What's up with the word "hamster"?  Seriously.

When you say it aloud, it's "hampster".  If you force yourself to pronounce it without the "p" you sound as artificial and pretentious as someone who insists on enunciating the middle "r" in February.

And just let me say this:  If I think that you sound pretentious then you must sound incredibly pretentious.

I think I'm going to start an underground movement to "Put the P in Hampster".