Detestable Words

I love the English language. Or at least, I am much more fond of it than the Spanish language, because that I just cannot seem to get a grasp on. That being said, English is the language I was raised speaking... anyway.

While I do love the English language with its stupendous words (like perturb, postapocalyptic, existential, flippant, filiopietistic, sojourn, soporific, fetish, vehement. The list goes on) it is also filled with words that I just absolutely detest and should be obliterated from the language entirely. In my humble opinion.

Chartreuse- Like, really. Who came up with this word, and why were they allowed on the planet? Uck.

Fob- as in key fob? I just hate this word. Don't even ask me why. I just do.

Rubric- Again. I have no idea why I hate this word. But the first time I heart my English teacher say it I was like "please do not let this become a common occurrence." Because.... Who even knows. It's just awkward to say.


Mucus- Now, I'm sure I share this hatred with a lot of other people, but just.... ew. Ew ew ew.

Ointment- It just... no.

Moist- Do I have to explain why? Didn't think so.

Pad- Like, sometimes in books when a character has just woken up or something, and they're in their socks and the walk somewhere, the author uses the term "pad." As in, "He padded over to the window in his socked feet." and I just hate it. Hate hate hate hate.

Sidle- I really really hate this word. Probably because it gives me this mental picture of someone exaggeratedly sliding right up next to somebody. I don't know. I just don't like it.

Beguile- I don't absolutely detest this one, but I just don't like it. It's weird.

Chrysalis- Never liked this word, don't think I ever will.

Undulate- Doesn't that word just sound weird to you? I would never use that to describe, like, the ocean or something. It just sounds like it deserves a disgusting analogy. "The ocean undulated as if it were filled with demon spawn." Okay, I might be carrying that a bit too far, but you get the point.

Corpuscle- As in Meissner's Corpuscle? Ew. It just sounds nasty.

Chortle- Seriously, people. Sometimes I just wonder why anyone would use these words. Ever.

I'd also like to point out, I'm not opposed to words that a lot of people don't like. You know, ugly words. Like cacophony or grotesque or awkward or decrepit. Maybe because they're so vivid or maybe because I've never had too much of an aversion to, well, grotesque things.

Anyway, that's all for the today's glance inside my brain. Now that I've left you with that possibly ineffaceable (my new favorite word meaning "Unable to be erased or forgotten") list of unappealing words, I shall retreat to my piano and play Christmas music for a while. Yay!

Introspectively analyzing my vocabulary,
Lisa

P.S. I'm not entirely sure I used "introspectively" right. That would be awkward, now wouldn't it.