# Do you know phrases that sound dirty but have no dirty words ?

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-phrases-that-sound-dirty-but-have-no-dirty-words/19936/70 "2000-09-03T07:12:16Z")

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“that’s what she said” will do about as well as “said the actress to the bishop” and you don’t have to spend a lot of time explaining “actresses” or “bishops” to the culturally illiterate.

I have been having a lot of fun with the age-old “I got yer \_\_\_\_\_\_ (lampshade, copier, submarine, definition of God, whatever) right here” line lately. The more obtuse the reference, the better, it seems.

Example:

“I got yer obtuse right here!”

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