some modern women name them.

Last but not least, I personally need to add to the list the words "hose" and "pantyhose," which make me cringe. And I know I'll be alone on this one, but the words "snake," "snakeskin," and any variation of the word "reptile." I have such a phobia about snakes that I cannot bear to look at images of snakes, nevermind snake print or snakeskin items in the fashion world. Even the words make me shudder!

15 years ago

Jenava

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How 'bout bulbous?

15 years ago

Maya

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I can't stand how the word "sexy" is used to sell everything from mobile phones to chipboard.

Browsing the Express website is an intense source of pain for me because everything--EVERYTHING--is sexy, sexy, sexy. Even these. They apparently find those shorts so sexy that they have to use the word 3 times.

15 years ago

Maya

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I actually enjoy the word bulbous. And globules! Words that sound like what they mean are the best...except when they are disgusting.

I'm going to stir some ill feelings here but I really loathe the word "breast." I wish that part of a woman's anatomy was given a nicer name. Something about the combination of "br" and "st" just grates my nerves.

15 years ago

Jenava

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