# Words In the English Language You Hate For no Reason **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 30, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332 "2002-08-30T17:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/21 "2002-08-31T01:44:22Z")
Hate to be the first but, “druthers” really isn’t a word. In Dollywood maybe but… For the past 15 years the word “Like” has come to get under my skin when used 5 times in a sentence. “I was like…” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/22 "2002-08-31T01:44:55Z")
**Closure** and **much**. Closure because more often than not, it pertains to something bad or sad that happened to a person. And much, because it just sounds weird to say. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/23 "2002-08-31T02:27:28Z")
My SO was reading over my shoulder as I looked at this thread, and all she said was “ **macaroni.** ” I **concur**. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/24 "2002-08-31T05:06:17Z")
**Therefore.** I don’t know why. I guess something about it just makes me want to scream, because I mostly hear/read it when people are using faulty logic. It’s just annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/25 "2002-08-31T05:06:35Z")
It’s too bad I can’t be the first to bring up **hubby** because that word fills me with rage at the speaker when uttered. No, I’m not exaggerating. I also dislike **probe** and **uncle** Oh, and Kn\*ckers–I’ve always thought rupture was one of the nicest words in the English language (not the definition, of course, just the way it sounds). ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/26 "2002-08-31T05:33:02Z")
I am physically unable to pronounce the word “rural.” Also, “Furor.” I’ve pulled muscles trying. Other words I dislike: Panties Meal (it’s so…grinding. oops, there’s another one!) Grinding Groin Prepare Squat Booties ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/27 "2002-08-31T05:47:25Z")
Dilly dally That word makes me want to gouge out my own eye balls and eat them with mint jelly. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/28 "2002-08-31T08:02:48Z")
**Probably.** ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/29 "2002-08-31T08:15:24Z")
Feet. The word makes me cringe. My daughter hates jumbo and Peabody. And plump. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/30 "2002-08-31T08:21:28Z")
**via** and **per**. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/31 "2002-08-31T09:32:50Z")
Affadavit. I can’t pronounce it properly without getting the vowel sounds mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/32 "2002-08-31T09:42:31Z")
**"Humongous"** makes me want to commit murder! :mad: People who say **“Umpteen”** should be forced to write it on a chalkboard 1000 times. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/33 "2002-08-31T10:13:29Z")
I hate “druthers” too – but I have a reason. There used to be a fast-food chain in Kentucky called Burger Queen, and it changed its name to Druthers, which I considered to be vastly inferior. Terrible mascot, too, named Andy Dandytail. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/34 "2002-08-31T10:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > A word that became acceptable because so many people misused the right word? Bah. That kind of reminds me of flammable/inflammable. Too many stupid people thought “inflammable” meant “non-flammable,” so now all hazardous materials documentation and everything else just uses the word “flammable.” If the stupids can’t conform, we must relent and conform ourselves - to their idiocy. What a crock. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/35 "2002-08-31T13:01:56Z")
\*\* Get, got, gotten \*\*. Horrible, horrible, and doubly horrible. And \*\* huh? \*\* is disgusting. It’s not a word; it’s a sound you make when you are trying to vomit. ---
**Author:** ![barannca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@barannca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barannca)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/36 "2002-08-31T13:28:36Z")
juxtapostion, flabbergasted, I do like the word disgruntled, but why can’t a person be gruntled. EXAMPLE; “Hey Jim how are you today?” “Gruntled! Yourself?” Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/37 "2002-08-31T14:49:31Z")
Sandwich. For some reason, I’ve always spelled it “Sandwitch.” This drives my wife bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/38 "2002-08-31T14:59:45Z")
Another vote for “hubby”. I also hate “gal”, and even worse, “galpal”. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/39 "2002-08-31T15:02:10Z")
**Narrator**. I HATE this word. I keep trying to add another syllable into it, so my mind thinks “narrerator”. And the actual pronunciation spends too much time on the RR, and I detest the sound of it. Hate hate hate hate. And add another vote for **rural**. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Lawblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bob\_Lawblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Lawblaw)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332/40 "2002-08-31T15:07:52Z")
**Mucus** makes me queasy. Oh, and **queasy**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-in-the-english-language-you-hate-for-no-reason/126332.md?page=3)