Why do some words just feel gross?
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Is "moist" really that bad? Remember to go to https://ground.news/robwords to see how language shapes our perspectives. Save 40% for unlimited access to the Vantage Plan through my link. Which are the most beautiful and ugliest words in the English language? I put those questions to my subscribers and thousands of them voted. I reveal the result in this video. I also explore why so many people despise the word "moist", consider the formula for the perfect word, and explore the curious case of the "cellar door". 👕COOL TSHIRTS: https://robwords.com/shop ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: https://patreon.com/robwords 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: https://www.robwords.com/newsletter 🌐SOURCES & LINKS🔗 David Crystal - https://www.davidcrystal.com/Files/BooksAndArticles/-4009.pdf Mark Liberman – https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4368 and https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4389 Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: https://robwords.com https://x.com/robwordsYT https://tiktok.com/@robwords CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:24 Ugly & beautiful words 6:40 MOIST 9:40 Crystal's criteria matrix 12:20 Rating words 15:03 Does meaning matter? 16:13 CELLAR DOOR
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