What common words do you dislike?

**cmoy** · 03-25-2011, 01:49 PM

Hi All...

I was just wondering if there are any words that make you "cringe".

Mine would be "Stupid", "Hate", and "Fat".

They were never really used a lot around me in my "young" years, so I have no idea why they bother me so much.

What would your disliked "words" be?

Thanks...

carol

**The Muse** · 03-25-2011, 01:51 PM

Retard and retarded.

**TigerGirl1226** · 03-25-2011, 01:56 PM

I can't think of any for myself, but I have a friend who hates the word "moist"...she hates saying it and thinking about it LOL

**FrabjousDay** · 03-25-2011, 02:16 PM

Boring or bored.

**itsahumanzoo** · 03-25-2011, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by TigerGirl1226

I can't think of any for myself, but I have a friend who hates the word "moist"...she hates saying it and thinking about it LOL

My husband hates that word too, haha.

For me, any word that is used in a derogatory fashion.

**Russ** · 03-25-2011, 02:30 PM

"Stupid" when used to describe a person. That bothers the heck out of me.

**imagine** · 03-25-2011, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by The Muse

Retard and retarded.

At my children's school that word is the "R" word.

They have been doing programs to remove the "R" word from their vocabulary. It has been moved over to the realm of cuss words.

**McD** · 03-25-2011, 02:56 PM

Fart and Butt. I think they are immature.

Fat, stupid, idiot.

**pollypurebred39** · 03-25-2011, 02:58 PM

Can't, the word can't sets my teeth on edge.

**imagine** · 03-25-2011, 03:23 PM

Silly I don't like the word silly

It has to many definitions

Definition of SILLY
1 archaic : helpless, weak
2 a : rustic, plain b obsolete : lowly in station : humble
3 a : weak in intellect : foolish b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment <a very silly mistake> c : trifling, frivolous
4: being stunned or dazed <scared silly> <knocked me

Although I love Silly Songs with Larry

**ktsmama** · 03-25-2011, 03:30 PM

The phrase "that sucks" makes me cringe.

**heartofmine** · 03-25-2011, 03:36 PM

A word that makes me cringe is "regurgitate". EWWWWW

I don't care for vulgar words of any kind or derogatory words that are mocking or making fun of others and that includes racial slurs.

**Judi Dial** · 03-25-2011, 03:41 PM

Crazy, as I think it's misued a lot, "solution" in computer stuff, I'm purely sick of it, and "user-friendly" which usually means that they've dumbed down the manual so that it tells you how to plug in a machine and set it up, and not a single piece of other, maybe needed, information.

Judi

**imagine** · 03-25-2011, 03:57 PM

Anxious

It has two definitions that seem almost opposites to me

anxious(p)
1) eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

2)causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

So when some one asked are you anxious? you have to ask what definition looking forward to or filled with worry/anxiety.

very confusing word.

**Nishu** · 03-25-2011, 04:00 PM

We don't really use stupid or hate around here. It's not really a policy, but usually those words are attached to either angry or whiney sentences. The word retarded doesn't make me cringe, but I don't say it because it bothers other people. (I'll admit I've slipped before though.)

There's a lot of things that people post on the internet that irritate me, one of them being "Wait for it... wait for it..." It doesn't even make any sense.