The Ugliest Word

by Nicole on March 9, 2010

What is the ugliest word in the English vocabulary?

Way back in 1946, The National Association of Teachers of Speech compiled a list of the ten ugliest words in the English language. Those words were:

Back in the 1990’s, the Book of Lists cited these words as the ten ugliest English words:

So let’s take a vote..what is the ugliest word in the year 2010?

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

tess March 9, 2010 at 8:27 am: My vote is “panties”. yuck!
Stacey March 9, 2010 at 8:28 am: Ginormous
Marta March 9, 2010 at 8:31 am: Not a word, but I hate it when people say,”Hunker Down”
Adrian March 9, 2010 at 8:34 am: porous
Manny March 9, 2010 at 8:44 am: “Youthiness”
Martika March 9, 2010 at 9:47 am: I love the cat, is sweet and cute.
Elisabeth March 9, 2010 at 9:50 am: What a cute cat!
Nicole March 9, 2010 at 9:51 am: ok..forget the stupid cat, ladies! Focus on the survey!
Martika March 9, 2010 at 9:56 am: I want to adopt the cat!!!
Meme March 9, 2010 at 9:59 am: What’s the name of this…. “cat”? If I knew its name this would be surely the ugliest word of 2010.