# Innocent phrases that sound dirty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152 "2004-10-08T03:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/61 "2004-10-10T16:03:54Z")
The most fithly phrase ever uttered on the TV show titled after jerry Mathers’ character was not “Ward, weren’t you a little rough on the beaver last night?” but rather, “June, I’m going to help the boys pack some fudge.” I think that came from _National Lampoon_ magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/62 "2004-10-10T16:28:59Z")
“I’m pleased to see she’s learned to play with herself.” Said by me to my husband, concerning one of our cats who usually whines at one of us to throw her toy mouse so she can play “fetch”. That day she was in the corner, by herself, batting her mouse around and keeping herself entertained for a change. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/63 "2004-10-10T16:47:28Z")
Will someone explain why “thespian” sounds dirty to some people? I don’t get that at all. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/64 "2004-10-10T19:16:16Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Will someone explain why “thespian” sounds dirty to some people? I don’t get that at all. It’s the similar sounding to ‘lesbian’ I think. If it’s not the joke has gone way over my head. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/65 "2004-10-10T20:53:21Z")
Song title: _My girl lives south of the border, but she came across last night._ I believe the next one (or something similar to it) comes from Vonnegut, but I can’t verify that right this minute. _So there I was, walking across the plaza with my Purple Heart on."_ ---
**Author:** ![friggae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@friggae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friggae)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/66 "2004-10-11T04:53:12Z")
Yay! In two days, it will be hump day! ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/67 "2004-10-11T06:41:00Z")
[Shelly Berman] “‘Dine away from home’ is a clean . . . ‘eat out’ is a dirty.” [/Shelly Berman] At the hardware store: “I need a couple of pipe nipples.” “Oh, come now!” And for British Dopers . . . “My girlfriend and I went to the buffet and got stuffed.” ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/68 "2004-10-11T06:53:36Z")
“Peacock” always makes me giggle. I also have a hard time when someone offers to “push in your stool” at a bar. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/69 "2004-10-11T07:20:17Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > “Peacock” always makes me giggle. Hey, hey, hey… It was freezing that night, okay? :o ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/70 "2004-10-11T07:22:02Z")
scratch and sniff ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/71 "2004-10-11T07:27:00Z")
I got a surprise blush from a colleague when I told him I enjoyed giving him a hard time. I often joke around with him. Why blush over that? I had to think about that for a bit. Then he came around the corner carrying some files strategically positioned across his pelvis. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/72 "2004-10-11T18:26:45Z")
In the oil industry, there’s nothing worse than hitting a **dry hole**. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/73 "2004-10-11T18:42:05Z")
Even my Mom’s church group giggled when someone talked about the boy sticking his finger in the dyke. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/74 "2004-10-11T18:56:47Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Even my Mom’s church group giggled when someone talked about the boy sticking his finger in the dyke. I’ll bet the dyke did, too. 😉 People in the Bible were always riding on their asses. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/75 "2004-10-11T21:21:13Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > Let’s not forget the planet **Uranus** > That is always good for a joke and smile. Which, of course, is why, sometime in the next thousand years, scientists will rename it to **Urectum**. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/76 "2004-10-12T00:37:47Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Which, of course, is why, sometime in the next thousand years, scientists will rename it to **Urectum**. ::vain attempt for self-control:: _Rectum_? Damn near _killed’um_!! I am such a child sometimes. ::sigh:: I have always been vaguely disturbed by the word _cocktail_. And especially the term _cocktail dress_. And I won’t even get started on the many interesting implications of a _cocktail party_ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/77 "2004-10-12T12:09:48Z")
Oh and lets not forget about the snickering when somebody mentions a cock fight. Especially if they won’t shut up about their prized fighting cock. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/78 "2004-10-12T17:09:10Z")
During the Olympics an announcer was talking about a Bulgarian female weight lifter thus: “I saw her snatch this morning, and it was amazing!” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/79 "2004-10-12T18:06:42Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I have always been vaguely disturbed by the word _cocktail_. And especially the term _cocktail dress_. And I won’t even get started on the many interesting implications of a _cocktail party_ I am so glad I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152/80 "2004-10-12T19:59:48Z")
I, too, have to order nipples and ballcock valves sometimes. And we are often discussing building erections around here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-phrases-that-sound-dirty/268152.md?page=5)