What is the most awkward word or phrase in the English language?

banana hammock. I don’t care what you say, as soon as that phrase enters a conversation it becomes extraordinarily awkward….

Giggidy.

boner doctor.

….. Goethe….. moving forward .......... that being said…............. I don’t know how to say this , but, ........

Death.

@thanatos – I think the word death flows quite nicely!

apoplectic

I forgot to add a big ‘un that’s in the question:

awkward

and

awkward word

awkward just looks well… awkward….

Chthonian

I also find it interesting that apoplectic, chthonian, and pedagogy all come from Greek. Maybe Greek gives us awkward words.

Other ones are the classic “dirty sounding” words like angina, exacerbate, masticate, penal, etc.

“Will you marry me?” is a pretty awkward phrase if the answer is no.

Onomatopoeia is an awkward looking word. And how about hors d’ oeuvres?

Scuba

lamppost

gubernatorial

February

driveway, and parkway

library

asscherry

@Allie

Yeah. That is pretty bad.

@eponymoushipster Heh.

epitaph

gargle

Related to epitaph – epithet

@Grisaille Or when you don’t know you’re about to propose.

loose stool

@Allie ROFL

That was brutal.

Synecdoche

discombobulate

=/

Ask… Or is it ax.

indubitable

Doily.

.. puissant…

… then there is always….. pissant…..

“you may feel a slight urge to urinate”

smegma

zygote

expectorant

“rural”

crappies

abundant pubeage.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom

@Allie NOOOOOOOOO

The word dying or spider is very awkward for me…I hate spiders and they are just sick! =[

holily

It’s just so hard to say!

“Turn your head and cough” *cups testicles in hand

Moist…yuck really dislike that word

@ekans; that is epic beyond words (except perhaps the word buffalo).

Perfunctory.

And in Japanese…“dochira kara irasshaimashitaka”

phlem.

Anything to do with hemorroids.

Or proctology.

kumquats.
(so delicious, yet… ridiculous to say!)

Massachusetts

@Capt_Bloth Good one!

Some words with consonance – Thoth, thoracic

Oh, one I just came across:

bookmarklet

I agree with “rural”, and would like to raise you a “juror”. Any 30 Rock fans? :)

@wendolpho yay! I’m also quite fond of the awkward “Janey Jimplin” and “Jackie Jormp-Jomp” :D

Palpable…ick!

queef
i hadn’t heard that since high school and someone said it on the tv today

rofl

@Dr_C

“Queef” is pretty awkward, though I will admit that I have been desensitized to it by that South Park episode…

@DominicX would that be the episode where Mr. Garrison gets a sex change and while asking for an abortion says he can just “queef” out the fetus?

@Dr_C

Ewww…lol…actually this was the one where a new Canadian TV show called “The Queef Sisters” becomes a sensation. It’s about two women who do nothing but queef for the entire program and then when queefing gets banned because all the men find it disgusting, it becomes an issue of sexism and equal rights…lol…oh, South Park… :P

“Indefatigable”.... Just say it. The “d” “f” “t” and “gable” are just SO awkward to pronounce…

groin

lips XD

brouhaha (haha :)

nipple….eew

shin-dig

loins, kinda like groin

cameltoe XDDDDDDD

ghetto

suckle

nub