"The Science Behind Why People Hate the Word Moist"
The word "moist" has often been called the most-hated word in English. This article is a reader-friendly summary of an academic paper titled "An Exploratory Investigation of Word Aversion". The article studies salty and potentially offensive language, so proceed with appropriate caution.
Spoiler: it's not just the sound of the word that causes the aversion!
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