Great words for bad things

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Mar 11, 2011

Evisceration... decapitation...

NeuroFizz · Mar 11, 2011

concubine

Mom'sWrite · Mar 11, 2011

miasma

stultify

dissemble

SWest · Mar 11, 2011

Mom'sWrite · Mar 11, 2011

poetinahat said:
fickle

*challenge!*

Is "libertine" too close to the mark? I knew it. You poets are known for your dissolute lifestyles.

writerterri · Mar 11, 2011

Dandroid · Mar 11, 2011

abbatoir

JoeEkaitis · Mar 11, 2011

pustule

sputum

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Mar 11, 2011

Tumor.

SWest · Mar 11, 2011

hogwash

humbug

hooey

DeleyanLee · Mar 11, 2011

flatus

bettielee · Mar 11, 2011

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
Tumor.

itsnottatumah!

but that would be a good thing

Mom'sWrite · Mar 11, 2011

petulant

capricious

derogation

Gretad08 · Mar 11, 2011

poetinahat said:
twerp.

Unsure of origin, but my favorite story is that it comes from the imagined sound of a fart in the bath.

My bold: My dad used to call that fromping.

Lyra Jean · Mar 11, 2011

inconceivable

cptwentworth · Mar 11, 2011

necromancy - It sounds too pretty for what it is.

LilliCray · Mar 11, 2011

Griffonage
Merdivore
Draffsack

All gleaned from English class. I have the best English teacher ever.

Mom'sWrite · Mar 12, 2011

scrofulous

SWest · Mar 12, 2011

balderdash

Mom'sWrite · Mar 12, 2011

pedantic

Mom'sWrite · Mar 12, 2011

bete noire

SWest · Mar 12, 2011