Here are the most hated words in the English language.
We all have words that we hate to hear.
It can sound like nails being dragged across a chalkboard.
However, there has now been a definitive list published by The Culture Insider.
It turns out that we hate most of the words on this list because of a social component called word aversion.
It is "a feeling of intense, irrational distaste for the sound or sight of a particular word or phrase because the word itself somehow feels unpleasant or even disgusting."
We are also apparently influenced by others around us- and if people close to us hate a word, we're more likely to dislike the word too.
Word of warning: some of these might send shivers down your spine.
- Phlegm
Definition: Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages.
2. Moist
Definition: Slightly or moderately wet.
3. Foetus
Definition: An unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind; specifically :a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth
4. Tofu
Definition: A soft food product prepared by treating soybean milk with coagulants (such as magnesium chloride or diluted acids).
5. Crust
Definition: A hard or brittle external coat or covering.
6. Flaps
Definition: Something that is broad, limber, or flat and usually thin and that hangs loose or projects freely.
7. Smear
Definition: A viscous or sticky substance.
8. Gushing
Definition: To emit a sudden copious flow.
