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

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I still hate the word "blog". I try to stick with "weblog" but sometimes I just give in.

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on "blog" and really don't like "weblog" either. Few of them actually resemble a "log" in the traditional definition of the word (a ship's record of courses & speeds and significant incidents). Most of them much more closely resemble editorials, columns, or personal journals.

The authors that have taken over a chunk of the role that newspaper columnists have traditionally filled I would refer to as web-columnists and the things they write as web-columns (except where the website has other content, in which case I'd call them editorials).

Personal things like Rosa writes here (and like I write), I'd call online journals, diaries, or perhaps open letters. While the traditional journal doesn't allow comment and other than as letters to the editor, editorials or columns don't offer response space either, improvements in technology allowing comments in near-real-time don't really affect the content much from the original forms.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I agree that "weblog" is not that accurate, but my objection to "blog" isn't inaccuracy: I just don't like the sound of it.