Moist. MOIST! (the science of why some people hate that word)

It sounds like some people have an innately negative connotation of the word, perhaps in regard to it being an apt description of female genitalia; which is, of course, self lubricating… which begs the question if that stems from the demonization of all things vaginal.

And I agree with your buddies: the first thing that comes to mind is cake.

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Potentially relevant given their attempt at explanation:

TLDR: the facial feedback hypothesis was recently tested for replication across 17 pre-registered studies. Average effect size was near 0 and pretty much none of the 17 studies reported a significant effect.

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■■■■■ soil? Of course.
■■■■■ sponge? Definitely.
■■■■■ armpit? Sure.

But ■■■■■ vagina?

I think we see the problem here.

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Living in the South, I think of it more in the context of buttcrack sweat, which is also self-lubricating (at least in the Texas August heat).

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they could say ‘wet’ but i think that’s already taken.

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Actually, if the vagina in question is “dry” I think that constitutes a much more dire problem…

Obligatory:

That ain’t ■■■■■: it’s just gross.

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A pleonasm.

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And there’s my new vocab word for the day; thanks.

:slight_smile:

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I submit belch.

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Purge, although it’s a verb, not an adjective.

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This is what I associate ■■■■■ with nowadays…

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More like sludge, in human form.

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Huh, I have no issue with ■■■■■ (I think this is more a meme than anything else), slacks, or luggage.

I’m more bugged out by :
bevy
garner
temblor

In fact, I like saying luggage. Luggage luggage luggage. It has a good woody sound to it.

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Swampass

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I never thought to ask myself but being a spanish speaker i can’t really think of a word that elicits a negative reaction in the same way that english speakers have to ■■■■■.

There might be one but nothing readily comes to mind.

Another description of Cruz?
*lolz

Pus, and congeal.

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Felch.

I mistakenly looked this up to refresh myself what it meant.

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That word rings a bell as one that I have intentionally forgotten…

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Better keep it that way

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