# immature question but curious none the less

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106 "2000-06-30T02:05:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/1 "2000-06-30T02:05:21Z")

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Is there a fancy medical name for boogers?

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/2 "2000-06-30T02:05:53Z")

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Uh, mucus?

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/3 "2000-06-30T02:11:07Z")

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Nasal infarctions?

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/4 "2000-06-30T02:20:36Z")

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Nasally Oriented Mucousoid Matter Never To Be Shared Or Displayed To Others. (exceptions: infants and those in comas.)

I made that up.

Veb

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**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/5 "2000-06-30T03:08:14Z")

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Oh, man, I’m savin’ “nasal infarction” for the pit…

ROFL!

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**Author:** ![my85car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@my85car](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/my85car)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/6 "2000-06-30T03:18:55Z")

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My 2 minutes of medical training tells me … uh… SNOT ?

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**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/7 "2000-06-30T03:21:24Z")

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…I think it should be forwarded to the Master.

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**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/8 "2000-06-30T03:48:48Z")

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organic rubber cement?

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**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/9 "2000-06-30T04:00:10Z")

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My friend, whose mom is a nurse, told me it’s “sputum.”

She once asked a guy to give her a “sputum sample.” Guess what the cup was full of when he returned it?

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**Author:** ![JBurton99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@JBurton99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBurton99)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/10 "2000-06-30T04:00:41Z")

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Benign  
Olefactory  
Organic and  
Green  
Edible  
Reward

But that’s just a guess… 😃

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immature-question-but-curious-none-the-less/24106/11 "2000-06-30T04:03:01Z")

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Nature’s mousse.