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I know we've had threads on "words that sound dirty, but aren't."
I have a friend hosting a spelling bee soon, and this is the theme. Any suggestions?
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#2
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My favorite is the German word "verflucht" (damned, cursed). That won't help your friend's spelling bee much.
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One of my favorite usual suggestions: "kumquat"
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It's "cumquat" here.
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#5
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I think almost any word said while raising the eyebrows could be construed to be a dirty word.
conurbation contumelious contumacious coney (variant cony) contingence contrabandistist contumacy don't make me go through the whole dictionary. (he he, he said dictionary.) |
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matriculation
mastication vomitoria |
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#7
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Just out of my head:
formicate thespian absquatulate quincunx invagination flocculate seminal shih-tzu cumingtonite pistil infundibulum arsenic schist It's not a pretty place in there ... |
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Wankel
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Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this sounds dirty, but:
defenestrate |
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#10
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Moist
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Uxorious
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Joculate
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#13
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Execrate
Ballcock |
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#14
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Two of those earlier threads
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Quote:
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to masticate with my Wankel rotary engine. |
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cunctator
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#17
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acephalic - headless
aprosexia - an abnormal inability to pay attention cocum - correct, proper crapulous - drunk, tending to indulge in alcohol flapdoodle - a showy object of little value godown - a warehouse or storeroom (SE Asia) jactation - The restless tossing and twitching of a seriously ill person smew - a small duck found in N Europe and Asia turdiform - resembling a thrush undergrope - to learn; to understand whangdoodle - an imaginary creature from a Roald Dahl book .. all these words can be found in that wonderful book >> Foyle's Philavery .. WoAus who revels in pogonotrophy |
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FWIW, here's what two guys, a few drop-ins, and a case of beer came up with.
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