word aversion

[aroraborealis]

Do you have any word aversions?

I have one: "pit" (but only when describing holes or hole-like areas (armpit, tree pit, etc, not, say, when describing the stones in fruit).

Comments

[dbang.livejournal.com]

There are also words I dislike just due to sound. I don't like "rt" (as in "heart" or "fart") or "rk" ("lark" or "fork"). It's when those words are combined with some other context, as you say, that they become loathsome.

BTW, "loathsome" is an awesome word.