# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/81 "2023-03-07T13:22:06Z")
Fuzzy memory. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/82 "2023-03-07T14:33:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > My brother brought “za” home from the Navy back around 1995; it’s not something new. It never bugged me, but I don’t use it. Yeah, that’s about the era when I first was exposed to it. College, mid-90s, but it goes back to 1968 as “student slang” according to Etymonline.I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever heard anyone say it unironically, though. I don’t think it’s meant to be “cool”, just silly. But perhaps I’m being generous in my assessment of people who use it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/83 "2023-03-07T14:55:42Z")
I dislike both veggies & veg. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/84 "2023-03-07T15:04:47Z")
I find, “Eat your vegetables!”, to be just as annoying, but we all have our buttons. LOL ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/85 "2023-03-07T15:35:12Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > He (and USN) also had CLOP. Which is what za turns into tomorrow: Cold Left-over Pizza. CLOP makes an excellent breakfast. Never heard of CLOP but it’s the breakfast of bachelors. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/86 "2023-03-07T15:45:04Z")
You mean as words or to eat? I detest celery, for example. But that’s a segue into a different topic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/87 "2023-03-07T15:49:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Never heard of CLOP but it’s the breakfast of bachelors. Not sure about breakfast? More like an attack of the munchies in the small hours when the beer has started to wear off… ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/88 "2023-03-07T15:56:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Testies. Language, Timothy. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/89 "2023-03-07T16:16:43Z")
I was going to mention this song and ask if OP wanted us to call them “tables”. My son (the sweet summer child!) calls Brian Wilson’s pronunciation of Vegetables “the most tortured set of syllables ever”. Poor kid hasnt heard some really fun Bob Dulan lyrics oe Mountain Goats. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/90 "2023-03-07T16:31:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Probably off topic, but can we agree that anyone who says “easy peasy” may be beaten to a pulp, and that people who add “lemon squeezy” to it may be summarily executed? In the past year I’ve heard two objections to this. When someone describes something as “easy peasy lemon squeezy,” you may look shocked and say: 1. “No! Stressed, depressed, lemon zest!” or 2. “No! Difficult, difficult! Lemon difficult!” I’m not sure which response I prefer. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/91 "2023-03-07T16:34:06Z")
I also cringe at “veggies.” It sounds like talking to a toddler, or a pet. ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/92 "2023-03-07T18:07:07Z")
Surely that should be “No! Difficult, pifficult, lemon squifficult!” ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/93 "2023-03-07T18:32:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Fuzzy memory. Are you saying your memory is fuzzy or mine? Can you show some examples of someone saying “veejay” or “veejayjay”? I’ve never heard it with the “vee” sound. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/94 "2023-03-07T18:43:15Z")
Mine. I try not to pick fights here. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/95 "2023-03-08T00:37:35Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Surely that should be “No! Difficult, pifficult, lemon squifficult!” You totally win the thread. I bow to your superior … whatever the hell it is you have. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/96 "2023-03-08T00:40:25Z")
Nah. Folks were talking about 'za in the earky 80s at college - seems more like a preppie thing - “I had 'za with the 'rents” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/97 "2023-03-08T00:43:11Z")
Oops - someone beat me to both of these ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/98 "2023-03-08T00:48:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I only know it from Harry Dresden books. Toot-Toot is forgiven because he’s Toot-Toot. Nobody else is allowed to say it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/99 "2023-03-08T00:56:54Z")
Before I heard it spoken, I read vegan as vay’gun. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796/100 "2023-03-08T08:11:13Z")
there used to be an Italian produce guy on news used to say it like that [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-annoyed-by-the-word-veggies/980796.md?page=6)