There are real words that I dislike. I always thought "succumb" an unfortunate construction, ugly in both the visual and aural parameters. And I mourn the loss of the helpful diacritical mark that prompts the otherwise uninformed (myself among them, occasionally) to say "co-operate" instead of "coop-erate" and (particularly) "zo-ology" instead of the practically universal "zoo-ology."

"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous