# I Hate the Word "Veggies" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 2, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986 "2011-04-02T23:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/1 "2011-04-02T23:42:20Z")
It’s fucking baby talk, and I suspect it’s used by people who can’t pronounce the word “vegetables”. All the people who can’t pronounce nuclear might as well get on board with nukie while they’re at it. “Veggies” pegs you as childish, ignorant, or both in my book. There’s even a [facebook](http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101992789857057&v=wall&viewas=0) group I could join if only I didn’t hate facebook as well. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/2 "2011-04-02T23:44:06Z")
This made me laugh. I dislike the word, too. And refuse to use it. Something about it just grates on me. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/3 "2011-04-02T23:54:52Z")
I hate the word vegetables. It’s so arrogant and smug sitting there with its extra e. FUCK YOU VEGETABLES veggies knows its place. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/4 "2011-04-02T23:54:54Z")
I agree. It’s one of those words that no self-respecting adult should ever use. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/5 "2011-04-02T23:55:55Z")
Even worse is the British “veg.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/6 "2011-04-02T23:57:55Z")
I hate ‘’'veggies", but not as much as I hate “yummy”. Especially in the phrase, seemingly used by full-grown women, “Soooo Yummy!” Makes me want to fwoh up. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/7 "2011-04-02T23:59:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I hate ‘’'veggies", but not as much as I hate “yummy”. Especially in the phrase, seemingly used by full-grown women, “Soooo Yummy!” Makes me want to fwoh up. Okay if you’re a girl. Definitely not okay if you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/8 "2011-04-03T00:05:27Z")
I hate the word problematic. It used to be cool, then everyone started using it all the time and ran it into the ground. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/9 "2011-04-03T00:29:36Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > I hate the word problematic. It used to be cool, then everyone started using it all the time and ran it into the ground. At least it’s a grownup word. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/10 "2011-04-03T00:45:33Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > At least it’s a grownup word. That’s negated by it being a hipster wannabe word. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/11 "2011-04-03T00:46:59Z")
You need to relax. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/12 "2011-04-03T01:11:05Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I hate the word vegetables. It’s so arrogant and smug sitting there with its extra e. FUCK YOU VEGETABLES > > veggies knows its place. I hate the word vegetables too. I know how to pronounce it, I know how to spell it, I just hate it. It’s way too long for such a commonplace word. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/13 "2011-04-03T01:12:19Z")
Wgasa ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/14 "2011-04-03T01:14:17Z")
I don’t actually hate the word vegetables. But if I were to hate a word, I think vegetables is a better candidate than veggies. Saying you hate the word veggies is like saying you hate fun. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/15 "2011-04-03T01:18:21Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Even worse is the British “veg.” I agree. However, I am huge fan of the “vag”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/16 "2011-04-03T01:18:31Z")
What’s your position on “sammies” or “samwiches?” ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/17 "2011-04-03T01:20:08Z")
I’m going to guess they dislike those words as well. (which will just be more evidence for my hates fun theory) ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/18 "2011-04-03T01:22:25Z")
I don’t so terribly mind the word “veggies”, although I don’t hear it much and it feels weird to say, so I must not use it often. I’d probably be be very mildly amused to hear someone use it seriously in an otherwise adult conversation. Buuuut … don’t get me started on “hubby”. It makes my ears bleed; it makes me want to grab the hair on the back of my head and slam my face into the wall until I lose consciousness. “Hubby” is a terrible, terrible word, straight from the mouth of the Old Ones, driving me to a murderous sort of madness. Why? I don’t know; the word seems pretty innocuous. But I _hate it_. He is your HUSBAND. He is your SPOUSE. He is not your HUBBY. And don’t fucking call him “Hubby” as if that were his _name_, or … I’ll kick you in the shin. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/19 "2011-04-03T01:23:49Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > “Veggies” pegs you as childish, ignorant, or both in my book. Absolutely agreed. Ignorant is too soft a word… I mean, who would use it if they knew the root word? Apart from children, but you have that covered. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/20 "2011-04-03T01:28:13Z")
“Veggies” is fine. The ickiest word in the English language is actually “pubescent.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986.md?page=2)