Well this is quite the conundrum. I can’t really say it without unsettling myself so it will have to be left unsaid. And really, that’s what is best for everyone.
Some people get weird about the word moist. Some are among my friends so I go out of my way to use it in as many conversations as I can. Yeah, it’s amazing that they are still friends with me.
Words don’t bother me as much as the way some people pronounce them.
There’s a news guy here in Dallas that ends the word ‘and’ with a ‘t’ sound… like ant. Just drives me nuts!!!
I could write a book on this topic!
@Tadlem43 Speaking of pronunciation, though - I really hate the glottal stop that’s become so fashionable. Hey, there’s a “T” in mountain - and two "T"s in kitten or mitten!!!
I cringe when I hear “moun-ehn,” “ki-ehn” etc.
@detailer@Tadlem43 Dialects or street slang don’t bug me that much, but reporters on the local news stations do the glottal stop thing, and living near the “moun-ehns” I hear it a lot.
@blaineg Totally unrelated to the topic, I have a question for you - have you heard of this Utah company? I’m just wondering if it’s legit & trustworthy: https://www.ssndd.com/
@Kyeh Never heard of it, but I’m rarely in that part of Salt Lake, so I don’t have any local knowledge. Though the “Behind Goodwill” part of their address doesn’t sound terribly confidence inspiring.
Take a look at it on Google street view, the only thing behind Goodwill are loading docks and single unmarked door.
@blaineg@Kyeh
quick google search seems to indicate the site is legit. Not sure how dependable that may be, but seem to be reselling end lots, estate sale stuff, etc. Guess the location being a “loading dock” would kind of make sense…
(above comes with no warranty, expressed or otherwise!)
@blaineg@chienfou Thanks - yeah, I googled around a little and couldn’t decide; probably okay; just thought I’d ask whether it was known to someone living closer by. I think it’s pretty new. Maybe started during the pandemic or something!
@ircon96 Same. I think it’s partly that as an adult woman, I don’t want to wear something that sounds like it’s for toddlers, but also it just sounds gross.
@kyeh@yakkoTDI I don’t actually. Oh, but there is a fun little town in Missouri named after that planet. Check it out!!!
I think I find it so funny because it comes up in professional conversation often. Usually referring to freight. Ie the bung hole was leaking and needs to be returned. Obviously everyone is quite serious. It is usually regarding some manner of chemical, however my 12 y/o brain…
Oooo, there are a lot.
Drool. Trifecta. Diaspora.
Usually ones that sound like something else that’s gross in some way.
I know I’ll think of some others.
The word, “cacophony,” is as unsettling to say as to hear, much less to describe the din to which it refers.
OTH, words that are fun to say such as “spanokopita,” “blithering,” (as in idiots), and “great steaming ponce” serve to offset and wash the palate of the more offensive and discordant words, of which, for me at least, “moist” isn’t one.
Well this is quite the conundrum. I can’t really say it without unsettling myself so it will have to be left unsaid. And really, that’s what is best for everyone.
I really dislike the way unctuous falls off the tongue. Weird way of putting it but there you have it.
Phlegm is unsettling, aside from the spelling.
@heartny Nonetheless, I applaud your phlegmatic attitude towards it.
Still ‘moist’.
Fursuiting makes me moist.
@PooltoyWolf
Some people get weird about the word moist. Some are among my friends so I go out of my way to use it in as many conversations as I can. Yeah, it’s amazing that they are still friends with me.
/image moist
Words don’t bother me as much as the way some people pronounce them.
There’s a news guy here in Dallas that ends the word ‘and’ with a ‘t’ sound… like ant. Just drives me nuts!!!
I could write a book on this topic!
@Tadlem43 You and Mediocrebot, except he seems to have gotten over his horror of ants.
@Tadlem43 Speaking of pronunciation, though - I really hate the glottal stop that’s become so fashionable. Hey, there’s a “T” in mountain - and two "T"s in kitten or mitten!!!
I cringe when I hear “moun-ehn,” “ki-ehn” etc.
@Kyeh @Tadlem43 How about…Yo…sup…leme axe you a question.Pisses me off just to type the shit.
@detailer @Tadlem43 Dialects or street slang don’t bug me that much, but reporters on the local news stations do the glottal stop thing, and living near the “moun-ehns” I hear it a lot.
@Kyeh This! Annoys the hell out of me, too.
I don’t know that I find it unsettling but ‘rural’ definitely annoys me.
Smock.
@blaineg Winding up Calvin is a pretty good trick. He’s usually the giver, not the receiver.
@blaineg Totally unrelated to the topic, I have a question for you - have you heard of this Utah company? I’m just wondering if it’s legit & trustworthy:
https://www.ssndd.com/
@Kyeh Never heard of it, but I’m rarely in that part of Salt Lake, so I don’t have any local knowledge. Though the “Behind Goodwill” part of their address doesn’t sound terribly confidence inspiring.
Take a look at it on Google street view, the only thing behind Goodwill are loading docks and single unmarked door.
@blaineg Hmmm! Thank you.
