The editors of Oxford dictionaries defined the most detestable English words

26.08.2016

The publishers of the series of Oxford dictionaries have launched the global campaign so as to define which words in English language are hated most of all. As it appeared, English people are fed up with the word ‘most’ and greeting of all the times and nations ‘hello’.

Conducting an international survey that put forward a purpose to define linguistic preferences of various people, the creators of Oxford dictionaries compiled a range of questions under the hashtag #OneWordMap initiative. The first issue in the list offers to imply the least popular word of English language. The Oxford University Press Daniel Braddock reported: ‘There are a few likely suspects we’re expecting to see. ‘Moist’ seems to be a word that people instinctively draw for, and it’s already proven to be a popular response in some internal polls we’ve done’.

At the moment, more than 8000 people participated in the experiment. In England, along with the word ‘moist’ the surveyed have indicated that they can’t stand words ‘no’, ‘hate’, ‘like’, and ‘can’t’. In Spain the list of the most abhorrent words is headed by the words ‘love’ and ‘war’, the citizens of Gibraltar do not like the usage of word ‘yellow’ while in New Zealand humans are annoyed by the word ‘phlegm’.