Online language platform Preply recently conducted a poll to determine the 10 grossest words in the English language. The winner is... 'PUS.'
The rest of them, unfortunately, seem to describe some bodily fluids.
The complete list:
- Pus (9,799 votes)
- Phlegm (8,984 votes)
- Seepage (8,799 votes)
- Moist (8,234 votes)
- Splooge (7,893 votes)
- Fester (7,223 votes)
- Mucus (7,083 votes)
- Ooze (6,990 votes)
- Putrid (6,912 votes)
- Curd (6,344 votes)
Are you one of the many people who cringe when reading or hearing a specific word or phrase?
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