Nicholas Goliath just made the top 10 gross words a whole lot grosser.

Nicholas Goliath just made the top 10 gross words a whole lot grosser.

Results of the world gross word poll will have you cringing at every word even more so after Nicholas gives them the Goliath treatment.

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The Goliath family are taking over the world of comedy having just opened their comedy club in Johannesburg.


Nicholas Goliath joined the Martin Bester drive to celebrate World Laughter Day and after the announcement of the top 10 gross words in the world Nicholas just had to give us an explanation of each one.


The sounds of words are one thing, but the image a word creates in your mind is as powerful, if not more so. Case in point: vomit. Or maggot. 

Here’s a list of the words that get most under the skin of the general, reading, English-speaking public:


  1. Moist
  2. Blog
  3. Lugubrious
  4. Yolk
  5. Gurgle
  6. Phlegm
  7. Fetus
  8. Curd
  9. Smear
  10. Squirt

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