# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/141 "2011-04-07T07:42:44Z")
> [@Carmady](#): > > “Underwear” is not specific enough, because it could include the bra. And/or a garter belt, a chemise, a girdle, a teddy, a merry widow, pantyhose, a petticoat, a slip… I like the old term “smallclothes” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/142 "2011-04-07T16:21:54Z")
> [@Carmady](#): > > Which reminds me, I really hate the word “undies” applied to teens or older. > > Which sounds right: > > Bra and panties. > > Bra and undies. The reason I hate “panties” but not “undies” is that the former sounds patronizing to me. It sounds like another way that women get infantilized. It’s impossible to say the word “panties” without sounding juvenile. “Undies” is just a short way to say “underwear.” It’s not like I feel particularly strongly about this or want to make it a crusade or anything. 😃 It’s just my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/143 "2011-04-07T16:26:13Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > The reason I hate “panties” but not “undies” is that the former sounds patronizing to me. It sounds like another way that women get infantilized. It’s impossible to say the word “panties” without sounding juvenile. Massive ditto. I’ve always had a vague dislike for the word “panties,” and this does a very good job of putting words to why. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/144 "2011-04-07T16:41:43Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > Agree. Also “nappy” and “sweetie” and any other British baby talk. “Nappy” isn’t baby talk. It’s the word commonly used to describe a diaper in English English. It’s a contraction, but one prevalent enough that most people don’t even know that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/145 "2011-04-07T17:03:18Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Massive ditto. I’ve always had a vague dislike for the word “panties,” and this does a very good job of putting words to why. All right, all right, y’all have convinced me. I’ll call 'em cootercoats from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/146 "2011-04-08T02:12:29Z")
“Veggies” never bothered me. “Hubby” makes me think of AOL Chat Room banter. What’s funny (to me, anyway) is I used to work with an Indian guy. As many of you know (India) Indians frequently make a ‘w’ sound in place of the ‘V’ sound. This is especially ironic since most Indian people I know are vegetarians. I’d bust out laughing every time he said “I want the weggie platter” when we went out to eat. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/147 "2011-04-08T03:44:38Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Massive ditto. I’ve always had a vague dislike for the word “panties,” and this does a very good job of putting words to why. It also has a slighty… pervy connotation, IMO. Like a guy buying used PANTIES on eBay to furtively sniff. Uegheghghghghhhh. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/148 "2011-04-08T03:57:16Z")
> [@glilly](#): > > “Meds” as a shortened form of “medications” irks me. I find if I take my meds, meds doesn’t bother me as much. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/149 "2011-04-08T06:34:39Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I hope y’all always pronounce both "r"s in February. ☹ I do…ish. It sounds like “febrahrie” I agree on cankles, preggers, hubby…oh, and binkie! WTF! Let’s sit our kids in front of Elmo (derails cognitive development if you ask me) and then say, “Oh did you wooze your binkie?” ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/150 "2011-04-08T06:35:43Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > It also has a slighty… pervy connotation, IMO. Like a guy buying used PANTIES on eBay to furtively sniff. Uegheghghghghhhh. Totally. Hate. Panties. Though there was a short time in college I wondered if I could run a panty gig to pay off my tuition. Just a moment, though. It passed. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/151 "2011-04-08T16:38:59Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > The reason I hate “panties” but not “undies” is that the former sounds patronizing to me. It sounds like another way that women get infantilized. It’s impossible to say the word “panties” without sounding juvenile. “Undies” is just a short way to say “underwear.” I don’t see much difference, but why is that the only word for the female one (besides “women’s underwear”)? After all, we have all too many words for men’s underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/152 "2011-04-08T17:46:15Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > As many of you know (India) Indians frequently make a ‘w’ sound in place of the ‘V’ sound. This is especially ironic since most Indian people I know are vegetarians. No, that’s ironick, with a k, which is defined as being “the sort of ‘irony’ seen by people who learned their definition of the term from an Alanis Morisette song.” ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/153 "2011-04-08T18:13:41Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > All right, all right, y’all have convinced me. > > I’ll call 'em cootercoats from now on. Oh I just roflcoptered. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/154 "2011-04-08T18:17:10Z")
“Cootercoat” just sounds like a merkin. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/155 "2011-04-08T18:19:42Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > “Cootercoat” just sounds like a merkin. Oh dammit that’ll teach me to go look at Wikipedia when there’s coworkers talking behind me ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/156 "2011-04-08T18:24:09Z")
I hope you at least hummed the “The More You Know” theme as they stood around in shocked silence. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/157 "2011-04-08T19:31:11Z")
Merkin sounds like jerkin which sounds like jerking off. Somehow jerking off seems a little more pervy than masturbating. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/158 "2011-04-08T21:55:18Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I don’t see much difference, but why is that the only word for the female one (besides “women’s underwear”)? After all, we have all too many words for men’s underwear. Eh? There’s panties and briefs and bikinis and thongs. And tap pants and pettipants. And a bunch more I’m spacing on. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/159 "2011-04-08T22:07:52Z")
G-strings, v-strings, tangas, boyshorts, minikinis\*, Brazilian-cut, hipsters… \*I may have made that one up. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-word-veggies/576986/160 "2011-04-09T00:07:34Z")
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