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    Why Is There So Much Hate for the Word “Moist”?

    by Jim Davies Jun 08, 2015 2 minutes

    lot of people don’t like the word “moist.” Several Facebook groups are dedicated to it, , to eliminate from the dictionary, and for being the worst word in the English language. When you ask people why this might be, there is no shortage of armchair theory: that there’s something about the sounds involved, that it puts your face in a position similar to the facial

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