Ugliest word in my opinion- "f*ggot"

It sounds horrible, like nails on a chalkboard, and its origins and uses don't help it any.

I also hate the word "terrific" because the beginning looks and sounds like terrible which totally changes the meaning of the sentence if you misread it. Also it doesn't even sound good.

Quote from: FairyGirl on April 02, 2009, 03:24:38 PM
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 

that's okay. what's the ugliest sounding word you can think of?

Quote from: Osiris on April 02, 2009, 03:38:57 PM
I also hate the word "terrific"

yeah, that's right up there with "swell".  There's just something icky about them.

It's kinda like peachy.. though I actually like that word. If someone asks "how're you doing?" one of my favorite sarcastic responses "juuuust peachy."

Now I want some peaches. *craves*

pheno-anything

pheno alone is a horrible sound, all nasal and uncomfortable.

Patriotism, once defined as the last refuge of the scoundrel.

(I'm a firm believer in Internationalism from both a political and religious perspective)

In my personal set of rules about how to achieve a female voice, there are these "trap-words", in my understanding, the flow of the sentence is like on a line and words like...

Raw... flaw... Law... Paw... yawn... gnarl...............They are putting your pitch down automatically. Moreover, how nice is a word like Jawbreaker in the meaning if we ignore its sound...? *shiver*

Oh I thought of another word last night: Pussyfoot. Two words I never really wanted to hear together.

Quote from: Osiris on April 03, 2009, 01:51:52 PM
Oh I thought of another word last night: Pussyfoot. Two words I never really wanted to hear together.

Together maybe not but I can think of a pleasant sentence combining both...!

Quote from: imaz on April 03, 2009, 02:32:25 PM
Together maybe not but I can think of a pleasant sentence combining both...!

is there anything better than kicking a cat?

Quote from: Pica Pica on April 03, 2009, 02:38:36 PM
is there anything better than kicking a cat?

grrrr

Yes, there is, it's kicking the person who kicked the cat. Or at least, taking solice in the undeniable fact that people who mistreat cats get reincarnated as mice.

That being said.

Ugly word of the day for me is "hrákasmíði", Icelandic term for "poorly constructed" litterally translates to (Constructed out of spittle.).. it sounds like spitting too but the kind of spitting where the saliva dangles from the mouth and the spitter goes pftftftft to try and get rid of it..

oh yes, Spittle, pittle, fiddle. All UGLY words.

Now that I think about it the Indonesian word - "Waria".

This is a combination of two words; "Wanita" and "Pria", meaning woman and man respectively and is used indiscriminately to describe everyone from masculine male homosexuals to feminine post-op transexuals.

Absolutely loathe it.

Hate!


Myles

Quote from: myles on April 03, 2009, 03:47:39 PM
Hate!


Myles

Indeed, we should all try our best to avoid using or feeling it.

feces.  that's a really sh*tty sounding word. 

poo has a much nicer ring to it.  kind of like loo...

Quote from: Jaimey on April 03, 2009, 03:58:00 PM
feces.  that's a really sh*tty sounding word. 

poo has a much nicer ring to it.  kind of like loo...

We spell it faeces which looks even worse. Horrible word.

Quote from: imaz on April 03, 2009, 03:51:45 PM
Indeed, we should all try our best to avoid using or feeling it.

Yeah, I really hate that word!

Kristi