Innocent words that need to be banned.

[twickster]

My apologies if this has been posted before, but it cracked me up. And is so true. Esp. "rural."

Part I (http://t.co/bm6f46cq). Part II (http://t.co/0ORlD3qt).

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

You have parts I and II reversed. But that's ok. Very funny!

[kayaker]

I would replace "ointment" with "salve".

[Euphonious Polemic]

(from Kids in the Hall)

some dirty words:

"Areas". Look at me, I"m touching my.... Area.

"Urges" I'm getting Urges in my Areas.

[twickster]

You have parts I and II reversed. But that's ok. Very funny!

Oops. Sorry. I've fixed.

[drewtwo99]

I had a pair of chinchillas in college, and I wanted to name the Moist and Rupture... as there are really no positive ways to use either of these words. Especially rupture... go ahead, try. Try to use rupture in a positive way.

[Silvorange]

I've been tormenting my baby sister by slipping in the word "pulp" at every opportunity for over fifteen years now.

[newme]

Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in "-ampon."

[bup]

My webfilter blocked the links:

This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless.
Oh, twickster.

[twickster]

My webfilter blocked the links:


Oh, twickster.

:D

[Marley23]

Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in "-ampon."
I'm a guy and crampon is one of my favorite words. I find it very funny for some reason - I guess because it's old-timey and sounds like it's supposed to be insulting. When I get the chance to use it (rare) I enjoy telling people what a crampon is.

[Chanteuse]

I REALLY hate the word "artisanal." That word just has some undefinable ICK factor to me!

(And no, it truly has nothing to do with the fact that you can break it up into "art is anal." :D)

[Cheez_Whia]

I REALLY hate the word "artisanal." That word just has some undefinable ICK factor to me!

(And no, it truly has nothing to do with the fact that you can break it up into "art is anal." :D)

:p Thanks! Now I need brain bleach! :D

[anya marie]

Moist.


Ew, ew 1000*EW!!

[kath94]

Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in "-ampon."

Even better, it begins with "cramp!"

[panache45]

Tween.

Purile.

Intrauterine (and does it belong in a song?).

Smegma.

[saje]

With the exception of moist, none of the words in the links register on my ICK meter.

Panties, on the other hand.... <shudder> I can hardly type it I hate it so.

[Siam Sam]

I would replace "ointment" with "salve".

I like "unguent," but only when it's pronounced like that guy in Fargo says it.

[BigT]

Personally, I enjoy being able to say rural. There are two ways you can say it, and one way that you can't. And people inevitably pick the last one. You can say ru-ral or rur-al, but most people try to say rur-ral and sound like an idiot trying to articulate 3 Rs in a row.

[Ludovic]

Intrauterine (and does it belong in a song?).Only about Miami ;)

[Joey P]

With the exception of moist, none of the words in the links register on my ICK meter.


Ditto for me.
In fact, I clicked on the first link, saw the word moist and then got distracted in a conversation about (I swear to god) the pulpiness of our fresh squeezed orange juice and why it wouldn't work for a particular application that a customer was asking about....then I went on to read the rest of the page and saw the word pulp.

[Polycarp]

Moist: How else to identify a follower of Chinese philosopher Mo Tse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozi)?

[Rysdad]

The all-revulsion band: Moist Crampon and the Panties

[MsRobyn]

Damn you, twickster! You made me waste too much time on that site and now my ribs hurt from laughing.

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

Moist: How else to identify a follower of Chinese philosopher Mo Tse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozi)?

I suppose that works, once you know he's not a larryist or a curleyist.

[KidScruffy]

Panties, on the other hand.... <shudder> I can hardly type it I hate it so.

A very tinny sort of word. Not like prodding. Or caribou. Those are good, woody words.

[cmyk]

Turgid.

Just... Eww.

[DMark]

Try teaching Germans to say the word "rural".
It just doesn't come out of their mouths.
One of my students gave up and said, "...it sounds like what my German Shepard would growl if I accidentally kicked him with my foot..."

[Zago]

What's wrong with moist?
I have dry hair and dry skin so I like moist.
I hate panties though. But what else can you call them?

[Cheez_Whia]

Knickers. :)

[Acsenray]

The OP's linked article is completely insane. There's nothing wrong with any of those words. I can't think of any words, in fact, that I find objectionable based the reasons offered in that article.

[Sunspace]

Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in "-ampon."And in French, "tampon" just means "stamp", "pad", or "swab"... you know, the kind of moist pad you would saturate with ink to use with a stamp.

Sometimes, having a visual imagination is a curse...

[Sunspace]

Knickers. :)Not icky, just quaint, like using the abbreviation "viz." to mean "that is"...

[AskNott]

"Tampon" is the affectionate name residents of Tampa, Florida have for themselves. I'm not making this up.

A "Moist" is a follower of Moe, one of the Three Stooges, a fan of moe., or a disciple of Moe The Bartender in The Simpsons.

[guizot]

The OP's linked article is completely insane. There's nothing wrong with any of those words. I can't think of any words, in fact, that I find objectionable based the reasons offered in that article.I agree. The disagreeableness of the words arises solely from the contrived and overreaching explanations, which impute semantics that are merely idiosyncratic to the author.

So yeah, after reading those explanations, they might be objectionable--but only then, really. This is lexical rubbernecking, and nothing more.

[loshan]

"That anime starfish is slurping the shit out of Bulbosaur's dick."


This made me shoot orange juice with pulp out my nose and scare the dog.:D

[ballardfam]

Condiments - for some reason I can't say the word without pausing midway. Like, "condom...ents". Just me.

[Infovore]

flaccid.
miasma.
torpor.
palimpsest.
pimp.

[Siam Sam]

Try teaching Germans to say the word "rural".
It just doesn't come out of their mouths.
One of my students gave up and said, "...it sounds like what my German Shepard would growl if I accidentally kicked him with my foot..."

Ha! Amateurs. The best entertainment value come from getting Thais to say "rural."

[SeldomSeen]

UnctionDogs woof, cats meow, and poop-badgers rural
This made me think of Steven King's shit-weasels who must surely unction after the poop-badgers rural.

[KinkiNipponTourist]

The author didn't really Photoshop Roger Ebert's lower jaw onto Billy Idol's face, did he? Someone tell me I'm wrong. I pride myself on having really low standards etc., but I found that image (along with his comments) beyond the pale, and just downright mean.

[Lemur866]

Condiments.
Putty.
Panties. (please say underwear instead)

I need to take a shower, I hate these words so much.

[bengangmo]

The OP's linked article is completely insane. There's nothing wrong with any of those words. I can't think of any words, in fact, that I find objectionable based the reasons offered in that article.

The only word in the english language I find objectional is humour

[Becky2844]

The all-revulsion band: Moist Crampon and the Panties

Moist Panties with a Crampon.

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

Labia. It sounds like a moist, hardworking, rubber-producing country.

[rebeccasrevenge]

Boobs or worse Boobies,for some reason tits and titties doesn't get to me.

[guizot]

The only word in the english language I find objectional is humourYou're safe reading Cracked, then, where you'll find only the ham-handed, C-grade variety.