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]

"fart". Hate it.

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Oh, ugh! Yes!

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

When you encounter my kids in person, you'll probably appreciate it that my three-year-old uses "poopy noise" in place of that word. I don't remember how she/we happened to start using it, but my wife decided that she liked it a lot better than the alternative, so we decided to go with it.

[dbang.livejournal.com]

My kids (at my instigation) used the word "toot" instead, until they hit an age where "fart" became hysterically funny.