# Clean words that sound dirty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302 "2009-02-17T18:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/41 "2009-02-18T00:07:56Z")
Liquor up front and poker in the rear. Pinchcock ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/42 "2009-02-18T00:12:51Z")
Uvula Volvo > [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I just learned about a place called Fucking, Australia although its apparently pronounced “fooking” That’s Austria, not Australia. If it was Australian it would be “Fukkongong” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/43 "2009-02-18T00:22:34Z")
Once someone asked our high-school economics teacher how to spell ‘analysis’. He answered, “Anal?! Why, sis?” I’m sure nobody in that class ever forgot how to spell it again. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/44 "2009-02-18T00:50:01Z")
No one’s mentioned **rubbers** yet? You know, the kind you put on your feet in wet weather, or use to remove pencil writing you’re unhappy with? 🙂 **Diphthong**? ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/45 "2009-02-18T01:15:41Z")
Ianal ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/46 "2009-02-18T01:27:40Z")
Anally retentive. Brasserie. [Funk and Wagnall’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_and_Wagnalls) ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/47 "2009-02-18T01:30:38Z")
> [@Mbossa](#): > > Once someone asked our high-school economics teacher how to spell ‘analysis’. He answered, “Anal?! Why, sis?” I’m sure nobody in that class ever forgot how to spell it again. Reminds me of the English teacher who taught us the personal pronouns as, “He, Sheee-it.” ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/48 "2009-02-18T02:37:28Z")
clavicle- I’m not really sure why but it has always sounded dirty to me. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/49 "2009-02-18T03:02:49Z")
[Penistone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penistone) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/50 "2009-02-18T03:14:28Z")
[Krusty the Clown] The young people today, they think comedy is dirty words. It’s not – it’s words that **sound** dirty, like “mukluk.” Mukluk. You like that? No charge. Mukluk. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/51 "2009-02-18T04:01:39Z")
Head Coach. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/52 "2009-02-18T04:02:49Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Bangkok. A perfect name for the city. Also Phuket. Yeah, I know it’s pronounced Pooh-KET, but it was always a goal for me to make it there. > [@Chefguy](#): > > And don’t forget [Fukuoka, Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka,_Fukuoka). And don’t forget Lahore, Pakistan. As I always like to say: “First you find Lahore, then Bangkok.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/53 "2009-02-18T04:05:53Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I just learned about a place called Fucking, Australia although its apparently pronounced “fooking” I think you mean [Fucking, Austria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria). Actually, the U would be pronounced more like the “ou” in “would,” I think, so it’s closer than you think (even if the G is pronounced more like a K). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/54 "2009-02-18T04:07:38Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > French Lick, Indiana. Love Canal, New York Shuttlecock! ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/55 "2009-02-18T05:19:48Z")
I’m going to have to mention the cerebral peduncles again. I’m not sure quite _what_ that term evokes, but it’s definitely NSFW. And giggle-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/56 "2009-02-18T11:16:31Z")
[Cock-a-Leekie](http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_leekie.htm) ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/57 "2009-02-18T11:42:39Z")
> [@Waffle\_Decider](#): > > Cunning linguist. But I hear he is also a **Master debater** ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/58 "2009-02-18T12:24:55Z")
There used to be a rather colourful character in Scottish football called **Simon Stainrod.** Always made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/59 "2009-02-18T12:33:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I think you mean [Fucking, Austria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria). … :smack::smack::smack: Austria, Australia, I was only off by half the friggin planet! (It’s those damn fire koalas I tells ya!) However, I did get the pronunciation from the link you provided. I also figured out why Penistone sounds so dirty. > [@](#): > > The meaning of Penistone is Old English tun “farm, village” with an uncertain first element, possibly Celtic penn = “head” Now we’ve got Ball State _and_ Penn State! Make sure you bring a rubber, class work is hard. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302/60 "2009-02-18T15:10:18Z")
I always thought “defenestration” sounded like it ought to mean something dirty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-words-that-sound-dirty/486302.md?page=4)