I have an irrational hatred towards certain words

I have an irrational hatred towards certain words such as the following:
stink, nice, mice, cute, moist, pretty, cringe, once, may, chair, bland, Valentine, and there are probably more.

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Based on 17 votes (9 yes)
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  • Stinky mice are not nice and cute. They live in moist dens and it's pretty cringe once they may chew the bland wood of chairs. There are probably more, but I saw this on Valentine's day

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  • Grunewald

    I don't mind those words. A dislike for the word 'nice' was inculcated into me by teachers, though. It's a bland word that you tend to use just to be polite - a 'social fuction', rather than a word.

    I can't stand the word 'panties' or 'baggy' (as in, a little bag). There's absolutely no need to make them sound cutesy and child-friendly like 'kitties' and 'puppies and 'doggies' and 'daddies' and 'kiddies'. 'Baggies' tend to be single-use plastic things destined to pollute the environment, and things that go into 'baggies' are often anything but cute. They don't deserve to be a separately-defined thing, and especially not something that sounds like it's for children. And I mean, it's bad enough that you call underwear 'pants' but adding a feminine diminutive is overkill. The task of covering my genitals is serious business.

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  • DADNSCAL

    I do not like green eggs and ham.
    I do not like them in a house.
    I do not like them with a mouse.
    I do not like them here or there.
    I do not like them anywhere.
    I do not like them Sam-I-am.

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  • MonteMetcalfe

    I like moist. It's one of my favorite words.
    I want it on my headstone.

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    • LornaMae

      "Here lies Metcalfe, Monte. May his moist soul dry in peace."

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      • MonteMetcalfe

        "Beneath your feet lie his moist, moldy remains. Mind your step."

        or

        "He was dry & serious in life but now he's a moist fungii."

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  • RoseIsabella

    Mice are nice.

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    • Somenormie

      Especially ones with lice and frozen with ice.

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      • RoseIsabella

        I've never seen a mouse with a louse.

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        • Somenormie

          But I've seen the house of mouse.

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          • Grunewald

            Have you met his spouse?

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  • LloydAsher

    M O I S T

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    • Grunewald

      I love that word!! I love how squishy it feels!

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  • Rocketrain

    So when you're require to use those words how do you do it?

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  • Nivek

    Yummy. It's immature. There is a thesaurus of beautiful words to describe delicious food.
    Tummy. It's a stomach.
    Scrummy. See the first word.

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  • Tinybird

    Mmm I love moist chocolate sponge cake

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  • bbrown95

    I don't really have it towards words as much as specific noises or ways of talking.

    Though, I will say that I find it extremely annoying when people tell me (or others) to "chill" in the most condescending tone, probably because I got that treatment a lot as a kid when I had a valid reason to be upset and no one felt like hearing me out. Hearing "CHILL!!!1!!1!" when I was in the middle of SSRI-induced panic attacks in my teens was the least helpful and most enraging thing ever, too. Or being told to "chill" when someone did something clearly unacceptable and I was understandably pissed about it. Let's see how "chill" these people are when the tables are turned on them. 🙄

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  • Grunewald

    I can't stand the word 'snogging'. It's like a time portal back to my red-faced teenage years.

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