Why We Hate the Word 'Moist'

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@camgood2437
@camgood2437 7 жыл бұрын
I learned several years ago that some people don't like the word "moist" lol. I always associated it with the phrase "moist, rich chocolate cake". I never thought of it as disgusting, but rather appetizing lol, since I often heard it in reference to baked goods.. which are some of my favorite things in existence..
@MelisaBalcii
@MelisaBalcii 7 жыл бұрын
Cam Good yessss me too
@SomeAHole
@SomeAHole 7 жыл бұрын
First thing that popped intp my mind with this comment was: "Look at me still talking when there's science to do, when I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you" Now moist makes me think of worm holes
@xzonia1
@xzonia1 7 жыл бұрын
same
@slugfly
@slugfly 7 жыл бұрын
Black Forest Cake. It's "great - so delicious and moist."
@tinalevesque5772
@tinalevesque5772 7 жыл бұрын
i always joke to my step mom, she hates the word moist and loves to bake so i say her cakes are very sorta not really wet. lmfao
@captaincygni2162
@captaincygni2162 6 жыл бұрын
"Moist. MMMMMoist. mOIst. moiST." - Hank Green 2017
@smoking_hi5494
@smoking_hi5494 7 жыл бұрын
There's this one guy at my school that goes around at lunch whispering the word "moist" in people's ears.
@rekishimasemi1214
@rekishimasemi1214 7 жыл бұрын
Smoking Kills I’m kind of jealous
@PaleGhost69
@PaleGhost69 7 жыл бұрын
zack effron the *moistest kiss
@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII
@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII 7 жыл бұрын
Smoking Kills Do you go to a handicap school
@smoking_hi5494
@smoking_hi5494 7 жыл бұрын
No, but a lot of the kids at my school are dumbasses
@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII
@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII 7 жыл бұрын
Smoking Kills not nice to call me a dumbass. See you at lunch next time
@jr52990
@jr52990 7 жыл бұрын
I just thought people hated the word because it sounded sexual.
@CryptoMynd
@CryptoMynd 7 жыл бұрын
Joshua Walters "A moist crevice inside your panties"
@MicukoFelton
@MicukoFelton 7 жыл бұрын
Joshua Walters Um what. Moist does not sound sexual. And why would that disgust you anyway, sex isn't disgusting.
@mirhar2371
@mirhar2371 7 жыл бұрын
Joshua Walters m2
@mirhar2371
@mirhar2371 7 жыл бұрын
micuko vicious but cum is
@HawkSlam
@HawkSlam 7 жыл бұрын
micuko vicious oh no of course not
@TheTexas1994
@TheTexas1994 7 жыл бұрын
I applaud the people who hate the word moist that watched this whole video
@burninglcd
@burninglcd 7 жыл бұрын
Nicolas Gleason-Boure me
@Whatishappening32
@Whatishappening32 7 жыл бұрын
Permanent cringe throughout this entire video
@mangoeos
@mangoeos 7 жыл бұрын
Nicolas Gleason-Boure that’s me *shudders*
@soph9141
@soph9141 7 жыл бұрын
👋 and I'm dying here
@RangerSlythe
@RangerSlythe 7 жыл бұрын
balls of steel in a moist crevice?
@AreaLabMen
@AreaLabMen 5 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while, one of my students will sneeze and I will say: "That sounded moist." The various expressions of revulsion are classic.
@MaxOakland
@MaxOakland 2 жыл бұрын
That’s horrific
@SuperHGB
@SuperHGB Жыл бұрын
@@MaxOakland -ly funny
@aradraugfea
@aradraugfea 7 жыл бұрын
Moist doesn't bother me. Panties doesn't bother me. Crevice doesnt' bother me. Those three words in close proximity? Bothers me greatly.
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 7 жыл бұрын
Same.
@desu38
@desu38 6 жыл бұрын
Moist panty crevice. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@1Hawkears1
@1Hawkears1 6 жыл бұрын
I came down here to see what others said and mention that I feel that way about "panties" (I feel like the word, at least in my head, associates young girls with sex and, ewwwwwww)
@NessaOfDorthonion
@NessaOfDorthonion 5 жыл бұрын
@@desu38 was looking for this and now I'm satisfied
@nerissacrawford8017
@nerissacrawford8017 5 жыл бұрын
Oh.....🤢
@blitzkeir3750
@blitzkeir3750 7 жыл бұрын
Wait, so people don’t like the words “moist”, “crevice” and “panties”? Hmm, I wonder what Freud would have to say about that.
@Master_Therion
@Master_Therion 7 жыл бұрын
Occasionally, the word Moist bothers me, but I'm okay with it Moist of the time.
@iraqlobster6576
@iraqlobster6576 7 жыл бұрын
Haha,jokes
@dingdong3508
@dingdong3508 7 жыл бұрын
Master Therion yep, I’ve seen you on MANY scishow videos.
