I really hate the word torso.*
For some reason that word conjures up gory images of a dismembered bodies.
I highly suspect that this is because I first learned the word torso probably when I was in fifth grade. At the time, I was an avid reader of newspapers. (What can I say? I was a nerdy kid. . . not much has changed.) In particular, I liked the Edmonton Sun, because the more sensational the news, the better. That year, a woman was murdered in the city and her body was dumped in the North Saskatchewan River. To be specific, just her torso inside a suitcase was found. I followed the story ravenously, from beginning to end.
I spent that entire summer fantasizing about finding the rest of her body parts in old suitcases that I discovered at the dump. . .
Torso.
It makes me shudder.
*I also hate the word "trunk" when it is used in reference to the human body.
I hate the word MOUSTACHE, if you care.
ReplyDeletehave you read Eleanor Rigby? by my best friend, Douglas Coupland...
ReplyDeleteOf course I've read Eleanor Rigby, Mark. My mom is a librarian. I read it the same week it came out.
ReplyDeleteThats one book I need to read. Moist sounds sexual. But im sure I stole that from Dead like me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if theres a word I hate. Perhaps its how words are used.
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i hate moist and torso
ReplyDeletethere is band band called the pooh-bes-scants
not sure hoe you really spell it
but it is the grossest combination of grossness ever
I think "moist" is a commonly hated word. Personally it doesn't bother me.
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