What is the ugliest word you know?

[PolskaPanda]

"Medication"

[jonjon]

dialate, dialation

That word makes me sick 

[Arch]

Luggage.

And I hate it when people pronounce forte, meaning strong point, with two syllables and the stress on the second syllable, as forTAY. That's one of my biggest pet peeves. The word is French in origin, not Italian. If folks are going to give it the two-syllable spin, the least they can do is to, er, franckify it and place the emphasis on the first syllable and barely pronounce the second syllable.

I guess that dates me. Older dictionaries only have one pronunciation--the one-syllable way.

And, yes, I know I'm a pedant. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

[krptcmschfmkr128]

the c word that rhymes with runt. that's the only word for the female anatomy i can't stand.

I agree with this. I hate that word.

'um' but mainly because I use it a lot and can't stand it.

[perfectisolation]

Breast bud

[Virginia87106]

Several come to mind:

war, sir, the N-word

[imaz]

Luggage.

And I hate it when people pronounce forte, meaning strong point, with two syllables and the stress on the second syllable, as forTAY. That's one of my biggest pet peeves. The word is French in origin, not Italian. If folks are going to give it the two-syllable spin, the least they can do is to, er, franckify it and place the emphasis on the first syllable and barely pronounce the second syllable.

I guess that dates me. Older dictionaries only have one pronunciation--the one-syllable way.

And, yes, I know I'm a pedant. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

True,  "forte" is an adverb not a noun in Italian!

Quanto è forte quella ragazza? = How strong is that girl?
Post Merge: March 01, 2009, 09:10:39 PM
Really ugly word - Ethnic cleansing

[Nikki]

Law...or Rules. Take your pic.

[Miniar]

ma'am or miss..
rural (it's like trying to speak with your mouth full of potatoes!)

[Jessica M]

Word I hate most - Phenolphthalien.

Meanings i hate - I'm Irish you know (from an American, unless you can tell me what county you grew up in and a few other fact you're not !!! Unless you obviously have an irish accent)

[Miniar]

Pathetic

[Suzy]

A few I consider really ugly:

whore
mucus
revenge
grudge
handcuffs


Kristi

[Linda]

uh, or uhm.
Especially, uhm, when it's used, as everyuhther word in an otherwise, uh, intelligent discussion.

Ok, so I looked it up, and though it's not in Websters,,,

[FairyGirl]

"->-bleeped-<-", "->-bleeped-<-", and "ladyboy" are all equally demeaning and repulsive.

[Jaimey]

Moist.  Quite possibly the worst word in the English language. 

...I actually like that 'unt' word that starts with a 'c'.  In fact, I highly recommend that at least once in your life, you should make someone mad enough to call you that.  It happened to me once and it was awesome.    I like a lot of the words that you all hate...but I'm a word junkie and I write poetry so I need good strong words.

[Nero]

Moist.  Quite possibly the worst word in the English language. 

...I actually like that 'unt' word that starts with a 'c'.  In fact, I highly recommend that at least once in your life, you should make someone mad enough to call you that.  It happened to me once and it was awesome.    I like a lot of the words that you all hate...but I'm a word junkie and I write poetry so I need good strong words.

ugh. yeah i've been fortunate not to be called that yet. i'd probably kill the person i hate it so much. 

[Pica Pica]

"->-bleeped-<-", "->-bleeped-<-", and "ladyboy" are all equally demeaning and repulsive.

yes, but if a ->-bleeped-<- was only used to describe a transistor radio, a ->-bleeped-<- was a kind of platypus and  a ladyboy was the french words for stepladder - would you still find them ugly?

I actually like ->-bleeped-<- as a sound

[Nero]

yes, but if a ->-bleeped-<- was only used to describe a transistor radio, a ->-bleeped-<- was a kind of platypus and  a ladyboy was the french words for stepladder - would you still find them ugly?

I actually like ->-bleeped-<- as a sound

looks like nobody got the point of this thread but us, baby.

[Jaimey]

ugh. yeah i've been fortunate not to be called that yet. i'd probably kill the person i hate it so much. 

Really?  I laughed so hard I cried.  It was awesome.  Thank god it was in email because I don't think she would have liked me laughing in her face and I totally would have (I'm that person who laughs at really inappropriate times...).  After I saw the Vagina Monologues, I really started to like this word.  It has a nice ring to it.

[FairyGirl]

looks like nobody got the point of this thread but us, baby.

I thought the question was, What is the ugliest word you know? There are other criteria that define ugly to me than just the sound of the word- I don't find transistor radios, platypusses (platypie?) or stepladders particularly repulsive or demeaning. (okay, maybe platypusses lol)


...yeah I prolly missed the point