My Incomplete List of Words I Can't Stand

About a month ago I published a list of words I love. It included such treasures as ruckus, hoopla, quirky, wonky, and rankle. In the interest of fairness, I decided to share My Incomplete List of Words I Can't Stand.

I hope I can get through this list without being physically ill, but I doubt it.

In no particular order:

squat - eww! I can't stand squat! Or it's brother diddly squat. Or it's cousin squash. Eww. Squash.

thesaurus - love the book, intensely dislike the name … maybe because from grades one through three I thought a thesaurus was a kind of dinosaur.

teats - eww again! I know, I know, the word is all nature-y and science-y. But COME ON!

Sputnik - seriously? Couldn't the Russians have come up with anything else? What, was Vladmir taken? Igor? Boris? What the crap is a sputnik anyway?

repugnant - eww, eww, and eww! I find this word nauseates me. I find it … repugnant.

Forget it.

I can't go on.

I only got through five words and I have officially recoiled from my very own list three times and cried once.

I simply cannot go on with this list.

Right now I'm taking deep cleansing breaths. In through the nose. Out through the mouth.

Nope. It's not working.

If I want to have my breakfast remain in my belly (and I do - it was a biscuit), I must end this post now.

Misery loves company, so feel free to post your least favorite words in the comment section below. I'm sure you guys can come up with some I've forgotten.

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