I was checking in on the blog of one of my favorite television characters and saw the topic of his post was about words and phrases that he likes. I could copy the idea and create a list of words/phrases that i liked, but I wont. I will, however, share my thoughts about a particular word. When reading the user comments on that linked post, I immediately looked for a certain word. This word does not bother me at all. However, if I were on Family Fued and they said "we asked 100 people... name a word that you dont like" I would guess this word. And I would get the number 1 answer. I feel fairly confident of this, but I can offer very little explanation as to why it would be so high on the list.
Sometimes I think that it might even be trendy to hate this word. And some of you might know what I mean. There are times when 'its cool' to do certain things. And I dont just mean peer pressure in middle school, I am talking about liking Greys Anatomy or something like that. It might be a great show [I have seen it only a few times and thought it was good] but I am not talking about it just being a good show. I mean how people want to be part of the 'in crowd.' they may or may not like the show that much, but they say they like it and act like they like it so they can talk about liking it with other people. I am not sure if this is the best example but I hope that you know what I am talking about. Another example that comes to mind real quickly is with fantasy sports in the preseason. There are always players who are hot and who are not. I am not sure why. Most likely some so-called expert has some information that they think is crucial and is going to dictate that this players is going to perform really well or really horrible in the upcoming season. Suddenly, for all wannabe fantasy experts (of which there are tons, second only to wannabe expert poker players) they want to let everyone know that they think player X is going to be really good/bad. I often try and take advantage of this in my drafts. And while sometimes the information may be true and I may be making bad picks, it is worth the chance. Anyways, back to the word, sorry for the sidetrack fantasy sports talk.
The word that took me 1 nanosecond to find on the user comments was moist. This is by far the word that I randomly hear being hated on the most and for no good reason. Ok, nobody likes wearing moist clothes or being in moist climates. Everyone thinks of kind of shady things when they think of moist. But why hate the word? Its 5 almost arbitrary letters. How can you really hate a word?
Some people reading this might not understand. I know that the idea of being moist might not be enjoyable. I can understand that people dont like moist, the concept or condition. But I am not referring to that. I am speaking about those people who say they hate the word. They will list reasons like 'it just sounds gross.' some other reasons from that webpage:
-I don't like "moist"- it sounds dirty
-"Moist" It is just a weird, odd little word
-I find the word "moisture" and its adjective counterpart "moist" to be oddly disturbing
Initially I read the post on the page and looked every so quickly for moist. I found it and wrote this entry, then went back to search for those quotes posted above. While searching through I realized that the original entry wasnt even asking about words that you hated, it was requesting words you liked. This maleficience demonstrates my overall frustration with the dislikers of the word moist. People who hate moist have no good reason to hate the word and they cant even follow directions. The fact that they posted it when it wasnt requested further exemplifies my being cool theory because they wanted to let others know that they hate it. Give it a break.
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I, for one, love moist. It is incredibly fun to say.
Remember this morning when Ben said Jorts, which is short for Jean Shorts? That's an awesome word. As is manties. And mangina.
without getting too blue here (but this isn't a swear)... vagina is also fun to say. On a completely different note, so is discombobulate.
According to some lady at the baseball game that I was at, she really didn't like the word boobies. Which prompted my drunken alternate personality to continue saying it. I got her so upset, she told her daughter to never grow up like me. In all honesty, it was one of my prouder moments.
I have to agree that moist is a great word. I also remember the first time I heard the word manties. Most of you guys know Kris Z. (a.k.a. Zoolander) but he wanted some new man "scent" so we all went to a department store in Pentagon City because they carried this scent that was a "sure thing" to get the ladies swooning. If you know Kris, this is so typical. Anyway, he went over to the underwear section and was being shady, kind of semi-hiding a pair of briefs. His brother Kurt Z. was able to rip the package from his hands and began to show everyone around that his brother was buying manties, very small bikini-style tightie whities. Needless to say HILARIOUS! Great word, and I will always credit Kurt for making it up.
Did my brother use the word "Malfeasance" (albeit spelled incorrectly but so it goes)? Who knew?
As for the word moist, my roommate used to hate that word. SHe said it reminded her of sweaty, stinky crevices. The word never really bothered me though does remind me of a woman's privates (was going to just write vagina but seems weird as it's my brother's blog). Speaking of, I do not like the word "crotch". Nothing to do with the meaning, it just sounds like someone's coughing something up.
what?
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
maleficience
\Mal`e*fi"cience\, n. [See Maleficence.] The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
the thing is, I KNEW that you must've looked it up initially to even use it. I retract my statement and apologize.
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