Does the word “moist” make you gag? If so, you’re not alone: A 2016 survey found that “moist” tops the list of most-hated words in the English language, and about 20% of people feel the same way as ...
Language Log has devoted occasional posts to word aversion since Mark Liberman first discussed it in 2007. You might think it’s a big strike against me that I’ve never researched word aversion. But ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results