moist

This does, indeed, seem to be a widely despised word. I do not have that little switch in my mind that makes me gag when I hear it, that so many others seem to.

Ew, bilby.

I live in moist. It grows on my bloody ceiling, sprouts hairs on the fans and gives me fungus in the *(&^%/! Enough moist!

Let's examine some of the lists this is on.

BAD words, by fluffymoo
words that make my skin crawl, by minervacat
Words I Hate, by Magwitch
Words I Hate, by MacBean
Words I Absolutely Can NOT Stand., by andrea
Unspeakables, by roblord
Words I dislike, by SarahCN
words i hate, by beccacat
Words that I hate with the fire of a thousand suns:, by noverb
Totally Normal Words That Can Make You Squirm, by tjesser
least favorite words, by neversent
words I cannot stand, by punky
Words I Hate, by masonm894
Words I just don't like at all . . ., by kingofbash
Hates, by HKNovielli
Grrrrr, by ElmoAli
gross., by rhoda
black listed, by actingsoadultnow
horribleawfulterrible words, by doublefourtime
Not fond of, by ashtonhaley

Hmm, it looks like a lot of people hate this word.

Why do people hate this word so vehemently?

Maybe you're on the paid subscription page?

Ok, why is Flickr/Yahoo asking for my credit-card number?

Wait a minute--there's a Wordie Flickr group?? Why didn't someone say something???

*flipping through photos for good ones*

Oh my.

This reminds me of the Wordie Flickr group, which has been dormant for a while. Good opportunity to let new folks know of its existence and encourage them to join, and inspire us to dig up some good word/text photos for posting.

I had a good laugh reading the titles of the lists where this word ended up. It's like walking out of the courthouse through a jeering crowd of protesters.

Not that I'd know what that was like.

I still say: Eew.

Hmm, it was many months ago. I did a lot of extensive "research" on the nets to verify each word. So though I can't recall it specifically now, I'm pretty sure I saw it used that way a couple times. Probably because people are strange, and consider themselves ironic.

How did this word make it onto The History of Cool?

Edit my previous comment: I would run for the door, but I would not drop my drink.

It's part of my new super-duper word-rating scale. Not a favorable score.

What does "crufty" mean, or should one never ask that?

Save it for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Man, so many people hate this word. Btw, I love the name Moistened Wench!

I agree with ss6233, to the letter. I don't ever want to buy a product with this word on it. Even if it's supposed to be, you know, a box of Moist. Eeeeyew.

And "Moistened Wench"? I guess it's a good name for a pirate ship, but if I overheard this phrase at a party, I would drop my drink and literally run for the door.

It's this love/hate thing that illustrate's moist's loaded nature. It's so evocative. I also like moistened. If I were a pirate my ship would be called the Moistened Wench.

I can't even deal with it. When I go to buy cake mix at the store, I am totally conflicted. Just use the word "fresh" instead of the dreaded "m word." Sick times 20, y'all.

why not try: madefy

The word moist makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

I really like moist. It is a very moist sounding word

Why do so many people hate moist? I love it! take 5
1. I hate dry mouth
2. I love turning you on
3. cracked lips? blah!
4.Tears of Joy on my cashmere sweater
5. summer nights, the grass on my tired feat.