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5 Words That Annoy Men

By Madhu Babu

There are always certain words and phrases that annoy people. It could be swearing words, filthy slangs or just the way people address them. Sometimes a simple innocent greeting or gesture could annoy some men due to some stigma or a bad experience that might have been associated with that word. Pet names and other overly girly or sweet words could annoy some men in fear of hurting their masculinity. While other get annoyed when words or phrases used at them turn up hurting their ego.

Even though it is manly thing to swear when angry and use abuse language when hurt or in a fight, no one likes to be on the receiving end of it. Other major annoying words that men hate to hear is certain childhood names that where associated with them. When a relative or their parents use those words to greet or talk to them, it starts to get annoying. Then there are some private and intimate words that are best confined to their bedroom. However, it starts to annoy some men if these words are uttered in public or in presence of others.

5 Words That Annoy Men

Other major word that annoys men is the ‘L' word. Men do use it but not as often as women like to use. When women start to use the ‘Love' word and phrase too often it starts to annoy most men. It is not like men don't use it to express their love, its just that they use it only in the moment and move on rather than remind it ever so often.

1.'F' word is one major abusive word most men use but never like being on receiving end of. It annoys most men and leads them to major quarrels if the word is used in a abusive and derogatory manner. Not only the 'F' word, other major abusive words tend to annoy most men when used against them.

2.'Love' is another word most don't prefer to use too many times. Even if they are in deeply in love, they prefer to use this during special moments only. However, their female counterparts tend to annoy certain men by using the same one too many times and too often tipping them off. It annoys them when they use the 'Love' word way too often.

3.'Dude' is another word that is confined to boys and teens. As they turn to adulthood, most men prefer to not use it generally. It turns too street wise language to use 'dude' to refer during normal and professional conversations. It annoys men when it is used against them to address or for general greetings and referring.

4.‘Sweety' is one word not many adult men prefer to be addressed to other than may be privately confined to their personal times. To most men it hurts their masculinity and feels kind of sissy to be called as ‘sweety' in front of people. The ‘sweety' kind of hits all the sour notes when used against some men.

5.‘Whatever' is one word that reflects sour attitude of the person using it. Most men hate women or other men who show too much attitude in the wrong way at them. It hits all the wrong notes in a man when the word ‘whatever' comes as a one word answer to their statement.

Story first published: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 17:57 [IST]
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