I hate certain words

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been disgusted by certain words, and when people say them I get really anxious and cringe. I’ll type the words here so you can understand what I’m talking about, even though it will physically hurt me. The words I dislike are... *ugggh* “tummy,” “belly,” and “hungry.” I absolutely hate those words with a passion, and I always have. Whenever I see a movie or TV show that I’ve seen a million times and I know they’re going to mention those words or play the sound an abdomen makes, I cringe and cover my ears. I remember when I was a child and someone asked me if I was hungry or used the other words I mentioned, I would lash out and get really upset. I couldn’t even say “I’m hungry,” and I still can’t. As an alternative, I say: “I’m food-thirsty.” Could this be a part of having autism? I know some people on the spectrum who have an aversion to certain words, but I’m not sure if this is common among those on the spectrum.

I'm the same way, though I wonder if this I just related to AS or if everyone experiences it. There are some universally disliked words as well.

Some words I hate, but not because of the way they sound

Because precious lil "people" misused and overuse them

And the implication

"Respect" , to label anything the speaker does not like. You can't measure "respect".

Precision of language

We've had a few threads in the past where this was discussed. It seems to be rather rare among users here (there have usually only been one or two affirmative responses per thread). So perhaps it's not disproportionately common among autistics.

Personally, I do have trouble with it, mostly with hearing the names of things that set off my sensory issues, especially texture-wise. Immediate sensory overload, every time. My family uses euphemisms, too, although we're a little less creative than you are. We just say "the word" in place of whatever I can't hear and figure it out based on context. You're brave for typing your words out. I can't even read mine without panicking.

I have words I don't like the sound of, words that make me think of things I find unpleasant...words like that. I also have words I love just because of the way they sound.

I notice the OP's word are related, do you find eating or eating certain foods unpleasant? perhaps there is a connection there.

Verbal fillers such as "um," "uh," "so" and "like."

I love words but I hate how people misuse them. Not that I always want standardisation but for eg I hate 'why' on magazines. It sometimes means 'how'. Sometimes it even means 'that'. I keep forgetting and buying a magazine only to not find the reasons inside for something I already knew but wondered about the reasons of, after all.

I prefer the other way when people say 'how' and mean 'why'. Because 'why' is my favourite question word.

oh, and don't get me started on the current use/misuse of literally in place of figuratively. or the legitimizing of twitter as a communication medium.

Yes!

I hate it when magazines and regular folks in conversation say things like "why is Chicago 'the windy city'"( to take a silly example). You read it only to learn that "folks call the place that because its windy" (duhh) and you don't see a word about "why" ( ie what features of geography, and climate, cause Chicago to be more windy than the average American town). You could ask "HOW is Chicago the windy city?", and then show us the stats on how wind speed is always more there than in Fresno. But if you're gonna ask "why" then you have to give us the underlying explanation for that higher windspeed.

I used to have problems with several words, the only ones I can remember now are wife, husband, and aunt. hearing and speaking those words still makes me slightly uncomfortable now (except for aunt) and I try to avoid saying them, but it used to be much worse when I was in pre-school and elementary. For instance, in pre-school a friend once told my dad a secret of mine that they had promised not to tell, but the thing that made me the most upset and even angry, was that my friend said "but don't tell your wife." Even thinking about it now makes me cringe. I'm still not sure if I stopped being friends with them because they broke a promise that was very important to me or if it was because they said the word wife. I have small difficulties with other words but I mostly just struggle with names now. Even if I've known someone's name for months I might not be able to call them by it. There is a good chance the word thing could be autism/aspergers related, but it might not be common.

I don't like "tummy" so I'm with you there. It sounds babyish to me.
Also, "Chrissie presie". My family says that and I cringe.
I used to dislike "women" as a kid, I think it was because of the way it was pronounced, that it didn't match the spelling. I'm ok with it now but I still feel funny saying it.

yep, but the reasons for mine are purely psychological

One of the most universally despised words, I have read, is "moist." It conjures up a lot of negative associations.

Trust me. I totally know what you're going through in regards to the word "tummy". Both that word and "potty" I hate for being too juvenile sounding. Other words that I hate are "scrumptious" (don't have any idea where this word even came from, but it just sounds wrong to me), "supper" (too archaic sounding as far as I'm concerned), I even hated the word "child" for the longest time, but I've slowly been warming up to it. I also hate certain expressions such as "rise and shine" (I'm not a f*****g lightbulb so the last half of that expression just sounds stupid and aggravates me), "olly olly oxenfree" (what the actual f**k did this even come from!?!), "son of a b***h" (I'm normally pretty indifferent to profanity, but this expression I've hated because it's more of an insult to the person's mom than anything else. Seriously, what did she ever do to you that you had to drag her into this?), or "stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about" (in the words of Lemony Snicket, if you're already crying, you must have a reason for doing so in the first place and you don't need someone to give you yet another reason to do so) among other things. Strangely enough, I don't have as much of a problem with writing the words over saying them. I still hate the words, but at least I'm not speaking them out loud. There's even certain words that I don't like to end a sentence with, but that's an entirely different matter altogether.

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Want,right, wrong, agree historically b/c they came from 'abusive mouths', insensitive to the impact that the most widely prevalent things can have on my life.

Social, blond, ladylike
these are some words that make me wanna gag

when I was little I refused to say remulade, I said kremulade instead, I just didn't like saying that. I also said sanktarmsdarmsorm in stead of sankthansorm because for whatever reason I didn't like it

Speaking of juvenile, I can't stand it when adults say "bæsj" (poop), and least of all on national news.

that reminds me that when we learned the word child in 4th grade English class, I stubbornly stuck to kids! I was rebellious in my own ways


we use "opp og hopp" here (up and jump, literally), which always annoyed me, as when it was said I was going to school, no reason to jump up for that.


To be honest, that has annoyed me too.
And it annoys me even more that the b-word is really just the name of a female canid!


I think that every time I hear the brat downstairs cry!


I had no idea moist was universally despised.

Suffering dry skin I have more of a reaction to words like dry and arid. It almost feels like my fingers and dry patches go even drier just reading it.