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Culture Buzz When someone asks “what word can't you stand?”, a staggering amount of people reply with “moist”. GOOD investigates why. What word makes you feel like you've been aurally abused?
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Foibles, trickling, suave, mushy (and, of course, moist).
Plug. It's just ew.
“Moist swollen panties”. I bet you can't say that 5 times fast.
'Moist' makes me cringe for some reason. I hate the word 'meal' too.
Oxt.
“special” when applied to metally challenged kids. It seems condecending
Even though I'm a woman, you'll never hear me describe anything as “divine,” “marvelous,” or worse, “fabulous,” or as it's more commonly said “faaabulous.”
Fresh
sammich
I don't like the word “solutions.” That goes double when it's part of some business name or used to describe a company. There are a few other words that make me inexplicably angry when I hear them but thankfully I cannot think of them right now.
PANTIES! I hate the word panties.
SWOLEN
I loathe “nutritious” and “panties”. I don't have a problem with “moist”. It has comic appeal.
There was also a Canadian alt rock band in the 90s called Moist. Had the exact same effect. Like I was being ear-fucked.
SEEPAGE.
Pamphlet.
Really? The word makes my mouth water. In fact, my favorite brand of snack cake is Moist Snack Cake brand snack cakes.
I loathe that word. I also really hate the word “cuddle” (just typing it makes me shudder).
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