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Welcome

- Please choose one word you dislike and leave it as a comment

- Repeat as many times as necessary

* if you are lost: please click the link labelled ” ( # of ) Comments” to see all comments and/or leave your own

~ by rlamarre on November 28, 2007.

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Tags: Community Art, Conceptual Art, Derrive, Ferdinand de Saussure, Fine Art, Language, Linguistics, Literature, Logophobia, Post-Structuralism, Public Vs. Private Space, Semiotics, Situationists International, Type, Vancouver, Words

90 Responses to “Welcome”

facilitate

Elise said this on December 2, 2007 at 9:53 am | Reply
purchase.

Rita said this on December 8, 2007 at 8:24 pm | Reply
copacetic
orientate
golly

Rita said this on December 8, 2007 at 8:34 pm | Reply
irregardless
outwith
leverage
synergize

Jonathan said this on December 9, 2007 at 2:45 am | Reply
savvy

Hector said this on February 20, 2008 at 9:33 pm | Reply
afterhours

Anna said this on March 6, 2008 at 8:45 am | Reply
artiste

marissa said this on March 6, 2008 at 4:10 pm | Reply
jealous

Annie Banks said this on March 6, 2008 at 4:53 pm | Reply
panopticon

sam said this on March 6, 2008 at 4:54 pm | Reply
indie

anon said this on March 6, 2008 at 10:38 pm | Reply
alright
any variation on “woman” that is spelled with a y or an i anywhere

Laura said this on March 7, 2008 at 3:22 am | Reply
ain’t
betterize <- yes someone on the news actually used this

heather b said this on March 7, 2008 at 4:10 am | Reply
ointment

ew, ointment said this on March 7, 2008 at 6:05 am | Reply
interfere

al said this on March 7, 2008 at 8:35 am | Reply
gut rot

Kaitlyn said this on March 7, 2008 at 3:41 pm | Reply
No

jeremy said this on March 8, 2008 at 9:52 pm | Reply
Lunch

jeremy said this on March 8, 2008 at 9:53 pm | Reply
culture

benjamin said this on March 8, 2008 at 10:11 pm | Reply
opportunity

janice said this on March 8, 2008 at 10:44 pm | Reply
afrocaribbean

Maddy said this on March 8, 2008 at 11:44 pm | Reply
remunerate.

John George said this on March 9, 2008 at 2:43 am | Reply
you’s

Allan said this on March 9, 2008 at 3:45 am | Reply
church
cope
slender
inundated

spencer said this on March 9, 2008 at 5:13 am | Reply
dear, as in “oh dear”

Nena LaMarre said this on March 9, 2008 at 9:59 am | Reply
sheep/ship

Helen Kaczanowski said this on March 9, 2008 at 10:00 am | Reply
exotic.

caleb said this on March 9, 2008 at 2:48 pm | Reply
truncate

Jacqueline said this on March 9, 2008 at 9:41 pm | Reply
acceptance

Brennan said this on March 9, 2008 at 9:44 pm | Reply
hate

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:25 am | Reply
can’t

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:26 am | Reply
truth

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:27 am | Reply
discrimination

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:28 am | Reply
anger

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:30 am | Reply
violent

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:30 am | Reply
hatred

steve said this on March 10, 2008 at 12:31 am | Reply
fundamentalism
paradigm
reticent
hesitant
samwidge

Roy Hickling said this on March 10, 2008 at 2:01 am | Reply
owe
handy

Lawrence said this on March 10, 2008 at 2:03 am | Reply
can’t

Ellen said this on March 10, 2008 at 2:04 am | Reply
Expert

June Chamberlain said this on March 10, 2008 at 4:41 am | Reply
ridiculous

Laurel said this on March 10, 2008 at 9:49 pm | Reply
irregardless

Marianne said this on March 10, 2008 at 9:53 pm | Reply
blab

Tim said this on March 10, 2008 at 11:53 pm | Reply
Asian. Ching, Chigga, Chizzam

Daniel Chou said this on March 11, 2008 at 4:06 am | Reply
funky

elise said this on March 11, 2008 at 8:16 pm | Reply
interstitial

shea said this on March 11, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Reply
Message- as a verb

Gary Bell said this on March 12, 2008 at 3:39 am | Reply
puberty
tummy
pincer
cornucopia

Ben Iredale said this on March 12, 2008 at 5:15 am | Reply
prioritize

Alison Bell said this on March 14, 2008 at 2:30 am | Reply
yummy

terri said this on March 15, 2008 at 12:56 am | Reply
appropriate
inner-child

Annalee said this on March 17, 2008 at 12:37 am | Reply
crap

Wendy Wingfelder said this on March 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm | Reply
whatever

this is very irritating. It means I don’t care.