@alexc4812
@alexc4812 7 жыл бұрын
Noooooooooooo
@ellioa3978
@ellioa3978 7 жыл бұрын
Master Therion leave😂😂😂😂
@NoJusticeNoPeace
@NoJusticeNoPeace 7 жыл бұрын
You are selfish, egocentric, obnoxious, and stupid. I can't imagine what kind of malignant narcissism drives a person to inflict lowest-common-denominator dad jokes on these comment sections, video after video, drowning out and burying actual intelligent discussion to feed your monstrous ego.
@Nolfavrell
@Nolfavrell 6 жыл бұрын
as a foreigner moist is my favourite English word...I love it's sound😂
@val-mz1ej
@val-mz1ej 5 жыл бұрын
thank you
@etienne7930
@etienne7930 4 жыл бұрын
😂 yeah, we find nothing wrong with it, I'm an Indonesian btw.
@heatherwanderer777
@heatherwanderer777 7 жыл бұрын
My mother got sick from the flu one time, rather soon after she had some fudge, forever after she associated fudge with being ill and could not even stand the smell of fudge. Its weird the associations our minds and bodies make with words, sights, and smells.
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
our brains are f'ed up.
@tropezando
@tropezando 7 жыл бұрын
I had something similar with garlic for several years. Even when your brain knows the association is correlative and not a causative, your body still reacts instinctively to it. It sucks!
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 7 жыл бұрын
Generally speaking, that doesn't happen over one exposure. You need repeated exposure to get that effect.
@sarahp6512
@sarahp6512 6 жыл бұрын
Same! When I got the stomach flu as a kid, I always drank ginger ale, and that was the only time I drank it. Now I don't like the taste because it reminds me of being sick.
@mayfrogge
@mayfrogge 6 жыл бұрын
I have a similar thing with frozen oranges; they make me absolutely nauseous now.
@mybloodaches4668
@mybloodaches4668 7 жыл бұрын
There is a girl in my math class who hates the word moist. There is also a boy who hates the word earlobes. So everyone started chanting moist earlobes moist earlobes. They started flipping out and then the teacher said everyone be quiet but always remember that to be healthy you need to have moist earlobes.
@ls200076
@ls200076 6 жыл бұрын
And then they got together.
@CyroStarfire
@CyroStarfire 5 жыл бұрын
@@ls200076 better love story than twilight
@wesleygreenhow8843
@wesleygreenhow8843 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@uriahheep5665
@uriahheep5665 4 жыл бұрын
HELP!!!!
@davidthevilla2424
@davidthevilla2424 7 жыл бұрын
30 times. He said moist 30 times😨😨
@ChrisPollitt
@ChrisPollitt 7 жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone would count them...
@jellogs9599
@jellogs9599 6 жыл бұрын
David Villarreal and?
@nebulouscat5477
@nebulouscat5477 5 жыл бұрын
😷😷😷😷🤮
@Anolaana
@Anolaana 4 жыл бұрын
1:45 words can't harm you Coronavirus: I live in the moist air you breathe out
@Stoned_Pony
@Stoned_Pony 7 жыл бұрын
I hear "Moist" and I get hungry for some tasty, light, fluffy, MOIST chocolate cake...
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
i get hungry for sandwiches. goddamnit that team fortress video brainwashed me... now i want a sandwich.
@MrCmon113
@MrCmon113 7 жыл бұрын
I get a craving for women.
@natepayne2949
@natepayne2949 6 жыл бұрын
when I hear moist I start thinking of idubbz
@p.andytheface.475
@p.andytheface.475 5 жыл бұрын
@@iota-09 *Sandvich.
@iota-09
@iota-09 5 жыл бұрын
@@p.andytheface.475 so moist and delicious.
@wiegraf-FNC
@wiegraf-FNC 7 жыл бұрын
He said the word "MOIST" 31 times in this video.
@sunnyterah2985
@sunnyterah2985 7 жыл бұрын
How interesting! I do agree that the disgust comes from social influence. For the longest time, ‘moist’ was just another word to me; but then I saw several KZbinrs demonstrate their disgust towards the word and my opinion started to slightly change. Still, I find it a bit odd because the word moist shouldn’t be connected to anything negative. Unlike ‘rancid’ or ‘slimy’, words that indicate that the physical state of something has deteriorated, ‘moist’ shouldn’t have negative connotations. We are full of fluids therefore certain areas of our bodies are meant to be moist and it can actually provide protection against the elements. It’s really weird to me how so many people can find one word disgusting, especially when the things that surround us, and including our very self, are always moist.
@IceMetalPunk
@IceMetalPunk 7 жыл бұрын
The key is that our mucus is meant to stay inside, covered by relatively dry skin/etc. If you have moistness coming outside of you, that's probably not healthy.