@blaineg @Kyeh
quick google search seems to indicate the site is legit. Not sure how dependable that may be, but seem to be reselling end lots, estate sale stuff, etc. Guess the location being a “loading dock” would kind of make sense…
(above comes with no warranty, expressed or otherwise!)
@blaineg @chienfou Thanks - yeah, I googled around a little and couldn’t decide; probably okay; just thought I’d ask whether it was known to someone living closer by. I think it’s pretty new. Maybe started during the pandemic or something!
Meh!
/giphy meh
Smegma
Irregardless
@tinamarie1974 An unsettling and fake word.
Coozie.
Panties.
@ircon96 Same. I think it’s partly that as an adult woman, I don’t want to wear something that sounds like it’s for toddlers, but also it just sounds gross.
@ahacksaw Exactly! You’ve crystallized my thoughts eloquently.
@ahacksaw @ircon96 Don’t get your knickers in a twist.
@ahacksaw @blaineg Now the Brits know how to name stuff!
Also, bung hole. It is a real thing, but every time I have to say it I giggle a little in my head.
@tinamarie1974 Do you giggle at the 7th planet as well?
@tinamarie1974 @yakkoTDI
@Kyeh & I were recently discussing how both pronunciations are kinda gross, so it should be something more like “you-ran-us”
@ircon96 @tinamarie1974 @yakkoTDI I was thinking more like “ooo-rah-nos”? Or maybe they should just rename it!
@ircon96 @tinamarie1974 @yakkoTDI
@kyeh @yakkoTDI I don’t actually. Oh, but there is a fun little town in Missouri named after that planet. Check it out!!!
I think I find it so funny because it comes up in professional conversation often. Usually referring to freight. Ie the bung hole was leaking and needs to be returned. Obviously everyone is quite serious. It is usually regarding some manner of chemical, however my 12 y/o brain…
@ircon96 @Kyeh @tinamarie1974
@tinamarie1974 @yakkoTDI
I would snicker internally too! Of course spending time in this forum probably doesn’t help…
@tinamarie1974 https://meh.com/forum/topics/whats-the-most-overrated-party-activity-for-grown-ups#629a43f3c3f2cce14dc16620
Surreal. Hate that word.
@pooflady While I don’t have a problem with the word “surreal” of itself, I have grown to hate its misuse.
The scene with the walking hammers in “Pink Floyd: The Wall” is surreal.
The experience of winning a golf tournament or an acting award is not surreal.
Oooo, there are a lot.
Drool. Trifecta. Diaspora.
Usually ones that sound like something else that’s gross in some way.
I know I’ll think of some others.
Oh yeah, I dislike “plethora” - it makes me feel like I have a mouthful of feathers, it’s like something Daffy Duck would say.
@Kyeh That means a lot.
@Kyeh If Daffy Duck said “plethora,” it would probably come out on the moist side, dontchaknowed?
@Kyeh
I think of this every time I hear someone use plethora…
@snotbottom
The word “yogurt” has always sounded kind of gross to me, even though I like the food. And that brand “Go-gurt” sounds even gaggier.
Slicken - it’s moist 2.0
The word, “cacophony,” is as unsettling to say as to hear, much less to describe the din to which it refers.
OTH, words that are fun to say such as “spanokopita,” “blithering,” (as in idiots), and “great steaming ponce” serve to offset and wash the palate of the more offensive and discordant words, of which, for me at least, “moist” isn’t one.
@Jackinga Oh, but “cacaphony” sounds exactly like what it is!
@Jackinga @Kyeh Fun with onomatopoeia!
@ircon96 @Jackinga Right!
That just rankles my cankles.
LIKE sandpaper jock straps LIKE rub me the LIKE wrong way.
Coagulate
@ladyhawke001 Given past history, I’m pretty fond of coagulation.
@blaineg I’m sorry to hear that??
@ladyhawke001 Things are fine now, but about 5 years ago I had no platelets for a while, and thus no coagulation. The whole tale is here somewhere.
I thought a moist dongle was pretty solid
Tasty. You taste it, and it’s “tasty.” What does that even mean? It’s taste-like. Taste. Like. Tasty. Ugh.
Matriculation: sounds fun but is just a lot of BS.
Undulate… Just don’t use it… Ever.
Masticate kind of weirds me out.
@moonhat I’m ok with animals (including people) doing it, but a Masticating Juicer really creeps me out.
@blaineg @moonhat
/giphy
Suppurative necrosis.
@macromeh There’s not much you can say about any necrosis that’s good. ugh!
@macromeh @Tadlem43 Having just looked it up, I’d have to say the same about suppurative.
Incompetent masseuse
“Completion” is a word that just makes me extremely uncomfortable for some reason.
Inconvenience or inconvenient…because it’s usually more than that.
Also, “you know”, if I knew, then I wouldn’t be asking. I’m not a mind reader.
Meta, whether with or without suffix always leads to the thought of metastasis.
Cornhole. If you don’t know why, look it up, and you’ll call it “bean bag toss” from then on.