Janice Paquette said this on March 19, 2008 at 1:57 pm | Reply
backne / bacne

elise said this on March 22, 2008 at 4:13 am | Reply
stakeholder
orientated

Barbara Swanson said this on March 30, 2008 at 9:26 pm | Reply
God

Jesse said this on March 31, 2008 at 10:00 pm | Reply
Awesome

what does this mean, only George W Bush uses words like this

jessica said this on May 20, 2008 at 5:09 am | Reply
concretize
server
deplane
impact
particular

Meg said this on May 20, 2008 at 5:30 am | Reply
Implement

Gene said this on May 20, 2008 at 5:34 am | Reply
more

david said this on May 20, 2008 at 5:58 am | Reply
pecuniation
(I just met this word in my textbook, so I don’t really hate it; I just object to its existence)

Francis said this on May 20, 2008 at 6:26 am | Reply
potential

Jon said this on May 20, 2008 at 4:34 pm | Reply
Utilize- It’s just a pompous way of saying “use”

Brian said this on May 20, 2008 at 7:21 pm | Reply
genre
je ne sais quoi
rendez-vous
voulez-vous…
(all pronounced with a sleazy anglo accent)

Lea said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:11 pm | Reply
funky

helly said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:52 pm | Reply
trendy

helly said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:53 pm | Reply
oriental

helly said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:55 pm | Reply
mulatto

helly said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:56 pm | Reply
sexy (when used to describe an object, not a person)

helly said this on May 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm | Reply
want

Mark said this on May 20, 2008 at 11:03 pm | Reply
interesting: isn’t there more to say than this?
text – as in “text me”

tina said this on May 21, 2008 at 5:00 am | Reply
amidst

sam said this on May 22, 2008 at 2:40 pm | Reply
squat
n*gger
motherf**ker

alayne said this on May 22, 2008 at 10:13 pm | Reply
kiosk
expediate
classy
ascared
schedule (as in “shed-yule”)

nikanik said this on May 27, 2008 at 12:24 am | Reply
Veggie – my great grandma absolutely HATES that word. (As she is without computer/internet I post this in her honour)

CKozee said this on May 27, 2008 at 4:10 am | Reply
Y’all. I’m not one to hate on words, but this one drives me insane. Also, the phrase “do good” is extremely irritating for grammatical reasons.

CKozee said this on May 27, 2008 at 4:11 am | Reply
From a friend-of-a-friend’s facebook group, “words that should not be encouraged” (submissions from several-many people)

poopypants
spank
rectum
clock
wishwash
“so fly”
boogies
shoe
lick
hurah
gang green
package
hooters
kurplunk
slurp
nada
krinkling
clocks
rash
syringe
ointment
creamy
upset
panties
fugly
moist
panties
ooze
pus
scab
teat
peepee
anal (as in he/she is acting anal)
fluffed
tooted
supper
lisp
smorgasbord

CKozee said this on May 27, 2008 at 4:20 am | Reply
hunk
funky
boobs
diva
squat

janis said this on May 27, 2008 at 3:51 pm | Reply
pimple

brianna said this on May 28, 2008 at 1:18 am | Reply
Slacks

(as in, I’m wearing my slacks today.) Just say pants, dammit. No one uses that word anymore!

Rochelle Blaak said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:37 pm | Reply
Stroll
Moist
Towelette
Irregardless
Cheers
Sweet

Rochelle Blaak said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:40 pm | Reply
Utilize
Facilitate
Hone

Rochelle Blaak said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:40 pm | Reply
I have one more comment. For me, it’s easier to think of words I hate rather than words I like.

Rochelle Blaak said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:41 pm | Reply
Shat (past tense of shit)
useless
idiot
stupid
cunt
tits
bitch
whore
prick
dick
frick (just say fuck)

Rochelle Blaak said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:44 pm | Reply
Shame

whimsyfish said this on May 29, 2008 at 4:46 pm | Reply
uncomfortable

sarah said this on June 16, 2008 at 3:48 am | Reply
viable

ilke said this on July 17, 2008 at 4:46 am | Reply
nice

sax said this on August 23, 2008 at 2:09 pm | Reply
“ba’jingo”

my sister’s euphemism for her vagina… yep…. hate it.

D! said this on September 24, 2008 at 10:11 am | Reply
lesbian

just call me queer, please.

anonymous said this on October 15, 2008 at 12:53 am | Reply
poseur
widget

justin said this on January 16, 2009 at 9:35 pm | Reply

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