Revealed: The Most Hated Word In The English Language
AND the most hated word in the English language is… “moist”.
University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman explains the thinking:
“[W]ord aversion is different from word rage, which is ‘where people get angry at jargon or slang associated with a despised group, or upset because a word or phrase is felt to be incorrectly used, or annoyed at language that they perceive as redundant, or overly complicated, or pretentious, or a cliché, or trendy, or politically incorrect’. That kind of dislike is more common. Grudges against irregardless, synergy, like, don’t go there, or retard fit comfortably in the word rage department.
What’s your least favourite word?
Posted: 28th, August 2014 | In: Reviews Comments (4) | TrackBack | Permalink
