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A list of 171 words by reesetee.

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  • reesetee I agree, sionnach. Probably a list-owner error. Good catch! :-) Apr 12, 2011

  • sionnach Why is spizzerinctum on this list? It seems like it would be a better candidate for the "not quite as bad as they sound" list.

    Just sayin' Apr 12, 2011

  • reesetee Eew x 2. Added, thanks. Apr 12, 2011

  • ruzuzu chalkstone Apr 11, 2011

  • ruzuzu cruentation Aug 24, 2010

  • madmouth other way around. that is, I brought it here when I realized it was obsolete and thus inappropriate for DoOT--then I poked through the Dictionary itself. I think "fluffer" found "hardness inspector" for me by some spiritual pathway Jun 5, 2009

  • yarb Hardness inspector made you think of that, didn't it? Jun 5, 2009

  • madmouth the occupation known as fluffer? Jun 5, 2009

  • reesetee Nomination accepted. :-) May 20, 2009

  • madmouth I nominate galantine May 14, 2009

  • reesetee I think ague sounds just as bad as it is. :-) Nov 25, 2008

  • sionnach How about lant? grogblossom? resurrectionist? theomastix? Nov 24, 2008

  • whichbe Stop agueing 'em on. Nov 24, 2008

  • mollusque Better ague than plague? Nov 24, 2008

  • whichbe ague Nov 24, 2008

  • reesetee Culex is a good one! But mollusque, I think I have to add kumquat to the "Not Quite As Awful As They Sound" list. :-) Sep 29, 2008

  • mollusque Reesetee, what do you have against kumquats? Sep 27, 2008

  • chained_bear Culex? Sep 27, 2008

  • reesetee Mostly sadists, I'd imagine. Oct 14, 2007

  • chained_bear Bloody hell, who THINKS of this stuff?! *is mad that anyone ever did this to another person*

    EDIT: I should have put this comment on the word page, not the list page. Whoops! *moves it there* Oct 13, 2007

  • reesetee Most definitely added. *shudders* Oct 13, 2007

  • sionnach scaphism might be a candidate for this list. Like in that T.S. Eliot play. Oct 13, 2007

  • sionnach not so clear that apoptosis, sometimes referred to as 'programmed cell death', though this definition bothers some researchers, belongs on this list. Because one consequence of apoptosis shutting down is uncontrolled cell proliferation, or by its more familiar name, cancer. So, maybe apoptosis is a good thing, in the general scheme of things. Feb 28, 2007

  • reesetee Good one, trivet. Thanks! Feb 28, 2007

  • trivet rubella? Feb 28, 2007

  • reesetee Yes. Yes it does. Feb 16, 2007

  • chained_bear Oh, reesetee? Sionnach mentioned a merkin on the other list... maybe it goes here too? Feb 16, 2007

  • chained_bear Oops... should not have assumed anyone's gender. Sorry about that... Feb 16, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, you guys! All added. Funny, I was sure I'd added bastinado earlier, but no. As for auto-da-fe, it always puts me in mind of a funny little European sports car.... Feb 16, 2007

  • sionnach This is a great list. Sionnach is the Irish word for a fox (as opposed to, say, a vixen); a close relation to strappado would be bastinado, also less pleasant than the name might imply. Feb 15, 2007

  • chained_bear Sionnach has some great words on her list that should go on this one: strappado and auto-da-fe. Sound great, don't they? UH-UH. Feb 15, 2007

  • reesetee Actually, I always thought that sounded like a fruity dessert. ;-) Feb 14, 2007

  • chained_bear Beriberi! Doesn't sound bad at all, does it? Feb 14, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, palooka--I agree with you on all, but I just can't bring myself to put klismaphilia on the list. Forgive me. ;-) Feb 13, 2007

  • palooka I wish coprolalia & comedogenic had different meanings - really beautiful words. stercoraceous is a good one as is klismaphilia. Personally, I suffer from idioglossia. Feb 13, 2007

  • reesetee Oooh, nice. Added. Feb 13, 2007

  • chained_bear You know, ebola is a very nice-sounding word, if you don't know what it means. Feb 13, 2007

  • reesetee Oh, I don't know. You think hernia sounds nicer than it is? Hmmm....I'll have to think on this one. Er, I mean, stand up and think about it.

    Anyway, you're free to start any list you want! Doesn't feel like a competition to me. :-) Feb 9, 2007

  • chained_bear I came across another one you might like. Hernia. But don't feel you have to add any more. I just didn't want to start a competing list. Feb 9, 2007

  • reesetee Added! Feb 8, 2007

  • chained_bear Salmonella! What a pretty word for such a disgusting thing... Feb 6, 2007

  • reesetee Noted. I do so like the word thrip. Feb 5, 2007

  • chained_bear You know, it isn't as sexy as the words already on this list, but thrips suck when they infest your favorite plants. Feb 5, 2007

  • reesetee Oh, catheter. Excellent. Ouch. Feb 5, 2007

  • chained_bear I am making a pain in the tochus of myself, I realize, but I keep finding words that would seem to fit well on this list. And I wouldn't presume to make a copycat list, so I'll just keep suggesting instead...

    Requiem? It sure is a purty-sounding word, till you find out what it means.

    And I agree, catheter hurts just to hear it. I'd venture it's creatively onomotopoetic, even. Feb 4, 2007

  • seanahan Well, I now believe that gleet is my new most painful word, surpassing catheter. Feb 4, 2007

  • reesetee Eeew. It's on! Feb 4, 2007

  • chained_bear I found one you might like.
    gleet: Slimy matter; sticky or greasy filth. Or, A morbid discharge of thin liquid from a wound, ulcer, etc., specifically from the urethra.
    Feb 4, 2007

  • chained_bear Night-soil? Wait... maybe that does sound as bad as it is. Feb 2, 2007

  • chained_bear Smallpox! It sounds like a joke, and it really isn't.
    Feb 2, 2007

  • chained_bear How about pulpatoon? Feb 2, 2007

  • reesetee You've been working too hard. You're gonna have a prolapse! Feb 1, 2007

  • chained_bear You know what's funny, I was telling people at work, "there's this site called Wordie? And someone made this list called "Worse than they sound," and another one that's something like "Not as bad as they sound," and they're so great, you should go read them!"

    Then I realized--uh... the person who invited me to this site is the one who made them. DUH. Feb 1, 2007