# Is anyone else annoyed by the word "veggies"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796 "2023-03-06T18:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/1 "2023-03-06T18:44:49Z")
Seems like something you would use to try to make young children eat things they don’t really like. They are vegetables. Let’s call them by the proper name. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/2 "2023-03-06T18:46:41Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > They are vegetables. Let’s call them by the proper name. A lot of things bother me. Calling vegetables “veggies” is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/3 "2023-03-06T18:48:00Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > They are vegetables. Let’s call them by the proper name And sound like an Austrian school teacher? I don’t think so: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cjOZmjntpqQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Greg Davies "Vegetables" - Would I Lie to You?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjOZmjntpqQ) ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/4 "2023-03-06T18:48:21Z")
OK, perhaps slightly irritated would be a better term It just seems so ‘cutesy’. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/5 "2023-03-06T18:49:29Z")
No less annoyed than I am at the British for calling them “veg.” ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/6 "2023-03-06T18:53:33Z")
Veg seems to be a fairly neutral and handy contraction. It’s the “…ies” that gets to me, it’s just so condescending, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/7 "2023-03-06T18:54:27Z")
I don’t like a lot of cutesy words that end in the “e” sound. Cutesy is one of them, along with “veggie”. My daughter subscribed to Seventeen magazine years ago. I thumbed through it and found phrases like, “Take a selfie with your bestie and post it to Insty!” I threw up. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/8 "2023-03-06T18:56:45Z")
“Veggies” is fine. But I once knew a girl from New Zealand who called sandwiches “sammies,” which was clearly unacceptable. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/9 "2023-03-06T18:58:20Z")
Touche (sic) about cutesy. At some point I need to record my version in BBC English of “Yo, Homies, I’m hanging with my homies in the hood”. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/10 "2023-03-06T19:01:37Z")
My mind immediately went to that clip when I saw the topic. Glad I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/11 "2023-03-06T19:02:25Z")
Sammies? No no! Sarnie is quite acceptable in British english, though. Pronounced sar-ny. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/12 "2023-03-06T19:03:37Z")
No. I mean, you do you and all, but if you’re looking for widespread support I fear you’re going to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/13 "2023-03-06T19:03:44Z")
Up here (British Columbia), appetizers are “appies,” and eggs Benedict is a “benny.” It could be worse, is what I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/14 "2023-03-06T19:04:58Z")
‘Veggies’ doesn’t bother me, but I find it really annoying when people who enjoy food describe themselves as ‘foodies’. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/15 "2023-03-06T19:05:37Z")
How is “veg” and “vegs” supposed to be pronounced, anyway? Hard G? Soft G? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/16 "2023-03-06T19:07:10Z")
In the U.K. - Veg rhymes with hedge Veggies rhymes with wedgies Vegs doesn’t correspond to anything spoken, so far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/17 "2023-03-06T19:12:10Z")
If it’s not too big a mouthful for Brian Wilson to fit it into a song, there’s no reason to shorten it. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/18 "2023-03-06T19:12:11Z")
Yes. “Veg” doesn’t bother me, but “veggies” irritates me, probably because of two local radio spots some years ago that used them, both with pretty annoying voiceovers. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/19 "2023-03-06T19:12:14Z")
I’m assuming the ‘g’ is soft? By the way, I hope nobody is taking this seriously; it’s just a bit of a joke after a rather stressful day 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/20 "2023-03-06T19:15:04Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Sammies? That’s one I really hate. I’m not sure why people think it’s cute to talk like a 4 year old. Same goes for adults calling things ‘yummy’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=2)