And they smell like froot loops!

[kz_blogorambling]

"Moist towelette" is one of those objects whose concept, existence, and utility I love.....but the name MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL.

I hate the way those syllables roll around in my mouth.

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[slitterst.livejournal.com]

A male sleazy French stripper. Moist is definitely a guy's name.

[justplainbryan.livejournal.com]

I call them wipes.

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

Saying "wipe" a half a dozen times has me thinking it's also an unpleasant word.

[sarahpolk.livejournal.com]

"Wet wipes."

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Yep. The word moist in and of itself is kind of hinky. And that little dryersheetesque piece of paper is hardly towel at all.

[delphica.livejournal.com]

I like to entertain myself by always saying "moist towelette" with the same inflection as that song, "Warm Leatherette -- which I think was supposed to be edgy but it came out in the late 70s so now it's, well, it's 1970s-sounding. Grace Jones did the best known version, I think.

[sauronwrap.livejournal.com]

You can also sing "moist towelette" to the tune of "Pink Cadillac." I just replace the words, and it makes the song so much better.

[woohag.livejournal.com]

OMG I could not agree more. The word "MOIST" alone makes my skin crawl.

[beagledave.livejournal.com]

Boy is it me or is it hot and juicy here?

[lno.livejournal.com]

You want the most nauseating phrase in English?

egg sac. Say it a dozen times. You can even hear the nonexistent k in sac. sac sac sac sac sac.

It just sounds like thousands of spiders pouring out of your mouth and skittering all over your body.

SAC. EGG SAC.

oh god I hate myself now.

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Well that makes two of us.

[lno.livejournal.com]

I was cleaning the garage, and under a pile of lumber, I found a bunch of egg sacs.

Oh hey, while showering, I looked up and in the corner of the ceiling was an egg sac.

Don't look up at the ceiling in the basement by the furnace. You guessed it, egg sacs.

EGG SAC! WITNESS THE POWER I HAVE OVER YOU!

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

Mooooiiiisssstttt.....


:D

[mrblue92.livejournal.com]

Uh oh. You're becoming the mom in Dead Like Me.

[politzania.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a survey where "moist" & another word were being compared as unpleasant words & "moist" won by like 90% of the women's vote. I can't recall what the other word was, but I do remember I found it more unpleasant.

A Language Log blog post on the topic.

On an semi-related note - I took a rather long survey this morning on pantiliners - are there really people who use "26 or more" in a month's time?