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
the secret to make moist sound good even if you dislike it is to repeat it over and over while emphasizing the "oi" sound(kinda like boing) once semantic satiation sets in, it will just feel like a funny word, works especially well if you're not mother language english(but chances are you aren't disgusted by it if you are)
@janetross1900
@janetross1900 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@MaxOakland
@MaxOakland 2 жыл бұрын
That’s what I think. It was kind of a trend for people to hate the word moist
@arjuscarlet55555
@arjuscarlet55555 5 жыл бұрын
I don't hate it but it's fun looking and listening to Hank saying moist.😂😂😂
@DiXtionRap
@DiXtionRap Жыл бұрын
Down bad?
@RunItsTheCat
@RunItsTheCat 7 жыл бұрын
And immediately, Cr1t1kal releases the new Moist Meter video
@stefkuypers2837
@stefkuypers2837 7 жыл бұрын
Was looking for this comment
@b0b682
@b0b682 7 жыл бұрын
You're the entire reason I'm even watching this video
@thatguymork
@thatguymork 7 жыл бұрын
"The night was moist..."
@rushiaisboingboing4957
@rushiaisboingboing4957 5 жыл бұрын
Let me tell you a *MOIST* story The night was *MOIST,* I was in my *MOIST* bed alone. My hands where *MOIST* . I looked out of my *MOIST* window at my *MOIST* pond. I saw a *MOIST* fish flapping around on the *MOIST* grass. My *MOIST* door opened and my *MOIST* mom came into my *MOIST* room. I yelled at her “ *GET TF OUT OF MY ROOM MOM IM PLAYING MOISTCRAFT!!!* “ Then she left my room. I went go grab some *ENSLAVED MOISTURE* that I may consume. After that I checked my *S T O N K S* in *MOISTCRAFT* and I lived happily ever after in my *MOIST* home THE END
@Nate-xy5il
@Nate-xy5il 4 жыл бұрын
@@rushiaisboingboing4957 I'm terrified
@leselimakoko1394
@leselimakoko1394 4 жыл бұрын
@@rushiaisboingboing4957wow🤧
@PV-re8kd
@PV-re8kd 3 жыл бұрын
@@rushiaisboingboing4957 idkw but I lost its 'moisture' at MOISTCRAFT 🙄
@rushiaisboingboing4957
@rushiaisboingboing4957 3 жыл бұрын
@@PV-re8kd *MOISTCRAFT*
@leecrawford6560
@leecrawford6560 7 жыл бұрын
Hey, everyone When you use/say a word over and over It'll eventually lose its meaning So by the end I didn't even know/care that he was saying the word Just thought I would put that out there It's true Repeat a certain/any word and it will begin to lose its meaning and you'll have a hard time trying to remember what that word meant in the first place
@pennymac16
@pennymac16 7 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the name for this phenomenon: semantic satiation =D
@kaelaolsen9251
@kaelaolsen9251 7 жыл бұрын
Lee Crawford yeah. They did a video on semantic satiation.
@Tanman-yl4oj
@Tanman-yl4oj 7 жыл бұрын
Well, not really over and over again, more of using it to much in the wrong situation
@byrellebrass7387
@byrellebrass7387 7 жыл бұрын
Lee Crawford idk why you think your experience is a universal fact but :/
@Guru_1092
@Guru_1092 6 жыл бұрын
Why the hell did you format your comment this way?! This bugs me WAY more than it should!
@erntaku
@erntaku 7 жыл бұрын
You've said most so many times, I'm gonna have to watch your "why words lose their meaning" video after this one.
@SlyMeerkat
@SlyMeerkat 7 жыл бұрын
Moist doesn't effect me what so ever
@Nerobyrne
@Nerobyrne 7 жыл бұрын
dank!
@weed42036
@weed42036 7 жыл бұрын
*affect
@cutecommie
@cutecommie 6 жыл бұрын
affect: verb effect: noun
@Nerobyrne
@Nerobyrne 6 жыл бұрын
+Soviet Loli Wow, that's how that works! I was wondering this for ages. Also, soviet lolis are hot!
@lynieshagaule6668
@lynieshagaule6668 2 жыл бұрын
i love the word because when i hear it i think of a moist cake
@dabzvapelord
@dabzvapelord 7 жыл бұрын
moister than an oyster
@SirNeutral
@SirNeutral 7 жыл бұрын
I hate when people use the word "delicious" to refer to anything besides food.
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
yeah, a bit, not such a big deal, it's just a bit childish and honestly it's not a very good sounding word in most languages.
@tropezando
@tropezando 7 жыл бұрын
ahahaha I can't watch cooking shows any more because I can't handle using "sexy" as a descriptor for a meal.
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 7 жыл бұрын
I have watched a ridiculous number of cooking shows and never seen anyone refer to anything in them as "sexy."
@Speed001
@Speed001 6 жыл бұрын
Well isn't that a delicious little fact. Also, I never thought of delicous ever being used in any other way other than for food.
