In doing our "Wednesday" themed email blast to She Writers today, the expression "hump day" came up. And we thought, "we HATE the word hump!"

What's the word that most repels you? What's the word that, when you hear it, you undergo an involuntary shudder? Tell us here! And leave comments for others if you think they have really come up with a doozy.

But at She Writes, we also love a good turn of phrase. Earlier this year, I encouraged fellow She Writers to Come and Word-Play! Join the conversation!

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Crusty. Bread is nice crusty but other things that are crusty...YUK. Makes my skin crawl.
We have a WA (Australian) suburb named Innaloo
preternatural... I always read it as peter-natural
I'm voting for "panties", again. Here's the thing, the word refers to a child's underwear, not that of a woman. Just call them what they are: SPANX. "Honey, I washed your Spanx." Definitely better.
That is funny I used to always look to see if my dolls had their panties on. I always had underware on, but the strange thing is do you remember people calling underware bloomers? Where did that come from lol?
snog

fart

blowjob

i hate that c word
Grisly, that sounds irregular and like something you wouldn't like to meet up with.
Smegma has long been the standard among cognoscenti of my acquaintance for grossest word. I admit here only to fair and balanced reporting. I have no opinion and my mind is firmly fixed on higher considerations.
This thread is the funniest one I've come across in a long time, and so popular! I agree--post-feminist sounds pompous, and postmodern, and post just about anything.
I would put Cancer there too.
I know this comment is over a year late, but in my first year of college, a really innocent dorm-mate of mine used the word "stain-licker" she'd just picked up at a fraternity house. I still derive guilty pleasure for finding that funny. 

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