Hey! It’s “Ba Da Ba Ba Ba”, and yes, they have it trademarked.
Ok, dammit, I can’t find a cite. But at work, we have a catalog where we can order McParaphenalia, and there’s a pen that plays it. The description says “Plays ‘Ba Da Ba Ba Ba’[sup]TM[/sup]”.
Babies crying.
Kids whining.
Kids shrieking.
Air horns (you know, those “horn-in-a-can” things that people take to sporting events).
The sound of liquid being poured into a glass (I really hate beer commercials where they do this)
Smacking or slobbery kissing
Puking (this seems fairly universal)
Cellophane crinkling (I don’t hate it, exactly, but it puts me on edge)
Any word or phrase repeated over and over (particularly with the same tone and inflection). I would go crazy if I had to listen to a kid going, “Mommymommymommymommy…” (which is part of the reason why I have no kids).
Oh, speaking of kids, German ones bother the crap out of me, and they all have exactly the same voice.
Ohhhh how I loathe the smacking sounds of other people kissing.
Other people clipping or filing their nails. Doesn’t bother me when I do it on my own nails, but on someone else I bug out.
Screeching brakes make me tense up like no one’s business, but this is partially attributed to PTSD due to my own car accident.
The sound of chalk or fingernails scraping across a blackboard. I’m suprised no-one’s mentioned it yet. I thought that was one of the most commonly disliked noises.
I can’t believe that I didn’t mention this the first time I answered…
Car Alarms!!!
Also, and strangely,even more so… the chirping sound of a car alarm being armed.
The only time I like the sound of a car alarm is when I hear it going off on a car that is being towed away.
Has anyone mentioned Janice from Friends? The lovechild of Fingernails and blackboard.
I put the AdAware sound in the other thread because its perfect for a bad event.
AOL’s “Welcome!” The “You’ve got mail” is somehow less offensive.
Heavy metal (the material, not the music) being dragged across heavy metal. (think automatic garbage truck emptying a dumpster…only longer)
Heavy metal (the music) esp. with horrible ‘power chords’ and screaming for singing.
My mom’s hearing aid when its feeding back to itself. I’ll hear the thing shrieking 3 rooms away and she’s quietly embroidering or something, oblivious.
Transformer hum.
Nextel phones bleeding into nearby speakers…grrr!
Cher: “Do you belieeeeeve in life after click”
Touching the input to an live audio amplifier.
Crackly volume knobs.
Acoustic guitar strings breaking.
The boo-dee-beee “We’re sorry. Your call cannot be completed as dialed…” sound.
I forgot one. The hum of a television on mute. Gaahhh.
I am totally with ya on that AdAware sound when it finishes the scan. Makes me jump every time, even though I am expecting it.
My dad used to rake our cement walkways. I could not stand that.
The sound of a fork on one of those aluminum Shoney’s salad plates.
My pants ripping as I plop down cross-legged on the floor at work.
Other people’s eating noises here, too, even though I know damn well I make my own share of noises.
Any Marilyn Manson song.
YES! I HATE Windows sounds. I always turn off the sound schemes. Once I made my own up from MST3K wav files, but even then it was just turning on, or turning off. The stupid sound sets go off when you fucking breath!
Megan Mullally is one major reason I can’t watch Will & Grace.
All right:
Myron Cope’s voice
Car alarms
Smoke detectors
Ugh, I can’t stand Alanis Morissette’s voice. Same goes for Rodney Dangerfield.
And recently, the sound my car makes as I learn to drive stick. I feel like I’m fifteen all over again, only this time around I’ve suddenly had some sort of crippling brain injury that has disconnected my legs from my brain.
Chalk or nails screeching on a blackboard.
The incessant drip drip drip sound of a faucet at night.
That weird almost inaudible (did I hear it, or did I feel it?) sound right before an earthquake.
Car alarms at 3 in the morning.
Ditto on the kid noises.
Ditto on the Blackboard + Fingernails.
Any song by Whitney Houston (or her imitators – although I think Dolly Parton may have started it with that I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- Willlllll Always love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu song that sounds like Tarzan was swinging through the jungle with his buddy George and did the tree in the crotch stunt) …
BTW, Whitney, you are very talented and have a beautifully trained voice. But – If you can’t hold the note – stop. wandering. all. over. the. scale. tring. to. find. it! :::hands-cover-ears-runs-for-cover:::
And my All Time Favorite: baby crying in public place with inconsiderate parents who refuse to do the decent thing and leave (preferably taking the wailing brat with them …) :::hands-cover-ears-runs-for-cover:::
I’ll take reality for $500, Alex
Ok so this is a word I hate, but I suppose it can count as a sound I hate as it makes a sound when people speak it…
The word ‘Soccer’. I hate it anyway. But I also hate having to explain, in an international world, that when I say ‘football’ I mean ‘soccer’. And just about every other poor brit does too.
Kids in particular don’t bother me, but screaming of any kind definitely does. My absolute least favorite sound is anyone screaming, for any reason. I’ve been known to turn off movies/TV shows if there is too much screaming.
Oops, forgot to add:
Then y’all should start calling it by its proper name. 
TAPS - (need I explain any further?)
Is there anything left ?
Oh yeah! The voice and sound of some TV commercials. I zip.
The background “music” of many nature documentaries. It’s absolutely useless, meaningless, tasteless, and often louder than the commentator’s voice.
Others have mentioned the liquid-pouring noise - I can’t bear that; in particular the sound of red wine being poured into glasses. There’s something about the luxuriousness of the sound, almost a smugness about it. And what’s worse is that I’m fearing the sound of the second glass being poured even while cringing at the sound of the first…
That, and the ear-splitting crack of the first bite from a crunchy apple in a quiet room.