@susanrobinson910
@susanrobinson910 5 жыл бұрын
I want to THANK YOU for doing this video on...that...word! I have hated the sound of this word for as long as I can remember! Here's to hoping I can make it through the video without dry-heaving. I had NO idea there were so many people that disliked this word that SciShow felt they needed to prepare this video Regardless, thank you!
@kewgardensstation
@kewgardensstation 7 жыл бұрын
"A moist, rich, creamy chocolate cake" is not disgusting. "A moist, steaming pile of dogshit" is. Let's not forget the most important aspect of language the psychologists seem to have forgotten - context. ;-)
@Glockenspheal
@Glockenspheal 7 жыл бұрын
But I like dogshit and hate cake, you are racist >:V I'm just kidding, that isn't called racism.
@graciesagamer2332
@graciesagamer2332 7 жыл бұрын
XD
@0Clewi0
@0Clewi0 7 жыл бұрын
Specially to study it they should see the effects of the translation on native speakers on Spanish moist would mostly be translated to "humedad" with is also translated back into English as humidity
@wschippr1
@wschippr1 7 жыл бұрын
Kew Gardens Station Uhhh, that was answered in the video though, the intentionally removed the context in some instances to test if context was a contributing factor, it wasn't. Although, the context may have been the original reason for the aversion (associating food with sex, and thus the disgust). I don't associate the word with sex or sexual body parts and don't find the word unpleasant, so you should run a study and see if that's the case.
@owenernst7768
@owenernst7768 7 жыл бұрын
I find moist disgusting both times
@emmahacker4020
@emmahacker4020 7 жыл бұрын
I was so pumped when I saw this video in my notifications! I'm not one of the 10-20% so I've wonder before about why it's so *cringe* to some people Thanks SciShow!!
@hollylilly92
@hollylilly92 7 жыл бұрын
It's just a word.
@ZeaLDailyParanormal
@ZeaLDailyParanormal 4 жыл бұрын
She moist 😌
@Nate-xy5il
@Nate-xy5il 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZeaLDailyParanormal ewwww
@teresaellis7062
@teresaellis7062 7 жыл бұрын
And I thought this was just going to be a slightly silly video and then I find out the importance of thinking about the reason behind how we react to words and people. Very cool. I love the sound of some words, like discombobulate. Loved it from the first time I heard it during the Mary Poppins movie.
@sharkstriker1
@sharkstriker1 7 жыл бұрын
I actually like the word :( it reminds me of moist moss in the forest after it rains
@pluransart1795
@pluransart1795 7 жыл бұрын
The one innocent comment in a sea of horny comments
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
it reminds me of sandwiches.
@aleka..
@aleka.. 7 жыл бұрын
sharkstriker1 Finally. I'm not native English speaker and main association I have with the word is weather... Reading comments above made me wonder if I got something wrong.
@BLAngel1
@BLAngel1 7 жыл бұрын
Eww! Moist moss. Sounds like a woman's disease down there.
@NKr-qg7yf
@NKr-qg7yf 6 жыл бұрын
same
@khartog01
@khartog01 7 жыл бұрын
How many scishow channels are there? This is the third one I know of. (Subscribed)
@MelisaBalcii
@MelisaBalcii 7 жыл бұрын
i love the word moist. it's so funny. 'moist moist'
@daanwilmer
@daanwilmer 7 жыл бұрын
Before this video, I was quite neutral to it, but now I agree :)
@IAmAlgolei
@IAmAlgolei 7 жыл бұрын
Moist has always been one of my favourite words. I like using it in non-obvious ways, like when coming in out of a heavy rain and saying, “I feel moist.” It always cheers me up!
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
it just sounds funny, feels good to say, kinda like "boing", but better.
@MelisaBalcii
@MelisaBalcii 7 жыл бұрын
Algolei I yes i do that as well, love it :D
@MelisaBalcii
@MelisaBalcii 7 жыл бұрын
iota-09 what about "pudding"? i feel my insides jiggling
@b33thr33kay
@b33thr33kay 7 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is an incredible video. You're right, it was much more profound that I imagined.
@camgood2437
@camgood2437 7 жыл бұрын
The disgust comes from people being uncomfortable with describing sexual mechanics. It's a word that most people don't want to use to describe the state of certain body parts, when certain euphamisms (like "wet") are more palatable. It's the same reason you wouldn't want to say that a part of you is "slimy" (even though this may be a fairly accurate description). It's just basic shame over our physical nature, and pretty silly lol..
@badenielsen
@badenielsen 7 жыл бұрын
Imagine telling your girlfriend/wife that she nice and slimey. ^^
@nuuuuuut
@nuuuuuut 7 жыл бұрын
Cam Good Idk about that, I remember disliking the word even in elementary school and at the time I had no idea that was even a thing people did Edit- worded this kind of wrong. I knew people had sex but was not aware of the moistening aspect.
