Back when I lived in New York, my friends and I would amuse ourselves with various silly games. Today’s Stupid Question hearkens back to one.
Once, we came upon some store that sold hot dogs, a la Papaya King or some such. This particular store was hawking its particular hot dogs by describing them as “crunchy.” While I think I know what they meant by that, “crunchy” seems the wrong word to use when trying to move frankfurters. My friends and I spent the rest of the afternoon intermittently suggesting other words that are best avoided when trying to advertise hot dogs.
So, today’s Stupid Question is this — what do you think is the worst possible word to use when trying to sell a hot dog? Some of the better entries I recall from before include “hirsute,” “truculent” and “tumescent.”
Pillowy.
I believe that Angelina Jolie’s reps have secured rights to that word, such that it can now only be used in describing her lips.
Pus-ridden was one of my favorites back in the day. Now I’d suggest gelatinous.
“Pus-ridden,” I think, works equally well (or, rather, poorly) as a means of advertising any product.
I’m gonna go juvenile and say “weiner”.
I realize that I probably ought to read the question before I answer.
The glory of Stupid Tuesday Questions is that all answers have equal merit, given the stupidity of the question itself. Sure, it’s nice to read the question first, but there’s a kind of Dada charm to answering it sight-unseen
Fleshy
Engorged
Porktacular
Hoof-and-Snout-Parts-rrific (okay this one is cheating a little)
Engorged.
I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me. That was well done.
Extruded.
“product” (or, even worse, “byproduct”.)
“casing”
“genuine”
“libidinous” which by the way reminds me of this: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/10paulas.html
I also like “miasmic” and “mephitic”.
I particularly enjoy “mephitic.”
“herpetic”?