# Bad, bad, bad words that mean something else **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200 "2022-02-10T05:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/1 "2022-02-10T05:34:57Z")
Olympic words that are weird for me: Luge Double dip Axel Euler Salchows Lutz Mogul Super G Curling Twizzler Twisty Butter Slalom Camel Skeleton I’m so confused. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/2 "2022-02-10T05:53:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m so confused. This does not surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/3 "2022-02-10T06:14:45Z")
Axel Salchows Lutz Camel These are all used in figure skating. The first three are different jumps; the camel is a kind of spin. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/4 "2022-02-10T10:40:41Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m so confused. If you lived someplace with a proper Winter you wouldn’t be so confused. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/5 "2022-02-10T19:34:22Z")
Meanwhile, the rest of the word doesn’t understand: salt pond red wolves grits hush puppies gettin place thirty aught six parish ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/6 "2022-02-10T20:11:13Z")
Oh, those are easy!!🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/7 "2022-02-10T20:12:48Z")
btw, Denny thx for the 'possum pic and your thread ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/8 "2022-02-10T20:14:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Luge > > Skeleton It’s not just the words that are bad. It’s the whole concept—who ever thought up the idea of the luge? and especially the fricken two-man luge? Skeleton is a weird name, but it’s a logical sport-- a fancy version of sledding, fun which everybody knows from their childhood… But the luge? Huh? Who the hell decided that sledding backwards is a good idea? …And then, to top it off, somebody decided that two grown men laying on top of each other would be even more fun. It’s not just bad,bad,bad…It’s weird,weird,weird. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/9 "2022-02-10T22:01:00Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Meanwhile, the rest of the word doesn’t understand: > > salt pond > red wolves > grits > hush puppies > gettin place > thirty aught six > parish You forgot: corndog. j ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/10 "2022-02-11T03:16:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Luge > Double dip > Axel > Euler > Salchows > Lutz > Mogul > Super G > Curling > Twizzler > Twisty > Butter > Slalom > Camel > Skeleton Pronounced “Loo-Gee”. One of those Lung Oysters your kid hackwes up and spits over the rail When your scum-bag Herpe liped cousin puts his chip back in the dip after taking a bite Rear end of your Gremlin Mis-heard movie guote I got nothing on this one. Good luck! Your stupid neighbor Rich Guy Better than a regular G What you do to your hair Candy you get at the movies What every food needs The moves you do to get down WalMart ailes ’ How many humps you want??? Whats inside you ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/11 "2022-02-11T03:21:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Whats inside you This might have been presumtioutious ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/12 "2022-02-11T03:23:54Z")
Zo! Zo! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/13 "2022-02-11T17:29:31Z")
holy cow, Mr.Fish-breath ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-words-that-mean-something-else/959200/14 "2022-02-11T23:00:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Axel > Euler > Salchows > Lutz > > and Camel All of these are named after the people who first performed them. Camel, the odd one, was performed by Campbell, but it was misheard and then misspelled. The misspelling stuck.