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Found out I had been pronouncing "flaccid" wrong, but the correct pronunciation sounds really turgid to me.

Philip Nunez, Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:37 (five months ago)

Stepping on a strawberry feels super gross, but it still smells like strawberries.

trm (tombotomod), Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:38 (five months ago)

That does seem pretty rare! Most things feel good, smell bad

Philip Nunez, Saturday, 4 October 2025 19:53 (five months ago)

Found out I had been pronouncing "flaccid" wrong, but the correct pronunciation sounds really turgid to me.

how were you pronouncing it? gotta know

z_tbd, Saturday, 4 October 2025 23:27 (five months ago)

I thought it was flaccid like acid instead of flack-sid, which still sounds like counterfeit viagra to me.

Philip Nunez, Saturday, 4 October 2025 23:48 (five months ago)

i don’t know how to tell you this, but it’s pronounced flayzed, rhymes with blazed

z_tbd, Sunday, 5 October 2025 00:17 (four months ago)

Always thought it was flacieeeed, rhymes with acieeeeeed

pronounced with an ‘umpty’ (Willl), Sunday, 5 October 2025 00:22 (four months ago)

Wait. What?

Now read it backwards. (dog latin), Sunday, 5 October 2025 08:00 (four months ago)

100% in the rhymes with acid camp....

although thinking back, why has no one referred to lacklustre dance music as flaccid house?

my opinionation (Hamildan), Sunday, 5 October 2025 09:33 (four months ago)

I've never heard it spoken like that, and my doctor has never corrected me. Wait, I've said too much.

It made me think of the word 'hacceity', which *is* pronounced like that. So I suppose there is precedent (pronounced prekedent).

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Sunday, 5 October 2025 10:03 (four months ago)

Lots of words pronounced that way (accent, access) however

flaccid /flasˈid or flakˈsid/
adjective
Limp
Flabby
Lax
Easily yielding to pressure
Soft and weak

GY!BP (wins), Sunday, 5 October 2025 10:15 (four months ago)


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