Do you know someone that hates the word MOIST?
You’re not alone.
But it’s not me. I will always equate the word MOIST with fresh brownies or a delicious cake. Moist is the opposite of dry and stale. But other people think of gross bodily fluids being moist or hate the way it sounds ‘M-OY-STUH’.
So, it’s a word I’ve tried to learn to be careful with, mostly around my wife. She shudders when I say things like, it was perfectly moist!
It’s good to know if there is a word that triggers people, especially readers, because you wouldn’t want to put them off because of word choice. But now knowing the reaction most people have to the word MOIST, I like to throw it in to the scenes I want to be disgusting. It brings out the sadist in me.
WORDING is an ongoing series of posts on Words I love, misuse, overuse, and/or hate.
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