@6iaZkMagW7EFs
@6iaZkMagW7EFs 7 жыл бұрын
Cam Good moist sounds worse than slimy or wet.
@RosheenQuynh
@RosheenQuynh 7 жыл бұрын
As an erotophobe, I can identify with that first sentence.
@TheGingey
@TheGingey 7 жыл бұрын
RoseOfTheNight4444 that's a thing!?
@dejosss
@dejosss 7 жыл бұрын
Moist? Don't you mean whatever makes you die of heat stroke when you travel to Florida
@Blue-Pheonix455
@Blue-Pheonix455 6 жыл бұрын
Summer in Australia is hot and the air is 'moist'. And it rains alot causing it to be humid. Is Florida humid?
@tomhsia4354
@tomhsia4354 5 жыл бұрын
Same for Shanghai and Taiwan, where I go quite often. I mean, the temperature may only be 40 degrees Celcius, but the real feel on weather apps go well above 50. Oh, imagine it being hot enough for you to cook steaks on potholes (through a proper steak pan, of course), and still have the humidity go above 80 percent. I'm surprised I'm still alive.
@d_wang9836
@d_wang9836 7 жыл бұрын
I swear, Hank is trying to say moist as much as he can
@ourochroma
@ourochroma 6 жыл бұрын
I hate the word “excuse” And I hate it because I always had my parents yelling it at me
@TheBACSun
@TheBACSun 7 жыл бұрын
100% it has to be a connotation. Words like hoist or moisture don’t seem to get the same response out of people. Also, the more times it was said during this video, the less repulsive it became.
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
in fact, phonetically it's actually a nice sounding word, like boing.
@MicukoFelton
@MicukoFelton 7 жыл бұрын
Graveyard Gaming It's not a repulsive word in the first place.
@Crux161
@Crux161 7 жыл бұрын
Amy Sedaris: "Moist as a snack-cake down there," 🍰🤣
@godofwar6376
@godofwar6376 7 жыл бұрын
it means i dont get dehydrated
@deep_fried_analysis
@deep_fried_analysis 7 жыл бұрын
A truly beautiful and stoic comment
@deep_fried_analysis
@deep_fried_analysis 7 жыл бұрын
+
@pugwodo889
@pugwodo889 6 жыл бұрын
why everytime i hear or even think about the sound someone makes when they rub their fingers on a ballon i get goosebumps and chills down my spine?
@AloisMahdal
@AloisMahdal 7 жыл бұрын
Let me undo it: TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM TSIOM
@IFGchannel931
@IFGchannel931 7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like shooting lasers
@clarkkent1616
@clarkkent1616 7 жыл бұрын
alois mahdal not helping :\
@thesnowedone
@thesnowedone 7 жыл бұрын
I read this as TISM TISM... so I started having TISM songs play in my head so hey it worked - I wasn't thinking about 'moist' anymore! :)
@byua1835
@byua1835 7 жыл бұрын
T h i c c
@GeethmaAthukorala
@GeethmaAthukorala 7 жыл бұрын
Hank said moist so much that i have to watch *this* video now kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYecoJifq7yLotE (How repetitive words lose meaning)
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
if you do it enough times, it will actually start to sound good.
@rurutherussian
@rurutherussian 7 жыл бұрын
Never knew this was a thing, lol.
@stitchedwithcolor
@stitchedwithcolor 5 жыл бұрын
Worth noting: i once read a book on the psychology of disgust. I it, the author noted that disgust is an interesting sort of hibrid between different classes of emotions. The ways of expressing it (and, by extension, the feeling itself) seem to be hard wired, but prettymuch all of the triggers for it are acculturated or socialized. As most parents have observed, a child isn't born seeing feces, dead animals, rot, or other pretty basic triggers for disgust as disgusting; xe must learn that from other people nearby.
@godofwar6376
@godofwar6376 7 жыл бұрын
i love this word
@squishyparrotlets
@squishyparrotlets 6 жыл бұрын
Even into adulthood the word "moist" has always put a stupid smile on my face. It doesn't surprise me based on my preferences to certain types of humor.
@abdurbullockjr2283
@abdurbullockjr2283 3 жыл бұрын
There is nothing wrong with saying moist. It's not disgusting, it's fun to learn about because moist means moisture or the thing that looks like wind.
@orlendatube
@orlendatube 7 жыл бұрын
this was a great ep! very informative! I woudl love to learn more about disgust as well as how we intereact with new people....
@Toastmaster_5000
@Toastmaster_5000 7 жыл бұрын
I personally am interested to know if there's a correlation between self-discipline and people who hate the word moist. In my experience, most people who hate "moist" also tend to be impatient, gullible, or compulsive.
@RosheenQuynh
@RosheenQuynh 7 жыл бұрын
...Two of three of those words describe me, holy crap. I'm not 100% sure about one word, though.
