Wordnik.com: Worse Than They Sound: Comments

Comment by madmouth, 5 months ago

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:03:32 +0000

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

Comment by yarb, 5 months ago

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:44:07 +0000

Hardness inspector made you think of that, didn't it?

Comment by madmouth, 5 months ago

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:55:50 +0000

the occupation known as fluffer?

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 20 May 2009 12:15:01 +0000

Nomination accepted. :-)

Comment by madmouth, 6 months ago

Thu, 14 May 2009 02:19:10 +0000

I nominate galantine

Comment by reesetee, 12 months ago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:45:10 +0000

I think ague sounds just as bad as it is. :-)

Comment by sionnach, 12 months ago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:45:52 +0000

How about lant? grogblossom? resurrectionist? theomastix?

Comment by whichbe, 12 months ago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:30:45 +0000

Stop agueing 'em on.

Comment by mollusque, 12 months ago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:06:39 +0000

Better ague than plague?

Comment by whichbe, 12 months ago

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:28:46 +0000

ague

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:26:01 +0000

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

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:55:14 +0000

Reesetee, what do you have against kumquats?

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:02:02 +0000

Culex?

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:07:38 +0000

Mostly sadists, I'd imagine.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:55:38 +0000

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*

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:47:36 +0000

Most definitely added. *shudders*

Comment by sionnach, over 2 years ago

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:23:56 +0000

scaphism might be a candidate for this list. Like in that T.S. Eliot play.

Comment by sionnach, over 2 years ago

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:41:17 +0000

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.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:06:44 +0000

Good one, trivet. Thanks!

Comment by trivet, over 2 years ago

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:59:01 +0000

rubella?

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:50:55 +0000

Yes. Yes it does.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:24:04 +0000

Oh, reesetee? Sionnach mentioned a merkin on the other list... maybe it goes here too?

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:49:05 +0000

Oops... should not have assumed anyone's gender. Sorry about that...

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:03:14 +0000

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....

Comment by sionnach, over 2 years ago

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:46:34 +0000

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.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:04:01 +0000

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.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:15:03 +0000

Actually, I always thought that sounded like a fruity dessert. ;-)

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:45:56 +0000

Beriberi! Doesn't sound bad at all, does it?

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:13:19 +0000

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

Comment by palooka, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:04:05 +0000

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

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:25:36 +0000

Oooh, nice. Added.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:47:24 +0000

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

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:34:25 +0000

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. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:24:32 +0000

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.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:09:26 +0000

Added!

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:08:14 +0000

Salmonella! What a pretty word for such a disgusting thing...

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:48:17 +0000

Noted. I do so like the word thrip.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:45:55 +0000

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

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:24:24 +0000

Oh, catheter. Excellent. Ouch.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:29:01 +0000

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.

Comment by seanahan, over 2 years ago

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:27:58 +0000

Well, I now believe that gleet is my new most painful word, surpassing catheter.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:34:51 +0000

Eeew. It's on!

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:25:06 +0000

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.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:53:20 +0000

Night-soil? Wait... maybe that does sound as bad as it is.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:45:29 +0000

Smallpox! It sounds like a joke, and it really isn't.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:10:34 +0000

How about pulpatoon?

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:40:46 +0000

You've been working too hard. You're gonna have a prolapse!

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:38:47 +0000

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.