probably my least favorite english word

Quote from: Coomer on September 08, 2021, 11:53:13 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 05, 2021, 04:32:47 PM

probably my least favorite english word

What's your favorite

when i first learned what it was, i loved it so much that i made it my username

Quote from: Coomer on September 09, 2021, 12:01:27 AM

Also describe in a bulleted list why the word "cum" is your least favorite word in the English lexicon

i actually don't know if it's my least favorite word, but it's way down there

• I'm usually opposed to disliking words for their meanings, because it's not the word's fault that we've defined it that way, but I take exception to this word because I really hate thinking about semen, and that's what the word makes me think of
• General dislike of any sexual slang words (I don't have as much of a problem with "semen" because it sounds more clinical, but it's still not great—it's a rare instance of a concept that I would prefer to talk about euphemistically, if at all)
• Homophones with "come," which opens the door for a lot of obnoxious and sophomoric puns
• Homonyms with the the Latin word "cum," making it impossible to think of common terms like "cum laude," or even everyday words like "cumbersome," "cumulative," or "cucumber," without also thinking of semen (I also feel bad for anyone whose last name is "Cummings")
• Phonetically, it sounds excessively blunt and vulgar, almost as gross and unpleasant as the substance it is defined as
• General bias against any 3-letter words, especially when two of them are my least favorite letters
• "C" is the most vestigial letter in the English alphabet, needed only for the "ch-" sound (which it needs the "H" for); every other C-related noise could be replaced with "K" or "S"
• "U" is the ugliest vowel; synesthetically, I've always associated it with a pale pink hue, like a pig, and I conceptually associate it with things like stupidity and filth (disclaimer: pigs are actually rather intelligent and clean animals, but due to childhood associations, I still unfairly tend to file pigs under "filthy" and "stupid")
• "M" is a letter I don't necessarily have beef with, but it's not doing the word any favors here, because it's a soft bilabial following a harsh voiceless velar plosive, almost like the word is proud and welcoming of its own vulgarity
• Posseses no redeeming qualities; for all the things I dislike about it, I'm unable to think of anything that I do like about it, which, in itself, is another thing to dislike about it

the biggest reasons would have to be its tendency to destroy words that are phonetically adjacent to it—if someone calls to me, and i say "i'm coming," i always wince internally and brace myself for some kind of stupid cum joke, which never happens, but when it does, i can't wait to cringe at them to let them know just how unfunny and disgusting they are

Quote from: Verbatim on September 09, 2021, 01:05:12 AM

Quote from: Coomer on September 08, 2021, 11:53:13 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 05, 2021, 04:32:47 PM

probably my least favorite english word

What's your favorite

when i first learned what it was, i loved it so much that i made it my username

Quote from: Coomer on September 09, 2021, 12:01:27 AM

Also describe in a bulleted list why the word "cum" is your least favorite word in the English lexicon

i actually don't know if it's my least favorite word, but it's way down there

• I'm usually opposed to disliking words for their meanings, because it's not the word's fault that we've defined it that way, but I take exception to this word because I really hate thinking about semen, and that's what the word makes me think of
• General dislike of any sexual slang words (I don't have as much of a problem with "semen" because it sounds more clinical, but it's still not great—it's a rare instance of a concept that I would prefer to talk about euphemistically, if at all)
• Homophones with "come," which opens the door for a lot of obnoxious and sophomoric puns
• Homonyms with the the Latin word "cum," making it impossible to think of common terms like "cum laude," or even everyday words like "cumbersome," "cumulative," or "cucumber," without also thinking of semen (I also feel bad for anyone whose last name is "Cummings")
• Phonetically, it sounds excessively blunt and vulgar, almost as gross and unpleasant as the substance it is defined as
• General bias against any 3-letter words, especially when two of them are my least favorite letters
• "C" is the most vestigial letter in the English alphabet, needed only for the "ch-" sound (which it needs the "H" for); every other C-related noise could be replaced with "K" or "S"
• "U" is the ugliest vowel; synesthetically, I've always associated it with a pale pink hue, like a pig, and I conceptually associate it with things like stupidity and filth (disclaimer: pigs are actually rather intelligent and clean animals, but due to childhood associations, I still unfairly tend to file pigs under "filthy" and "stupid")
• "M" is a letter I don't necessarily have beef with, but it's not doing the word any favors here, because it's a soft bilabial following a harsh voiceless velar plosive, almost like the word is proud and welcoming of its own vulgarity
• Posseses no redeeming qualities; for all the things I dislike about it, I'm unable to think of anything that I do like about it, which, in itself, is another thing to dislike about it

the biggest reasons would have to be its tendency to destroy words that are phonetically adjacent to it—if someone calls to me, and i say "i'm coming," i always wince internally and brace myself for some kind of stupid cum joke, which never happens, but when it does, i can't wait to cringe at them to let them know just how unfunny and disgusting they are

I would have to agree
Come is such a common word in English and I can't hear it anymore without thinking of cum

I hate girls that call their vagina "coochie"

Just say pussy for fucks sake

Quote from: Jono on September 10, 2021, 03:41:49 AM

I hate girls that call their vagina "coochie"

Just say pussy for fucks sake

I hate the word pussy. Say vagina.

women to me are in the unfortunate position of having no words for their sexual organs that don't sound either excessively dirty or excessively clinical

tbh I think cunt is the term for female.genitals that I find the least gross sounding.

Quote from: E on September 09, 2021, 11:33:36 PM

Hey, this just begs the question.

What's objectively worse?

Cum or Jizz?

I haven't heard it used in a long time, but I feel like jizz takes the crown, if only because it sounds like the slang stoners would use.

"jizz" isn't great, but it has a couple things going for it

it features two of my favorite sounds when used for "silly" words in the language (a voiced palatal approximant "J" and voiced alveolar fricative "Z"), and brings to mind words like "jolt" and "sizzle," which are words that definitely match the feelings associated with having an orgasm

unlike most sexual slang terms, there's a certain biting humor to the word that brings light to the clumsy, unflattering, and animalistic nature of the male orgasm (for a perfect example of this, throw yourself back to "Jizz in My Pants" by The Lonely Island)—and that, i can somewhat get behind, but it's still not a word that i would ever find myself using

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on September 10, 2021, 05:13:58 AM

I hate the word pussy. Say vagina.

"vagina" is a horrible word—women to me are in the unfortunate position of having no words for their sexual organs that don't sound either excessively dirty or excessively clinical

"penis" is also fairly clinical, and i don't necessarily love how "dick" sounds, but at least it's a monosyllabic word—"vagina" possesses three of the grossest-sounding syllables in the language, and the fact that it ruins my favorite letter/sound in the process ("V") just sends me over the line

in polite conversation, i generally default to "privates," which has the added benefit of being gender neutral

and would you look at that? it has both a "P" and a "V" together, i literally just noticed that. that's quite nice

Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2021, 09:00:10 PM

Quote from: Mmmmm Napalm on September 10, 2021, 08:25:09 PM

tbh I think cunt is the term for female.genitals that I find the least gross sounding.

probably my fault

My SO's favorite insult was calling something a cunt. Between her vocab and  what I remember of yous, I think I probably associate it with an insult or funny term than anything sexual or clinical.