Then watch out, for here come the dreaded words: commitment, involvement, relationship.

They are two of the most dreaded words I know, when coming from a blue suit.

They are the most dreaded words of any training camp, an explicit message that the player will be released.

"The most dreaded words in our industry are, 'Will you take less?' "

An actor approaches Wolfe with the four most dreaded words known to a director.

Arguably, the two most dreaded words must be "Swedish modern."

One of the most dreaded words in sports was finally raised at the Jets' training complex this week: rebuilding.

Then the results came in and the doctor said the dreaded word, cancer.

It wasn't something respectable people talked about, as though just using the dreaded word might somehow attract the disease's attention.

But do not expect any politician, this year or next, to use the dreaded word in the debate over health costs.