@gabby_bear
@gabby_bear 7 жыл бұрын
Idk, I double there's a direct enough connection. All criminals drink water, but water doesn't cause crime (dumb comparison, I know, I'm tired lol)
7 жыл бұрын
That's a great analogy!
@RJLupin-zu9xv
@RJLupin-zu9xv 7 жыл бұрын
I really do wonder about this. When I first heard about this whole aversion to the word moist (which as far as I can tell seems to be a recent problem), I didn't think that it was more than a few people. I wonder if it's spreading. Mass hysteria is an actual phenomenon. The mind is a powerful thing, and many people are powerfully stupid.
@shadenox8164
@shadenox8164 7 жыл бұрын
It's possible, for example colourphobia i.e. the fear of clowns isn't a recognised phobia in pyschology. Yet culturally its become normal to find clowns creepy when they weren't seen that way before.
@originaljuan
@originaljuan 7 жыл бұрын
as a writer, I love that I respond with mild disgust to certain words, but I tend to use them more because of it: I know they'll be more effective! I hope MOIST doesn't fall out of use, it's so much better than "wet", "humid", "damp", "slushy", and all the rest, and it somehow can mean all of them!
@umbranex9274
@umbranex9274 7 жыл бұрын
Ceaseless Discharge
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
Rotten
@enrnle12-18
@enrnle12-18 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Hank.
@d_wang9836
@d_wang9836 7 жыл бұрын
*Que the sexual comments*
@GrayscaleChroma
@GrayscaleChroma 7 жыл бұрын
ₘₒₒₒₒᵢₛₜ...
@biffkin1229
@biffkin1229 7 жыл бұрын
¿Qué?
@metanumia
@metanumia 7 жыл бұрын
*Queue
@RobSellsTacos
@RobSellsTacos 7 жыл бұрын
Cue, actually.
@colinp2238
@colinp2238 7 жыл бұрын
Correct as in cue ball. To cue is to line up in certain games. Queue is a line of people not objects.
@JosephParker_Nottheboxer
@JosephParker_Nottheboxer 7 жыл бұрын
For those that bake, had parents that bake and are around baking "Moist" is often related to freshly baked cakes and things. For anyone that's into outdoors, hiking or the plant side of biology it usually makes them think of warm wet places like waterfalls and streams, or places it's freshly rained. (Damp usually implys cold, and / or dark places like cave walls or not 100% dry washing.) Where as most people that don't fall in the first two associate it with unpleasentness, biological functions and grossness.
@darklight6921
@darklight6921 7 жыл бұрын
moist!
@brynshannon6692
@brynshannon6692 7 жыл бұрын
I was hoping this video would have ended with Hank saying "Moist" but in slow motion and slightly extra loud, then just staring uncomfortably at the screen for a full second. XD
@scottishbeverage6269
@scottishbeverage6269 7 жыл бұрын
"Moist and delicious! Hehaha!" "Look at you tiny-itty-bitty men running from sandvich!"
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
based on these comments, i've seen a couple of factors related to liking or hating the word, starting from those who like it: 1: are (usually)not english/american 2: speak english mostly as their second language 3: have no or close to no correlation to the word "moist" and any of its meanings 4: may or may not feel like it sounds like some other words they like for other reasons(for me, that'd be "boing") those who DON'T like it however 1: are generally american 2: obviously speak english as their first language(base on the previous points) 3: relate the word to something rotten, humid, rancid or somehow(?!) more commonly to sex and more specificallly female body parts(also why other commonly hated words by americans are "panties"* and "crevice" i guess) so in short, my theory is that americans just hate talking about vaginas, thus, other terms i'm sure most americans will hate are -vagina -menstruation -deep -wet -blood -penetration -possibly less obvious stuff(look back at "crevice" for example) like... camel maybe? and i guess i could go on a lot longer, but i'm not that much into sexual talk, so you add if you want. *:saying specifically americans, because i'm pretty damn sure japan loves the word "panties"
@michanch9029
@michanch9029 7 жыл бұрын
I guess we need some moisturizer
@dust7962
@dust7962 7 жыл бұрын
mi chan I guess you need some tissues
@stillonly35cents
@stillonly35cents 7 жыл бұрын
"The night was moist." That was the writer's-block tip given by Danny DeVito's mother in Throw Momma From The Train, which finally sent Billy Crystal over the edge into really trying to kill her.
@user-ov2fc5sd1e
@user-ov2fc5sd1e 3 жыл бұрын
When I hear of Moist I think of melting chocolate Lava Cake 🤤🤤
@myevilplans
@myevilplans 7 жыл бұрын
that is so damp, so clammy and dank I'm left oozing...
@Glockenspheal
@Glockenspheal 7 жыл бұрын
Is it... The *moist* hated? :D
@SecretFiri
@SecretFiri 7 жыл бұрын
Could it be possible for you guys to make a video about the ways the brain functions in different stages of alertness? Like when someone has depression, anxiety, ptsd, etc?
