Ugliest Word

[Shorty]

I dislike the word "barf". Its ugly. Also the word "flake", because I think of skin flaking off one's self.

[JKTrix]

I hate the word Monday.

[.:kerrod:.]

i'm writing this in both the 'Prettiest Word' and 'Ugliest Word' threads, because it applies to both

often, our perception of a word is based entirely off its meaning (eg. 'Monday' ), and although there's no real problem with that, i don't think that's what the topic is asking (even though i'm pretty sure i did it too )

[JKTrix]

I find your rebuttal a little weak, or perhaps your choice of words. What is the 'meaning' of Monday?
Just 'cuz you singled it out :P

Perhaps you could clarify what the topic is about then. As I understand, the definitions of 'pretty' and 'ugly' are basically what one perceives as pleasant or unpleasant. It is kind of broad, and perhaps you interpreted it a certain way.

Maybe it could be the masterful/despicable placement of each letter in the word, or the subtle inflections of each syllable as they are spoken aloud. It could be as simple as how appealing a word looks on paper, or as profound as how a word makes one feel.

My two posts were partly a joke, but I do utterly dread the whole idea and existence of 'Monday'. Its meaning is simply 'the second day of the week', but what it represents is something different. And it gives me a truly ugly feeling.

[.:kerrod:.]

haha, yeah, sorry, i didn't mean to attack you or single you out it was just a random statement (and as i said, even i went against it, so i'm not judging you or looking down on anybody)

Maybe it could be the masterful/despicable placement of each letter in the word, or the subtle inflections of each syllable as they are spoken aloud.

this is kind of what i was getting at, and i know it's hard to judge words in this way because we already know their meaning, and it's hard to see a placement of letters as 'appealing'

but yeah, it was just a statement (not a rebuttal), and i didn't mean to single anybody out, sorry

[Momiji]

Doesn't the word 'Monday' have something to do with the word 'moon' as well?

(This also seems to work in Spanish as well, since Monday is 'lunes', (luna = moon?))



EDIT: Did a little Wikipedia research; turns out that it's actually named after the moon in many other languages as well!

[Shlup]

Staple.

[Tama2]

Cannibalism. There is no other word that makes me feel disgusting.

[War Angel]

But it's pronounced "psych-y."

Actually, it's a Greek word, and you're mispronouncing it, too. For one, the 'P' is not silent, and the 'CH' is pronounced like the German\Hebrew\Arabic 'CH', not like the English 'K'.

And yes, it's got an awful sound.

I dislike pterodactyl, simply because there should not be a P in that word.

*sighs* Again, the 'P' is not supposed to be silent, you (English-speakers) just butchered the word. It's 'ptero', as in 'avian' or 'winged', and 'dactyl', meaning 'finger'.

[Boney King]

Whenever people shorten words, it bugs the hell out of me.

Example: someone I know has a habit of shortening psychology to "psych", and criminology to "crim". And political science to "poli sci". It just strikes me as needless and lazy.

As for actual words, I don't like the spelling of "phlegm".

[Moon Rabbits]

Tardy.

[rubah]

Whenever people shorten words, it bugs the hell out of me.

Example: someone I know has a habit of shortening psychology to "psych", and criminology to "crim". And political science to "poli sci". It just strikes me as needless and lazy.

As for actual words, I don't like the spelling of "phlegm".

Classes I've taken:
Physichem
Amerigov
Cal
Gee Neg
Lit
Lang
Thermo

It may be lazy, but it's not needless! CONSERVATION STATION DO YOUR BEST.

[Kes]

Whenever people shorten words, it bugs the hell out of me.

Example: someone I know has a habit of shortening psychology to "psych", and criminology to "crim". And political science to "poli sci". It just strikes me as needless and lazy.

As for actual words, I don't like the spelling of "phlegm".

Classes I've taken:
Physichem
Amerigov
Cal
Gee Neg
Lit
Lang
Thermo

It may be lazy, but it's not needless! CONSERVATION STATION DO YOUR BEST.

I think shortening of subjects like polisci, psych, calc, etc. is so common I lump them in the same category as scuba, fridge, 'grats and so on.

I can't stand it when people say something's "ridic" though.

Also, acne, acme or hackney. The combination of [æ], [i] and a nasal just makes me bleh.

[Moon Rabbits]

I can't stand it when people say something's "ridic" though.
.

Sometimes ridiculous is just too many syllables to sound awesome.

[Kalen]

I don't know about ugliest, but I really, really hate "supple"... My kung fu teacher would always be like "You are so young and supple!"

Creeped me out, man.