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Old 06-09-2009, 03:26 PM
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Words that sound dirty but aren't
What are some words that make you chuckle because they sound filthy, even though they may be completely innocuous?
Personally, I can't hear the word "rear," as in "rearing your kids," without thinking back to that scene in "Knocked Up" where one of Seth Rogen's roommates tells him "I'm going to be there to rear your child," and one of the other guys says "You hear that? Don't let him near the kid, he wants to rear your child."
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Old 06-09-2009, 03:30 PM
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moist

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Old 06-09-2009, 03:57 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 03:59 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:02 PM
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From this week's MMP- dongle
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:05 PM
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Frump. As in, "Hey, nice shoes, wanna frump?"
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:10 PM
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Wankel rotary engine.
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:14 PM
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As the old joke goes, "I can see your epidermis!"
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:20 PM
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Fallacious.
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:30 PM
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Defenestrate
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:37 PM
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Penal code.

Titillate.
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:44 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:48 PM
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Words that sound dirty but aren't
Thirty.
Birdie.
Nerdy
sturdy
flirty

I could go on...
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Old 06-09-2009, 04:49 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 05:40 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 05:46 PM
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Tittle.
Pianist.

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masticate
Also matriculate and micturate.
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Old 06-09-2009, 05:46 PM
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Thespian

Perambulate
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Old 06-09-2009, 05:48 PM
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Kumquat.
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:00 PM
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Tittle.
Pianist.



Also matriculate and micturate.
As in, "I'm going to go matriculate in the bathroom"?
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:06 PM
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As in, "I'm going to go matriculate in the bathroom"?
Wanna kumquat with me after? Or perhaps, during?
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:13 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:14 PM
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Cummingtonite
Orogeny zones
Kutnahorite
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:28 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 07:42 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 08:57 PM
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Handball. It sounds like an obscure euphemism for floggin' the dolphin. So does Flogging Molly, for that matter.
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:24 PM
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defunct

chiasmus

perturbation

ballcock

pissant

coccyx

labile

piscivorous

volva

cunctator
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:29 PM
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Osculate

Framboesia

Formicate*

* to swarm like ants
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:42 PM
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A few combinations:

Labial Fricative

Degenerate Perturbation Theory

Stimulated Emission
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Old 06-09-2009, 09:52 PM
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Uvula


"... so it's a girl house!!"

*courtesy of Monster House*

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Old 06-09-2009, 10:05 PM
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Old 06-09-2009, 10:18 PM
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Floccinaucinihilipilification.
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Old 06-09-2009, 11:00 PM
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Absquatulate

"Sir...he's getting ready to absuatulate!!"**

"He'd better not! I just cleaned this rug yesterday!!!"
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:44 AM
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Pianist.
Drew Carey did a bit when he was on Who's Line: "Pianist. I love introducing our pianist because it sounds dirty and the censors can't do a damn thing about it. Pianist, pianist, pianist. We have such a lovely pianist."
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:47 AM
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Spunk.

Titmouse.
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Old 06-10-2009, 03:19 AM
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I once had a 12 inch pianist.






Stupid hard of hearing genie
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Old 06-10-2009, 07:59 AM
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Cummingtonite
The Wikipedia article for the mineral (which I had to look up because seriously what the hell?) is written in Martian, but also includes the phrase "grunerite end member", in case anybody was in the market for a new name for their junk.

Also, bistable multivibrator.
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Old 06-10-2009, 08:08 AM
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From the Geography Department:

Lake Titicaca
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Old 06-10-2009, 08:14 AM
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Cummingtonite
Orogeny zones
Kutnahorite
Analcite
Kunzite
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Old 06-10-2009, 08:53 AM
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If you play Craps, you can place a bet on the Come Bar.
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:15 AM
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Wankel rotary engine.
Dr. Karl Gruber? From the Institute of Turning a Bit Red in Helsinki?
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:49 AM
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Fickle. (Especially if you understand German.)
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Old 06-10-2009, 09:59 AM
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Old 06-10-2009, 10:07 AM
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Old 06-10-2009, 10:15 AM
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  • Buttafuoco
  • chasm
  • cunning
  • facetious
  • prehensile
  • Regina
  • shiitake
  • subpoena
  • umlaut
  • vagabond
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:47 AM
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I'll repeat one of the ones The Onion had in their list

titular archbishopric
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:47 AM
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I occasionally see construction signs warning me about "protruding manholes".

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Old 06-10-2009, 11:49 AM
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Scrod. It sounds like a STD.

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Old 06-10-2009, 11:53 AM
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Cocktail.

ETA: Ramrod.
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:00 PM
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Per David Letterman - February 3, 1986
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Top 10 Expressions that Sound Dirty but Really Aren't
10. "Frosting the pastry"
9. "Shooting hoops"
8. "Jumping the turnstile"
7. "Checking your oil"
6. "Tethering the blimp"
5. "Sending out for sushi"
4. "Picnic on the grass"
3. "Quarter-pounder at the Golden Arches"
2. "Shaking hands with Abraham Lincoln"
1. "Windsurfing on Mount Baldy"
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Old 06-10-2009, 12:04 PM
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Standard deviation
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