@sevennightlyhours5077
@sevennightlyhours5077 7 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend is very soggy.
@RosheenQuynh
@RosheenQuynh 7 жыл бұрын
Ew
@IceMetalPunk
@IceMetalPunk 7 жыл бұрын
Slimy one, eh? Do you make her muciiferous?
@microbuilder
@microbuilder 7 жыл бұрын
....ugh...I'll never be able to eat cereal again....
@RosheenQuynh
@RosheenQuynh 7 жыл бұрын
@microbuilder Case in point: Soggy cereal is one of the most disgusting things to ever happen to food.
@Megaman634
@Megaman634 7 жыл бұрын
I agree with you rose.
@emcole123
@emcole123 6 жыл бұрын
Ever seen the awesome show "Dead Like Me?" The main character George knew that her mother hated that word because she found it vaguely "pornographic", so she'd use it just to annoy her. Too funny...AND, I hate that word too!!! Ick!
@Ryvucz
@Ryvucz 7 жыл бұрын
Moist has now lost it's meaning. Thanks.
@Ummuri2000
@Ummuri2000 7 жыл бұрын
My eyes, they moisten with tears from both cringe and joy
@fischX
@fischX 7 жыл бұрын
So "feucht" in German or "molhado" In Portuguese should be also disgusting - trust me they aren't.
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
it might be related to the americans perception of female genitalia, i've seen more people talk about vaginas here than in sex-related videos. if americans don't like talking about vaginas, unlike most europeans, that might be why(then again i don't think i've ever heard the equivalent of moist ever be used in relation to sexual activity in a european language)
@MrShepard65
@MrShepard65 7 жыл бұрын
Sniper angel yes ‘humid’ although this is usually used in geography related to climate. You usually don’t say humid in other contexts. This is probably due to the mixed germanic and romanic influences on German compared to the mainly romanic influences on Spanish.
@BlackJar72
@BlackJar72 7 жыл бұрын
Its hard for to imagine people disliking the word moist -- to me its has pleasant connotation, like a nice moist cake. I've never heard anyone complain about it, and never would have imagined it would bother anyone. People can be so utterly bizarre.
@zalander6912
@zalander6912 7 жыл бұрын
Like if crevice is one of the best words in the English language
@iota-09
@iota-09 7 жыл бұрын
moist is also one of the best sounding ones if you're totally detached to any of its meanings.
@ChozoSR388
@ChozoSR388 6 жыл бұрын
Or, 'squeegee'. It's fun to say ^_^
@elainemarie9470
@elainemarie9470 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I was trying to understand this bizarre phenomena. It was hysterical on how often you pronounced the word. Bravo! I developed an aversion to the word only from my exposure to social media's obvious disgust of it. Previously, it had a positive connotation to me. E.g., a slice of rich, moist chocolate cake. It never had a sexual meaning to me. So those remarking as such, sounds silly to me. But they say the KZbin demographic is primarily age 18, which would explain the reaction. I also wonder if all English speaking countries have the same visceral revulsion to moist? I'd love a follow up on the converse, why certain words we find pleasing to say. Some of my favs are bourgeois & plethora.
@JV-io3nn
@JV-io3nn 7 жыл бұрын
Moist panty crevice sounds fun, not disgusting.
@jodinha4225
@jodinha4225 7 жыл бұрын
Come on Johnny! We’re going to the moist pant crevice!
@azdgariarada
@azdgariarada 7 жыл бұрын
Seriously! That was a new one on me. Since when is the word "panties" considered disgusting?
@RosheenQuynh
@RosheenQuynh 7 жыл бұрын
Now I need to hurl myself off a cliff because this made me gag and the thought of puking made me gag worse.
@IceMetalPunk
@IceMetalPunk 7 жыл бұрын
+azdgariarada I've heard of some people hating the word "panties". Not sure why, though.
@Nerobyrne
@Nerobyrne 7 жыл бұрын
Cringy pickup line for women: "I have a moist crevace in my pants and am in desperate need of a spelunker".
@micahphilson
@micahphilson 4 жыл бұрын
Moist isn't bad to me, but Flesh is just strange to me for some reason. I feel that has alot to do with the discrepancy between how I think of the word and how others use it, though. To me, it's more visceral, to do with outer skin and cuts, but most people use it to just mean anything from skin to muscle in regular circumstances.
@mikerphone.
@mikerphone. 7 жыл бұрын
is it consisted immoral to laugh at the discomfort of those who can't stand the word moist ?
@katherinebergey4274
@katherinebergey4274 6 жыл бұрын
I honesty find it flabbergasting that words can make people disgusted.
@sethgrasse9082
@sethgrasse9082 7 жыл бұрын
*MMMMOOOOIIIISSSTTTT*
@val-mz1ej
@val-mz1ej 5 жыл бұрын
HELLO
@chillsahoy2640
@chillsahoy2640 7 жыл бұрын
There's a moist oyster in the cloister. I've never had a problem with the word 'moist', or any words that I can think of. But disgust is definitely one of the very important five key emotions.
