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Which word do you dislike most?

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I dislike words with the nasal E sound, specifically meal. I don't know what but for the last three years I can't stand the word meal. "Oh I hope you had a good MEEEEEEEeeeeal"

biweekly, bimonthly, etc.
Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What's the point of this word when it's so ambiguous.
- Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.
  Similar to failsafe vs redundant.
  
  Frustratingly enough, it's the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.
  I remember it like this:
  bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
  semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week
  But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it's faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say "every two weeks".
- In the UK we have the word "fortnight" for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that "biannual" mean twice a year and "biennial" means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.

When people call sex "breeding".
It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.
- I'd say that is more about a kink than anything remotely religious
  
  I'm not typically one to kink shame, but that's just creepy.
- I only use "breeding" to refer disparagingly to the actions of those who believe that having kids is mandatory or, at least, unavoidable.
  
  That's how I thought it was used.
- I uh... I'm not sure what your source is, but for mine 'breeding' is anything but "only for procreation"
  E: in case it isn't painfully obvious, I am le gay, so that may factor into your source woes :p
  
  It kinda depends on context.
  A gay guy? Hedonistic, in the best way.
  An incel? Puritanical, in the worst way.
  
  Apparently it's urban slang.
  Sounds like some misogynistic nonsense to me.
  
  that made sense, i was thinking breeding is a gay term, and often used gay porn alot, for young/older trope, which another cringe thing.
- It is, maybe, something very particular as I am not familiar with that term used through "Puritanical thingy". Sorry, I am located in Europe and lack of knowledge about Puritans 😬 [ANSWER RECEIVED]
  
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  Did you look them up? That's basically what most of the mainstream US churches are based off of.

'Woke' when used as a perjorative.

I like woody sort of words. Bound, prudy, recidivist. Erogenous zone, loose woman... concubine! Errrogenous zooooone!
Funny thing, dear. All the naughty words sound woody.
E: It appears I have misread the question. But I'll leave my Monty Python reference here.
- Well my dear there were only 6 words in that question.

I'm so fucking tired of the word "cringe" lately.
- Cringe

Literally.
Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.
- Bro. Are you kidding me right now? Are you kidding me bro? Bro. Bro.
- Like literally 😆

Ointment… it sounds so gross

Can't pick just one so here're a couple.
"Crypto" used in the context of cryptocurrrencies. "AI", referring only to LLMs. "Research", referring to an indeterminate amount of reading up on the topic at hand, such as in the phrase "do your own research" that's being bandied around in some communities.
- "AI", referring only to LLMs.
  Yeah, it's annoying because there are a lot of legit image recognition and pattern matching applications in my work field, and I need to ask for clarification every time someone says "AI".
  Like, is this actually useful, or do you mean "we asked ChatGPT to generate you 20% nonsense"?

Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme...
Nag. Just sounds harsh
Bungalow. Should be obvious.
People who shorten food names aren't doing English any favors...
'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)
- Phonetically, 'za should be short for lasagne, and 'sa for pizza... or people can just say the damn words.
  Whatever, I guess. Peeps gon' slang slang, for real, for real. 🤦‍♂️

Trump

Trump.
I will never speak it again.

I've come to hate "Utilize." It has a decent purpose as "using to the fullest extent," or, "making do with something in a new context."
Instead, I just hear it as a replacement for "use" when someone wants to sound smart.
- "Heh heh... Utilize. 👉👌"
  
  "Me and the boys was wonderin' if we could go family style on 'er..?"
  
  😏

Irregardless, inflammable, idiom are all like nails on a chalkboard to me
- What's wrong with idiom?
  
  Just can't stand the way it sounds, starts with an idi like your going into something then ends with an um. It feels like someone stopped making the name partway through.

The F word that means "a bundle of sticks" used almost exclusively as a homophobic slur.
- that's gay, it obviously means cigarettes
- It’s unfortunate - I like the concept of people talking about bundles of sticks, or slang for cigarettes. But the negative usage so dwarfs those cases that they’re really no longer legitimate
- With some specific exceptions, for me. If you are one, and you aren't using it against others, it's fine. Like storytelling and describing a conversation, or just even being playful about it. Maybe being at a store with some friends looking at clothes or something, describing yourself and how something looks perhaps? Totally fine in my book. That's our term, we should be able to reclaim it for ourselves.
  But someone else who I don't know and can't immediately determine the meaning/context that uses it? Bitch you about to die.
  
