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Monika Pašukonytė

“Panties. Just Say Underwear”: 31 Words People Hate But Can’t Explain Why

We humans are so interesting to ourselves that we have plenty of sciences studying us – from our biology to our behavior and speech. Due to these studies, nearly everything we do or think has a certain name.

For example, did you know that disliking certain words is called word aversion? Well, if you didn't, you do now. Plus, you have a full list of examples of the words people feel averse to, which were shared on one of the r/ask threads. So, let's jump into this list and see if we also feel gross about these words!

More info: Reddit

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