# Least Favorite Normal Sounding Words **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262 "2002-12-28T00:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/41 "2002-12-30T16:53:47Z")
I third Lib - it annoys the heck out of me. I also read the Weight Watcher’s board - and a lot of times people describe how bad they feel by saying they are “gassy”, “greasy”, or “gross”. I don’t know why, but any of those three words just seems to get on my nerves. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/42 "2002-12-30T17:02:45Z")
Salve. Eeeew. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/43 "2002-12-30T17:18:13Z")
I don’t use that bigot word that rhymes with trigger. I’m uncomfortable when someone else does, even if he’s talking about himself. I usually don’t use French words. Pronounced in English, they make me look like a rube. Pronounced badly in French, they make me look like a pretentious rube. You go to all that trouble, and you’ve nothing to _chauffeur_ it.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/44 "2002-12-30T17:45:03Z")
> [@](#): > > “I’m tired of the furniture in my bedroom, so I’m going to head to the store and buy a new bedroom \*\*suit.” \*\* While I certainly wouldn’t tell you that you shouldn’t be bothered by this, I do believe it’s proper use of the word. In this case, it’s not _suite_ being mis-pronounced, it’s actually _suit_, like a ‘suit of clothes’, you know, a collection of things that go together. > [@](#): > > Ditto for “jewelry.” It’s not “jool-er-ee,” dammit. It’s “jewel-ree.” This one really irks me, too. In the same way, people who say “comfterble”. It’s com-fort-a-ble. Is it too much trouble to not only get all the syllables in, but also get them in the right order? While I’m on a rant, I must mention “liberry”. My hubby, an educated guy, says this. It’s lib **rar** y, foks! I used to have a grade school teacher who would say, “I’ve heard of a strawberry and I’ve heard of a blueberry, but I’ve never heard of a liberry!” I loved that woman! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/45 "2002-12-30T20:29:36Z")
**Tracks** are what trains run on, not “districts” or “position statements”. **Fax** is a document sent over phone lines, not the plural of “fact”. An **axe** is what you chop down a tree with, not the plural of “act”. And so on. ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/46 "2002-12-30T21:06:26Z")
Geez, I think **Kepi** may have it in for me… The construction “seek to” as in W. saying “as a nation, we seek to find ways to settle our differences peacefully…” Very, very rarely can you seek to do something, you can seek it…but not **to** it. Grrr! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/47 "2002-12-30T22:33:08Z")
Underpants - just sounds dirty to me. Panties too. BM - I hate the sound of that. Just say bowel movement, poop, crap, shit or _something_ else. Felch Jism or jiz- That just sounds awful. Especially when used as a verb. “He jizzed on me.” EEEEW! Conscientious - The two “sh” sounds always flub me up & I sound like I’ve been drinking. Vagina - Not sure why, it just sounds icky. It should have a soft pretty sounding name. Can’t think of a better term though. Whenever Mom would refer to a “woman’s _vagina_,” I’d just schkeeve. It’s like something too secret & dirty to talk about & I have no business thinking about it or mentally imaging it. Cunt, twat\*, hole, bush, box, muff - when used to refer to a woman’s unspeakables (see above). Except these just sound crude. - I love this word when used to refer to a person tho, especially when Brits say it. Proctologist - Just sounds like something you wouldn’t want to be, or go see. And etc. - That’s redundant! The whole group of words like euphemism, metaphor, simile, allegory, parable, term, phrase, etc. - I know what they all are but will trip & stumble while using them in speech. I’m never quite sure I’m using the correct one. ---
**Author:** ![no\_brainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@no\_brainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/no_brainer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/48 "2002-12-30T23:39:46Z")
I’ve always hated the word creamy. Say it a few times. Creamy, Creeeamy. EW. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-normal-sounding-words/145262/49 "2002-12-31T00:56:10Z")
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