  I don't know. I think reclaiming slurs can be a good thing, (queer, for example), but that one is inherently violent and I always feel uncomfortable when I hear it. Like, there's a reason you didn't write it out in your comment.
- Off-topic:
  I'm always tempted to write it out. The word is in everybody's mind while we read the text. It gets so powerful if people decide to talk around it. But if the context is not hurtful, it's just a word. Nothing happens. It becomes an insult if the mind of the one who says it or the one who reads it decides to make it one.
  Plus the assholes who use it as a slur will say it anyway. We're not achieving anything by erasing it from our bubble.
  Well, that's what I think about it. :)
- I do agree. That word is harsh to see, to hear. I have never liked it. Even between gays, I don't use it at all.

"literally" and "like"
...because it's literally used like every two words
- Like literally like oh my gawd did you see that basic bitch with last year's iPhone pro max ultra deluxe special edition? I'm totally unfolloeing her on everything
  it's literally the day after the release of the new model
- Ohh poor "like".... I must admit I use it a lot. Practical word.

Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷
- Hmm... I like that, sorry. But, there is a little history behind that word.
  An alcoholic mixed drink, and derived senses you will need to scroll down a bit to get to the alcoholic drink part.
  
  Thanks for the link. Interesting definition / history on that word. However, I like it even less now that read all that 🙂
- A peacock's tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.
  A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.
  I don't really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.
  Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn't actually known and my interpretation isn't even in the running, but I'm saving this anyway because it's amusing.
  
  I’ll also take your definition. It sounds good and if there’s not a known origin, it could be true

Feminism
Between the toxic terfs and the toxic trads i think the word has been sullied, maybe beyond recovery.
I beleive in equality and free expression for all, but I don't feel like that's a goal that aligns with most modern forms of Feminism.
It is a word that's supposed to mean eqality, but these days when someone identifies as a feminist my mind assumes they're gonna be a reactionary bigot.
- I don't agree. I think it's still just as powerful a word even though people purposely try to weaken it
  
  What could I call myself to show I am a feminist, but not that type of feminist.?

Moist

Any misspoken words, said with full confidence that it is correct.
I left him know.
There's a woof in the backyard.
- Can I (aks) you something?
  
  That one I hear so much, I'm afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!
- 🐺 help I seem to be trapped in some human abomination. I mean, ehem. Woof woof woof woof.

“Mouthfeel.” Especially if it’s a food show.
- "Unctuous", especially when overused on those shows...

I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:
Moist
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPcCMA3kz4
- Interesting

Suckle

Lots of sex words, none of which I will list.

Receive.
I think my grasp of English is pretty good, but this is one of the most common words I misspell on a regular basis. I have no idea why I keep wanting to write "recieve" instead.

Tumescent

"Stylized"

Broth.
I hate that word. To be clear, I have no ethical, cultural or culinary objection to broth, but it's an awful word to say. You have to empty your lungs to say it, it just sounds like your belching, there's no standout syllable to emphasise, in fact, is it actually monosyllabic or not? Bro-ffff? Utter horseshit. From now on, it's Thick Soup.

"y'all" its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.
also the words "academic incest" which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.
- "All of you all ought not to have done, do you hear?"
  Al'ay'allo'ghtn't've'ny'hear?
- As an intellectual from The South, I’m taking it back. Y’all is a missing part of speech in the English language and follows known patterns. I use it with pride.
  However, saying that out loud I realize I have opened myself up to w’all and will have to give that a try.
- Do you say can't or can not?

Penultimate. Anyone writing about or reviewing the second last of anything uses it in their first breath like their English degree depends on it.

Too many to count. A lot of the current slang
Rizz comes close to the top of the list

pulchritudinous
it's an incredibly ugly word
- Ironic!

Can’t or won’t. Take your pick.
- I won't, because I can't.

"Walkie-Talkie"
Its a "Handheld Transceiver" ffs, who the fuck gave it such a stupid name lmfao
Is a Telephone a "Chit-y-Chat-y"? A computer a "Beep-ie-Boop-ie"?
- Relevant greentext:
  
  The sandwich bit is nonsense, given that it owes his name to the Earl of Sandwich AFAIK.
- And who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.
- If you want to go deeper about that word:
  The earliest known use of the noun walkie-talkie is in the 1930s.
  OED's earliest evidence for walkie-talkie is from 1939, in the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas).
  walkie-talkie

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