There are many words in English that bugs people, from gross ones like pus to overused ones like amazing. These are eight of the worst offenders, along with some fun ideas for what to put in their place.
Amazing
Amazing is a bad word because it is used too much. If you call everything “amazing,” nothing seems amazing. Trying to describe tasty food? You can choose golopshus, lummy, or tizzy-wizzy.
Taking pleasure in someone is looks? You could try pulchritudinous, kippy, or formose. Need an all-purpose word that is not amazing? It has been done really well with both boskidillums and fine as a cow turd stuck with primroses in the past.
Blog
Blog is short for “weblog,” and some people do not like it because it sounds bad. Blogger Tessa Arias, who writes about food, once thought of it as an insult: “He is such a blog!”
Bloggers often do not like the word “blog” because they think it makes all the skills and duties needed to run a blog seem less important. A website can always be used instead, or for something more formal, try an independent digital newspaper.
Boyfriend/girlfriend
There are several reasons why people do not like the words “boyfriend” and “girlfriend.” They make the gender divide stronger. They make you think of stereotypes.
They sound like little kids. Partner can be used in place of any other word, but if you want something a little more interesting, try the Middle English word leman or the 18th-century word sprunny.
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Irregardless
Many people think that irregardless is an arrogant and/or wrong extension of the word regardless, which means “without regard.” It has been used for more than 200 years, though, and most big dictionaries agree that it is a word. If you want to replace irregardless with something else, just say “no matter what” or one of its synonyms, like “in any case” or “despite that.”
Moist
When it comes to words that people really dislike, “moist” is probably the most popular one. Our dislike is based on science. So, what can do moist’s job without making the whole group groan in disgust? If you are talking about the weather, you could also say “humid” or “muggy.”
You could also say “mungy” or “mochy” in English, Scottish, or Northern Irish. (In Scotland, mothy is another word for sticky.) Some people who speak British English say that a cake or other soft food is weaky or squidgy.
Panties
It looks like everyone agrees that pants are an awkward mix of sexual and childish language. Lucky for us, there are many retro choices that sound a lot better than underwear. Some slang words rhyme, like do and dare, which is meant to sound like underwear, and early doors, which is a loose rhyme for drawers.
In the early 1900s, someone speaking English might have called them dessous, which means “below” in French. In the 1970s, a college student might have called them “snuggies” or “UBs,” which stands for “underbodies.” These days, that word is more often used for outerwear than underwear.
Phlegm
It is mostly because phlegm is gross that the word for it is gross. Different words for it, like snot, sputum, and the more casual loogie, all have the same problem. However, old-fashioned words like blathery and gleim can help you avoid the grossness.
Pus
A poll of the grossest words in English in 2022 by the language-learning website Preply put phlegm in second place. The winner in first place? Pus, with around 9800 votes.
(Moist, slime, seepage, fester, and ooze were also in the top 10. Most of the time, words that involve body fluids make people gag. You can always change pus to the much less interesting word purulence or the Old English word youster.