# Do you know phrases that sound dirty but have no dirty words ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936 "2000-05-19T02:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Iblis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Iblis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iblis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/81 "2000-12-19T17:36:28Z")
oh! cock fighting. it’s a sport ---
**Author:** ![idiotboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@idiotboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/idiotboy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/82 "2000-12-19T18:23:58Z")
SimCity and the Sims players know this one… Reticulating Splines. Work-related… I extrapolated her data. While getting my Christmas tree… Shall I strap it to the roof? More sports references: Looks like his ball’s in the rough. He just pounded right through that hole. Dribbles along the baseline. Icing. Checking from Behind. The play at the plate. Slips out of man-to-man coverage. Puck-handling. Screw-ball. Knuckle-ball. Curve-ball. Fast-ball. Change-up. In the dirt. He walks on 4 balls. Bobbing and weaving. Rumblin’ Stumblin’ Bumblin’. (Thanks Mr. Berman!) He fumbles the ball. Look at that stroke. Wrist-shot. Slap-shot. Wrap-around. Grounder up the middle. From downtown. Hook-shot. Cross-over. No-look pass. …and by far, the best sports term: **Encroachment.** 😃 I coulda kept going…but it was just getting too silly! ---
**Author:** ![Jetassisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jetassisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jetassisted)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/83 "2000-12-20T04:54:43Z")
‘You are the son of a female dog.’ ‘You had sex with your mother.’ ‘You like to orally gratify men.’ ‘Your parents did not know each other.’ ‘Your father and mother were not married.’ ‘ **cork** sucker’ ‘ **fork** you!’ ‘bastige!’ ‘mudder-forker’ ‘Suck my **cork**.’ ‘kiss my asperdastrus’ (sp?) ‘You are a female dog’ ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/84 "2000-12-21T21:03:39Z")
Bottom dealing Attempting a smooth top change Maintaining a finger break Belly strippers A rough and smooth action Trying out a rings routine Spreading to the thick Spreading to the slick Ringing in a nudist Separating the flap Waxing the gaff Balls to pocket routine All perfectly normal, non-dirty phrases in the working life of a magician. ---
**Author:** ![Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adriatic_Ionian_AEgean)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/85 "2000-12-31T03:57:04Z")
Squeezing up the chimney. ---
**Author:** ![blackmonday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@blackmonday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackmonday)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/86 "2001-10-03T02:28:33Z")
Time to cross-link this to another thread \*\*[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1673162#post1673162](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1673162#post1673162) Words that sound dirty, but really aren’t ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/87 "2001-10-03T02:45:19Z")
I’m gonna eat a head-cheese sandwich. Lord Vader, these pants contain the ultimate power in the universe! ram-rod thrust bearing ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/88 "2001-10-03T02:51:39Z")
I need it on my desk in the morning. I’ll get right on top of it. Could you just put it in my box? It’s an entry level position. When do you think you’ll be getting off today? My equipement if so old it takes forever to finish. It’s not fair … i do all the work while he just sits there! If I have to lick one more I am going to gag! ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/89 "2001-10-03T19:03:15Z")
Publishing related: (Actual Statements) There’s PMS in the center spread but it doesn’t bleed. I’ve been working the tables, stripping for years. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/90 "2001-10-04T14:34:17Z")
And here’s two from Starlight Express, the musical where people on roller skates sing the parts of trains: The show is called “StEx” and the fans “trainvestites.” ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/91 "2001-10-04T15:40:28Z")
Racing sayings “She’s tight right now, but we’ll get 'er to loosen up” “Better put some lube in the rear end” “I was drivin it in real hard” “We were bumpin and bangin’ out there” I know they’re bad…but I’m in class, and I just had a test. No more brain power left… ---
**Author:** ![nerv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nerv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nerv)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/92 "2001-10-04T16:37:32Z")
For making what someone else said sound dirty, reply “Well, not in the BIBLICAL sense!” Non-rude swearing: “You bar steward!” (Say it quickly) ---
**Author:** ![crazy\_nut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@crazy\_nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy_nut)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/93 "2001-10-04T17:01:47Z")
turtle egg. sounds okay in english, but in chinese, you’re not exactly a good person anymore. (well, maybe a not innocent person,too.) ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/94 "2001-10-04T17:40:33Z")
True story. The newspaper where I work ordered promotional coffee mugs a few years back, to encourage the staff and potential customers to subscribe to the weekly paper. The inscription? “I’m part of the solution. I get it at home seven days a week!” It seems that most of us were definitely part of the problem. Sigh. No one noticed until most of the mugs were already distributed. Another time, we ran a full double-page ad for a jewelry store, with a man kneelng before a woman and the caption “Make Her Dreams Come True.” Problem was, the words were split up across the page like this: MAKE HER COME DREAMS TRUE Whoops! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOD\_FLUSH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@WOOD\_FLUSH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOD_FLUSH)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/95 "2011-08-11T11:55:20Z")
> [@Wood\_Thrush](#): > > Once, a boy in my class, not known for his mastery of words, was responding to the (female) teacher saying he failed infront of the whole class. > > The class started giggling. He realized what he said and began corrections. > > The class was in an uproar by then. > > BTW, he didn’t get in trouble. hahahha ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/96 "2011-08-11T12:44:00Z")
**WOOD FLUSH** , you do realize this thread is a decade old, right? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/97 "2011-08-11T13:17:52Z")
He really knows how to bump a zombie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936.md?page=4)