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Horrible-Sounding Words

Wasn't it decided that the word was factitious? In that case it would be antidisestablishmentarianism, right?
 
The longest word in the English language is the name of some chemical. :/

Um. Count me among those who dislike "cunt". Also "cock" and, well, really most English words for either sex's genitalia. They're just... ugh. All of them.

The names of fruits actually do this for me too. Like "apple". I absolutely cannot stand that word. And "banana". Ugh.
 
Spaekle Oddberry said:
The chemical name for titin. Has like over 100,000 letters. Although there's some debate about that being the longest too because it's a technical word and it's not in the dictionary.
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Imagine getting that on a spelling bee. xD

Butterfree said:
Um. Count me among those who dislike "cunt". Also "cock" and, well, really most English words for either sex's genitalia. They're just... ugh. All of them.
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This, and a lot of the more severe swear words. They're words that I really don't care to say out loud or write.

When I was in second grade (or around there), everyone read a book aloud to the class or something. I was going to read one about Balto, and I don't remember the exact sentence, but it was something along the lines of, "All of the dogs panicked except Balto." And for some reason that is very strange to me now, I did not want to say "panicked". It was one of those words that I wouldn't really say but would moreso whisper.
 
I hate saying any words that are typically used for little kids, e.g. "boo-boo," "owie," "potty," etc. Is it really so hard to teach your kid to say "cut" or "scrape" or "toilet" by the time they're five? They'll come out severely mangled, but kids do that with every word they're taught. And somehow the mothers miraculously understand it all.

I also hate saying cuss words out loud but have no problem with typing them.
 
It's like most of you just don't like the words because of their meaning :P

I've got one, anyway: hetero, as in heterosexual. Honestly, it sounds so ugly x(
 
Talk. Tork? Eww.

Most of mine though come and go i.e I'm reading/writing a word and I suddenly think "Eugh, ____" But I can't remember any others.
 
shadow_lugia said:
I hate saying any words that are typically used for little kids, e.g. "boo-boo," "owie," "potty," etc. Is it really so hard to teach your kid to say "cut" or "scrape" or "toilet" by the time they're five? They'll come out severely mangled, but kids do that with every word they're taught. And somehow the mothers miraculously understand it all.
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I laughed when I read that. I for one, love those words. (Oh, you know 'owie' is amazing!) I even use them in real life sometimes. =D

I don't like swear replacement words. 'Dang', 'darn', 'effing', 'farking', et cetera. The only one I like is 'crap' for some reason, which I use a lot. It really gets on my nerves when people use the phrase 'gosh darn'.

It also annoys me when people use chat speak in real life. Even on the Internet I'm not too fond of it, but in real life? Why? Why must you 'LOL' instead of laugh? Why can't you be right back instead of 'BRB'? Honestly, why do you use abbreviations 'IRL'?

Rant over, you can all move on with your lives now. :sweatdrop:
 
Recently, I think of a word that is really unfamiliar yet I use it all the time. A recent example is HAMPER. IT doesn't happen often, but when it does, I never feel the same about the word.
 
Alxprit said:
Recently, I think of a word that is really unfamiliar yet I use it all the time. A recent example is HAMPER. IT doesn't happen often, but when it does, I never feel the same about the word.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about hamper. Wow, the object is handy, but the word is awful. xD

On a related note, the word 'laundry' also bugs me.
 
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