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The House of Olivier EU to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

Which word do you dislike most?

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Which word do you dislike most?

The House of Olivier EU to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago
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  • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)
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    Moist

  • @Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    deleted by creator

  • @loomy@lemy.lol
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    0•4 months ago

    Trump.

    I will never speak it again.

    • @richieadler@lemmy.world
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      The Fanta Menace.

      • @loomy@lemy.lol
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        4 months ago

        beautiful 🤩

    • thermal_shock
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      0•4 months ago

      Orange Mussolini

    • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      0•4 months ago

      Shitler

      • @loomy@lemy.lol
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        ha. haven’t heard that one.

  • randomcruft
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    Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷

    • @Pronell@lemmy.world
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      A peacock’s tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.

      A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.

      I don’t really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.

      Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn’t actually known and my interpretation isn’t even in the running, but I’m saving this anyway because it’s amusing.

      • @AA5B@lemmy.world
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        0•4 months ago

        I’ll also take your definition. It sounds good and if there’s not a known origin, it could be true

    • The House of Olivier EUOP
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      Hmm… I like that, sorry. But, there is a little history behind that word.

      An alcoholic mixed drink, and derived senses you will need to scroll down a bit to get to the alcoholic drink part.

      • randomcruft
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        Thanks for the link. Interesting definition / history on that word. However, I like it even less now that read all that 🙂

        • The House of Olivier EUOP
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          Pleasure is mine 😀

  • @Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:

    Moist

    • @daggermoon@lemmy.world
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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPcCMA3kz4

  • BeBopALouie
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    0•4 months ago

    Can’t or won’t. Take your pick.

  • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    Literally.

    Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

  • idunnololz
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    biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

    Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What the point of this word when it’s so ambiguous.

    • @Hugin@lemmy.world
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      Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.

      Similar to failsafe vs redundant.

      • @bluejuh@lemmy.world
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        Frustratingly enough, it’s the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.

        I remember it like this:

        • bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
        • semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week

        But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it’s faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say “every two weeks”.

        • @Hugin@lemmy.world
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          Blah got it backwards. Back to coffee for me.

  • @Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    0•4 months ago

    Tumescent

  • @Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    “y’all” its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.

    also the words “academic incest” which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.

    • @daggermoon@lemmy.world
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      Do you say can’t or can not?

    • @Pulptastic@midwest.social
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      As an intellectual from The South, I’m taking it back. Y’all is a missing part of speech in the English language and follows known patterns. I use it with pride.

      However, saying that out loud I realize I have opened myself up to w’all and will have to give that a try.

  • @daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    0•4 months ago

    Lots of sex words, none of which I will list.

  • kdcd
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    Ointment… it sounds so gross

  • Lemminary
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    I like woody sort of words. Bound, prudy, recidivist. Erogenous zone, loose woman… concubine! Errrogenous zooooone!

    Funny thing, dear. All the naughty words sound woody.

    E: It appears I have misread the question. But I’ll leave my Monty Python reference here.

    • @Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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      0•4 months ago

      Well my dear there were only 6 words in that question.

  • @GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    0•4 months ago

    I’m so fucking tired of the word “cringe” lately.

  • @paulzy@lemmy.world
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    0•4 months ago

    Penultimate. Anyone writing about or reviewing the second last of anything uses it in their first breath like their English degree depends on it.

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