# freaky words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369 "2000-03-03T00:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/21 "2000-03-03T22:13:00Z")
I worked on an acd customer service line and this is what I would hear: “Hold while I notate your account.” “Notate is not a word,” I would explain patiently to my Reps. “Your account has been notated.” They would persist. “This is a notation,” I would say pointing at the screen, “it has been noted. What special thing did you do to it to make it notated?” “Would you like for me to notate that on your account?” They’d whisper it so I wouldn’t hear. Notate, notated. Hate it. It’s not really a word, but it will be soon- you watch. * * * Teacher, my red crayon tastes funny – Ralph Wiggum ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/22 "2000-03-03T22:28:00Z")
I’ve always hated the word puberty. Ick. I just hate the way it sounds. . . ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/23 "2000-03-03T22:41:00Z")
I don’t know why, but anytime anyone says the word “fancy” (as an adjective), I go apeshit. I HATE it. Fancy that. (it’s ok to use it as a verb.) ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/24 "2000-03-03T22:54:00Z")
the words ‘panty’ ‘slacks’ and ‘top’ (referring to a shirt) irk me too… and to answer ike’s question: underwear. * * * “If anybody wants a sheep, that is proof that he exists.” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/25 "2000-03-03T23:25:00Z")
The thing that I love the most about this board is the everday affirmation that i am not, in fact, crazy. Or if I am, so are many others. Yay! In grade nine my friend Craig and I made up a list of words that we just hated. Don’t remember how or why it started, but they were all noted (notated?) on the back of his binder. Many words mentionned here made the cut - panties, slacks, moist, etc. Let me share just a few: basic, noodle, poodle, doodle, any word that ends in “ab”. For example: flab, crab, scab, drab (gross, eh?) wallet (his pick, I have no issue with it). ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/26 "2000-03-03T23:35:00Z")
The word “cunt” should be removed from the language. I despise the word “shit.” In fact, it bothers me a lot to type the damn things. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/27 "2000-03-04T01:33:00Z")
moist loaf panties diary thong ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/28 "2000-03-04T01:45:00Z")
Wow. Okay, so my sister must not be so weird. I didn’t even think of some of the words you guys use. Now that I think of it, I hate the word “cunt.” This is sort of off-topic, but what I hate are certain phrases: “Very unique”–It’s either unique, or it isn’t! There are no degrees of “uniqueness”! My husband loves to make me cringe with that one. “Total annihilation(sp?)”–Annihilation is always total! That phrase is redundant. BTW, “notate” isn’t a word? Really? I did not know that. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/29 "2000-03-04T02:21:00Z")
I just remembered another word I hate–“grand.” As in “That’s a grand idea!” It’s so pretentious. I think Holden Caulfield hates it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/30 "2000-03-04T02:31:00Z")
Ow, now I can’t swallow either. “Peristalsis”. I think there’s universal revulsion, even among males, at “cunt”. But why do I despise “meringue”? ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/31 "2000-03-04T02:36:00Z")
yeah, I don’t like the ‘C’ word either. I try to refrain from using it. But, when used at just the right time and near the right people, it can realllly piss off someone you hate. I love that. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/32 "2000-03-04T02:54:00Z")
“Cunt” I can live with, but I’ve never liked the word **twat**. For whatever reason, it was my college girlfriend’s preferred term. And “jizz” doesn’t bother me, but **jizz-bucket** , when describing a person, is just _too_ indelicate. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/33 "2000-03-04T04:04:00Z")
Transgressive. Hermeneutics. Patriarchal. Queering. Greening. Discourse. Carnivalesque. Signifier. (Why yes, I _am_ a grad student. How’d you guess?) * * * “And thanks agin fur the plague, Porpentine.” – mr. john ---
**Author:** ![Brewpub\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Brewpub\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brewpub_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/34 "2000-03-04T04:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > …moist… Jeez, _moist_ is among my top three faves! (My lips are sealed about the other two.) As for words that give me the heebie-jeebies… **barium enema**. (I think we can all agree - the less said about that, the better…) * * * Lacey _“Casey got hit with a bucket o’ \*\*\*\* and the baaannnnddd plaaayyed onnnnnnn…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/35 "2000-03-04T04:51:00Z")
Brainstorm and troubleshoot drive me up a wall, especially when my boss uses them, especially at 5pm when I’m desperately trying to put my coat on and go home. My grandmother used to have fits if anyone said “piss.” So we said it a lot. On a related note, more lovely woody words: snack, smock, yak (not a typo, I mean the animal!)and tintinnabulation. * * * Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa… ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/36 "2000-03-05T06:25:00Z")
Whenever I start a new job, some schmuck (a fav word) tells me I need to get “orientated”. Guess we’re ordering Chinese for lunch? * * * I’m not a fallen angel, I’m a risen demon. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/37 "2000-03-04T19:08:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I think there’s universal revulsion, even among males, at “cunt”. Bzzzzzt! I’m female, and I actually like that word. I wouldn’t use it to describe that particular part of my anatomy, but sometimes, when dealing with a particularly God-awful female, “bitch” doesn’t quite cut it. It’s really too bad that there isn’t a comparable word to use for men. To me, “asshole,” “jackass,” “dickhead,” “prick,” and the like pretty much all have the same connotation. We need a word to describe a man whose sheer pomposity, blowhardedness and slimy attitude transcend the aforementioned words. “Masterson,” perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![chocolate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/38 "2000-03-04T20:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Shayna: > \*\*I don’t think there are any words that freak me out, but my little sister (Banana, not chocolate) has a few - moist, panties and slacks. You can imagine the fun ways I’ve found to torment her. ::evil grin:: > > \*\* And we can’t forget CROTCH! “I’m feeling moist panties in the crotch of my slacks” Now that ought to get her going!!! Bwaaahahahahahha\Personally I Despise the word phlegm… okay i just despise phlegm, period!! and what a stupid word “purse” is… say that over a few times and hear how ridiculous that word actually is! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/39 "2000-03-05T06:48:00Z")
I have to agree with most of the list–meal, moist, loaf, slacks, and fancy are all horrible words. I think leotard is also really bad. In fact, leotard was the first word I ever really hated. The worst word in the English language, though, has got to be crepitus. Crepitus is the sound that broken and splintered bones make when they rub together. Just say it–crepitus, crepitus, crepitus…Yaaaargh! With regard to the developing controversy over the word panties–“panties” does not bother me nearly so much as “panty.” Like, when they say “Introducing the new Angel Panty from Victoria’s Secret.” Panties should not be said in the singular. It is just seems morally and ethically wrong. I think it should be illegal to say panty. I think I should be arrested for writing it… With regard to the much-maligned word cunt–I was fortunate enough to see Eve Ensler’s wonderful one-woman show “The Vagina Monologues.” After seeing that show, you will never have a problem with the words vagina, cunt, twat, pussy, slit, box, or cootie-snorcher. By the way, Rosebud, I couldn’t agree more–tintinnabulation is a fabulous word. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369/40 "2000-03-05T14:58:00Z")
“ascertain” One of the few $1.95 police words I’ve grown to hate either on reports or in conversation. I don’t “ascertain the situation”, I “find out what’s going on”. * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-words/14369.md?page=3)