burger

BURGER. Say it ten times. Burger.

Perhaps no other word--phonetically or meaningfully--symbolizes the plight of American society. Yeah, that's a bold statement, now, I'll try to back it up.

First off, burger is an abbreviation of "hamburger", which is apparently too long a word for people to pronounce completely. Anyways, the word is used so prominently that it requires truncation anyhow: Hamburgers are of course the popular food which often symbolizes for our overweight society.

Furthermore, it just sounds like sloth. BER-GHER. The more you say it, the worse it sounds.

Also, it reminds me of the first pornographic movie I watched when I was just a wee-lad; it was called Furburgers. It took place in a drive-through bergher joint. You want fries with that? Hooooo! Side of mayonaise? Hoooo! Hold the pickles? Hoooo! Gross, right!

Whether or not the word burger evokes images of overweight debauchery or d-grade cheese porn, it's pretty disgusting, so, I kick it to curb. Later!