@RevCode
@RevCode 7 жыл бұрын
Moister than an oyster.
@Julia69016
@Julia69016 7 жыл бұрын
I could have told that culture would be the answer to that research. English being my second language I was always bewildered that people felt so strong about such a innocent word.
@korstmahler
@korstmahler 7 жыл бұрын
"We" Speak for yourself bucko.
@absintherraful
@absintherraful 7 жыл бұрын
Are there any studies about words in other languages with similar impact? Sometimes it seems to me like a very specific american thing (maybe due to the fact that I am mostly exposed to english language media, but as a polish and german native speaker I haven't heard about these languages anything alike)
@Bc232klm
@Bc232klm 7 жыл бұрын
"We" don't hate it, maybe you do though. It's just a meme at this point.
@burgandyecker9423
@burgandyecker9423 7 жыл бұрын
The word "body" used to gross me out because I associated it with dead bodies due to my mother's fascination with crime shows when I was younger.
@Jackbkwiq
@Jackbkwiq 7 жыл бұрын
I didn't have a problem with that word until I heard Hank say it 20 times.
@NickRoman
@NickRoman 7 жыл бұрын
I could see it being the connotation. But, I like the word. I think it more often is a good thing. Moist as opposed to dry. And like someone else said, I've probably heard it most often referring to cake and such or perhaps a moist towelette, something used to clean.
@davidhammitt816
@davidhammitt816 5 жыл бұрын
I don't hate the word "moist." I hate people telling me I hate the word "moist".
@Mrs.AD0099
@Mrs.AD0099 5 жыл бұрын
Omg, Hank, you're adorable in this video! Laughed my head off!
@thisisme2681
@thisisme2681 3 жыл бұрын
I would have turned this into a drinking game in college 😂
@bibliophilecb
@bibliophilecb 7 жыл бұрын
For me, the word chunk (and to an extent, chunky) sets me off like many people seem to react to moist. The harsh sound coupled with the fact that it reminds me of sick (as an emetophobe) just turns me off.
@77luchris
@77luchris 6 жыл бұрын
The word moist is very moist. I used to hate it and said it to discomfort people at my school and now I don't feel any discomfort saying or hearing it. Moist 💧
@jennaalcalaa
@jennaalcalaa 7 жыл бұрын
I feel like a good way to measure if it’s about the connotation or the way the word is said is to ask non-English speakers to say it and to find words with similar meanings in their languages.
@ekaterinashul3194
@ekaterinashul3194 7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I laughed so much, thank you ! ;)
@aliceweirdopants4297
@aliceweirdopants4297 3 жыл бұрын
As a child i hated to word quasi. (Im a native german speaker, if that has anything to do with that?)
@soniczforever5470
@soniczforever5470 7 жыл бұрын
That explains a lot, thank you.
@madelinefieldshalva3121
@madelinefieldshalva3121 7 жыл бұрын
At a summer camp I go to, the counselors always wear shirts that say 'moist' on Mondays - they even call the Mondays, Moist Monday.
@mr_ekshun
@mr_ekshun 4 жыл бұрын
After delivering our baby, our obstetrician and I were talking about why I was surprisingly (to me) not-grossed-out by being there and even "helping" with the birth. He made an interesting comment, suggesting to me that sometimes we get grossed out or uncomfortable or even afraid of things because they seem... _wrong_... to us. A mangled limb with the bone sticking out, a dead body, etc. At least, that could be part of the reason. The birth wasn't gross to me because I had spent the past couple years learning about the human body from my wife, who is a nurse, and coming to find it fascinating even if severe injuries are still seriously disturbing to me. By the time I witnessed our daughter being born, just a foot or two away from me as I held one of my wife's legs to help her push, I was more intrigued by everything I saw going on than disgusted, though I'd never seen a birth before, not even pictures of one. I recognized the placenta purely by description and its function came to mind as it came out following the baby. The OB even suggested I touch it (wearing a glove), which was fascinating if still a little weird. Cutting the cord was a special experience (though the OB had to cut it first to respond quickly to a double-nuchal, so I just cut part of it afterwards as to still have that part of the experience). It also definitely helped that it was _my_ daughter being born and that nothing seriously wrong happened during the delivery. I already had a positive bias towards the experience. But to back up the OB's theory, he related his own experience to me, saying he was extremely uncomfortable even talking about the menstrual cycle with his wife (then-fiance). I'm not sure why he decided to become an OB but, though the first few births he witnessed were a struggle for him to watch, he quickly came to love the experience and is now an incredible OB.
@BLAngel1
@BLAngel1 7 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised there is no mention of the word moist in other languages in this study. Maybe there was and he just didn't mention it. But it seems to me like that would go a long way in determining if it's the word we are disgusted by or the other connotations associated with the word.
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