Well, since the Pet Peeves post was such a hit, I’d like to ask for your participation in another discussion.
There are certain words that I hate so much that they actually elicit a physical response. For instance, take the word “phlegm.” Whenever I hear it, I instantly feel like I need to hork up a loogie. And who wants to feel like that?
You know what else I hate? Words with silent letters in them which serve absolutely no purpose except to trip you up on spelling tests. Like pneumonia. Or opossum. Or phlegm, for that matter. Who decided, when they were busy making the english language, that randomly throwing in silent letters was a good idea? WHO, I ask you.
You know what other word I hate? Moist.
But you know what word is the most fun to say EVER? Spackle. I defy you to find a more fun word to say than spackle.
Ewwww moist. I’m with you there. The “p” word for underwear I have trouble even typing let alone vocalizing. One of my favorite words: scrotum. I giggle every time.
Fun word - Rutabaga
Prevarication-it just sounds naughty
My favorite replacement swear word (and resturant name) Fuddruckers.
Most detested word I know is lice. Just the thought of the word makes me itch.
My favorite word is magistrate… I don’t know why exactly I just like it. A word that makes me so angry I want to hurl something hard at a the nearest anchor person is harassment because while normal people say it like it’s spelled (harass-ment) newspeople say it harris-ment and it drives me into a homicidal fit. GRRRRR!
Melissa - that’s a good one! I also hate ‘an istorical’ instead of ‘A historical’.
Up hear in New England, the mispronounciation of words is unbearable. People add and drop R’s everywhere. My biggest word peeve…IDEAR. As in, I have a great idear. Ugh!
I hate the word penis. Have you ever noticed that prison is a penile facility? I think of penises as people that are incarcerated.
My favorite word is giggle. It makes me want to giggle.
I have to admit…as foul as it is…smegma is simply perfect…and its antithesis has to be discharge…
Couch has always been one of my favorites. A close second to that is “merge”. I always wanted to name a dog that one.
Mockarena, are you gnashing your teeth because this has turned into “words I like” as opposed to “dumb words”? hehe
Well, despite my name, I really like to get along and bridge gaps and all that. Soooo…
A word I really, really like is “turpitude.” As in “moral turpitude.”
The word “dumb” is pretty dumb. I mean, it means mute AND it means stupid, but dumb-dumb doesn’t mean a mute who’s stupid. It has the silent letter in it, too.
My favorite word is oxymoron. That word makes me laugh and want call people that name even though that is not the definition. “Look at that oxymoron”! See how it rolls off the tongue. The words that drive me crazy are Rodeo and Rio. Down in the south we say Row-deo and Reo such as Rio Grande river. In the north and on the news that say Row dayo and Ryo. It drives me crazy.
“turpitude” - that’s a good one.
But come on, people! No affirmations of my love for the word “spackle?” Is it not the best word ever!??!
One word that I can’t stand (although I guess it isn’t even a real word) is “preggers” or “prego”. I don’t know why, but it drives me up the wall. It just sounds so stupid. Also, “prego” reminds me of spaghetti sauce…
I have to agree that “spackle” is a pretty awesome word. Although my father was doing some work on his house a few weeks ago, and I can guarantee you that he was not loving the spackle!
The word that sends me completely over the edge is irregardless. It isn’t a word, plus it means the opposite of what the speaker intends. The “ir” at the beginnng simply negates the word “regardless” so that the speaker is saying “not reagardless.” I also hate the word “glean” because it’s so often used by persons who want to appear intelligent.
I love the words “cuckold” (husband of a cheating wife) and “malapropism” (which also happens to be my very favorite literary device wherein a word that sounds like another word is used in its place, a la Archie Bunker who swears the Constipation of the United States guarantees his right to freeze speech).
“Spackle” is a fun word to say. Another fun word to say is “vulva”. You can say it way in the back of your throat and it sounds hilarious!
I love to try to get vulva in the back of my throat…great idea!!!
If you can accomplish that, you are truly gifted…
It’s always worth trying…as for giftedness…I believe more would say special…
You know what I hate? Per se. It’s ok by itself, but when tools misuse it, per se, and make it has a transition between their thoughts, per se, to explain, per se, what they want to convey, per se, to you.
My favorite is biscuit. It’s sounds a little naughty, and it’s lots of fun to say over and over. Biss-kit. Biss-kit. Biss-kit.
I especially like it used as slang for bottom. As in, “sittin’ on your biscuit”.
I found my favorite one this morning when my 6 yr old son was acting goofy to the point of me wanting to pull my hair out…so i blurted out “Quit acting like a buffoon!!” This left him and his 4 yr old brother rolling on the floor in laughter.. Now they are running around calling eachother “buffoom”…
Commingling
Cadiddle
Scooba
Those are my top 3 favorite words to say, granted cadiddle is my co-workers fathers made-up language word for “cat.” Yes you read that right… It’s still fun to say.