LONG LIVE "UGLY" words!!!

LONG LIVE   so-called “UGLY” WORDS

REMEMBER WHEN WE COLLECTED THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS IN ENGLISH?

Some of those words voted by my students as the most beautiful sounding words included:

HOUSEWIFE

CAULIFLOWER

WASHING-MACHINE

SUNFLOWER

BUTTERFLY

GALAXY

ETERNITY

ELIXIR

FANTASTIC

GLAMOUR

TALISMAN

SWEETHEART….

Well, now it is the turn of the most disgusting, the ugliest, the most  repulsive and cacophonic words in English.

Subjectivity rules supreme. An attempt has been made to categorize them into semantic fields:

A) ALL 4-letter words to describe bodily functions ,generally considered TABOO: S…;S….; P…:P….; P...P; F…;F…;

B) Liquid dampness:

 MOIST

 OINTMENT

 UNCTUOUS

 PUS

 SNOT,

 PHLEGM,

 MUCUS

CURDLE

 SMEGMA,…

C) Physical actions or conditions:

 PUKE

REGURGITATE

VOMIT

BELCH

BUNION

GESTATIONAL

BLOATED

SWOLLEN

DWARF

GNOME

BORBORIGM

BOMBARDED
TESTOSTERONE
TESTICLES

D) Negative adjectives:

FILTHIEST

RANCID

SLIMEY

STUBBORN

BASTARD

GRUMPIEST

REPUGNANT

WORTHLESS

CORRUPT

FLIMSY

FETID

E) Onomatopoeic dissonance:

HONK

HORN

CHUNK

CHURNING

TREACHERY

SLAUGHTER

MOOCH/SMOOCH

CATACLYSM/ CATASPROPHE

SCAB

BAILOUTISTAN

SHENANIGANS

HOOLIGANS

HARANGUE

EXECUTIONER

F) Some ugly names and surnames:

ZURUTUZA  (Real Sociedad soccer player) MUGURUZA (tennis player)

GUARROMAN  CHICHICASTENANGO

ADD SOME MORE TO THE LISTS ABOVE

G) Which vowel or consonant sounds  are repeated in the words you dislike?

H) Create the name for a brand-new car, textbook, company.

I) WHICH LEXEME sounds "better" LOVE or AMOR?

J) Which language uses more onomatopoeia :Spanish or English?

K) Which Christian name can give you goose flesh or a shudder just to mention it, as the poet said?

l) Your least favourite sound: car alarms; chalk on the blackboard; crying, engines,etc..

M) Your least favourite word: Cool, cute, cruel(ty), haggis, NO

N) Give your original name to  :a new pop group. a new book , a new film, a new dish,...

Ñ) COÑO!"#@¬&=Bloody hell WTF! Damn it!