What's the most disgusting word in the English language?

[Phil]

But the question was about the ENGLISH language, not German (Sally!) or Arabic.

[Scout]

Baby bump. Yes, two words, but still disgusting.

[Carol]

bunion

[Sally, la reina]

You guys. Those words are not disgusting sounding, just what they refer to. Think about the SOUND of the word, not the image it evokes.

[evie]

::thinks about sounds::

[Cheri]

Buick & Ralph sound like someone getting sick.

[Carol]

bunion is gross because it sounds like food but it's NOT

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

It could be food for things that eat humans...

[Riona]

I really hate the term "hubby". Ugh.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I agree, it's ghastly. Absolutely hideous.

[Riona]

Also "preggers".

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Baby bump needs to FUCKING DIE.

I would kill it myself, if I could.

[Scout]

Ha! That made me laugh. Out loud.

[Phil]

Republican

[Jennifer]

squirt - just sounds disgusting . . .

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

So you don't like the drink?

[Félix]

http://www.squirt.org/

[[deleted user]]

I hate the word "pussy", even when you're talking about a cat. I hate it even when a guy is trying to use it reverently, declaring his love for the lady parts. I prefer, literally, any other word I have ever heard, both clinical and slang, for cats and the female genital area. I can't explain it, it just skeeves me out.

I also hate "nippy". As in, "Brrrr, it's nippy out here!" as well as it's bastardization, "nippley".

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yes, I hate the P word too.

[Phil]

More than you hate the "c" word?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Neither of them is appealing.

[Phil]

What would be the preferred term to be whispered in your ear in some lame attempt to declare love for the lady parts? We're running out of options (the "c" word was never an option).

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I don't want anyone whispering in my ear that they love the lady parts. If they do, that's fine. But it's sufficient just to be hot for me. I have yet to come across a proper term, a nickname, or an improper term for these body parts that delights me.

[Riona]

I actually quite like the word "cunt", but I'm also not a fan of "pussy".

[[deleted user]]

The c word was always more a term used to derogatorily refer to a person who was a jerk, in my experience. I don't even think of it in it's other context unless prompted.

Like LG, I have to say that I don't care to hear about anyone's devotion to the lady parts. I'm pretty sure most women don't. I prefer abject devotion to me in general. :)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Perhaps for people who use them a lot, but for people who go out of their way to not use them, to avoid them, just the words by themselves can be an unpleasant shock.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I was reading that Americans, when exposed to British slang, tend to adopt the word "wanker" because it seems very mild, but for Brits this is a serious dirty word, dirtier than c*** and others. When British teens come to America and then return home, they adopt the word "douche" and tend to use it too casually, like calling Grandma a douche when she does something annoying.

[[deleted user]]

Um, I don't think "wanker" is worse than the c word. A "wanker" is technically a masturbater. In my experience living there, it wasn't polite, but it wasn't worse than the c word. It's kind of comparable to rolling ones eyes at someone and making the hand motion.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Wedges.

[Scout]

Moist is a popular disgusting word, but I like my cake moist (and cut into wedges).

Sludge is a disgusting word.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I hate the word "handbags." I have never in my life said handbag or handbags. It seems like one of those phony words created by a marketer.

[[deleted user]]

Define please?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yes, Gail -

"words we love/hate"
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

"Phrases that light up your life"
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

[[deleted user]]

I'm totally derpy. I get it from my mom. The only person I know who shut her own head in her car door.

[Chris]

Any words used to insult someone on behalf of their race, gender or sexual orientation....completely vile and I become LIVID when I hear people using those kinds of words.....so furious to the point I will completely cut them out of my life without a second look back. Bigotry is the worst kind of evil in my eyes.

I also hate it when people refer to something stupid as "retarded" Tells me all I need to know about their intelligence right then and there.

On a lighter note....I can't help but giggle like an idiot whenever I hear the word "kumquat" 27 years old and I still laugh like a ninny every damn time.

[Susan]

"can't help but giggle like an idiot whenever I hear the word "kumquat"

You should see the Christmas kumquats they have had at Michael's Arts and Crafts in previous years. They were....unique.

I dislike the words gout and slit.

[evie]

bloat.

[Chris]

Effluvia has always been a nasty sounding sort of word as well....

[Dennis]

^What's wrong with clot?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Keepsakes.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Fatty.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

flavors
textures

[Susan]

Gristle.

[Scout]

nanny

[Susan]

Giblets.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Did I already say folkways?

[Susan]

Pannus.

[Phil]

Susan wrote: "Pannus."

That's a fun word. It could be a name. "Hello, I'm Pannus McManus." It could be a dessert. "Okay everyone, grandma's going to bring out her famous pannus now."

I like pannus.

[Susan]

I really hope grandma does not bring out her famous pannus!

[Aliyah]

Awful internet lingo like: YOLO, 'totes amazing", "amazeballs", "FML" and "epic fail".