# Innocent words that need to be banned. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542 "2011-09-16T18:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/1 "2011-09-16T18:24:35Z")
My apologies if this has been posted before, but it cracked me up. And is so true. Esp. “rural.” [Part I](http://t.co/bm6f46cq). [Part II](http://t.co/0ORlD3qt). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/2 "2011-09-16T18:28:13Z")
You have parts I and II reversed. But that’s ok. Very funny! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/3 "2011-09-16T18:33:31Z")
I would replace “ointment” with “salve”. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/4 "2011-09-16T18:34:48Z")
(from Kids in the Hall) some dirty words: “Areas”. Look at me, I"m touching my… Area. “Urges” I’m getting Urges in my Areas. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/5 "2011-09-16T18:36:56Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You have parts I and II reversed. But that’s ok. Very funny! Oops. Sorry. I’ve fixed. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/6 "2011-09-16T18:43:56Z")
I had a pair of chinchillas in college, and I wanted to name the Moist and Rupture… as there are really no positive ways to use either of these words. Especially rupture… go ahead, try. Try to use rupture in a positive way. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/7 "2011-09-16T18:45:30Z")
I’ve been tormenting my baby sister by slipping in the word “pulp” at every opportunity for over fifteen years now. ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/8 "2011-09-16T18:48:26Z")
Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in “-ampon.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/9 "2011-09-16T18:51:03Z")
My webfilter blocked the links: > [@](#): > > This Websense category is filtered: Tasteless. Oh, **twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/10 "2011-09-16T18:53:13Z")
> [@bup](#): > > My webfilter blocked the links: > Oh, **twickster**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/11 "2011-09-16T18:59:17Z")
> [@newme](#): > > Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in “-ampon.” I’m a guy and crampon is one of my favorite words. I find it very funny for some reason - I guess because it’s old-timey and sounds like it’s supposed to be insulting. When I get the chance to use it (rare) I enjoy telling people what a crampon is. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/12 "2011-09-16T23:06:59Z")
I REALLY hate the word “artisanal.” That word just has some undefinable ICK factor to me! (And no, it truly has nothing to do with the fact that you can break it up into “art is anal.” :D) ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/13 "2011-09-16T23:21:05Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I REALLY hate the word “artisanal.” That word just has some undefinable ICK factor to me! > > (And no, it truly has nothing to do with the fact that you can break it up into “art is anal.” :D) 😛 Thanks! Now I need brain bleach! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/14 "2011-09-17T05:53:49Z")
Moist. Ew, ew 1000\*EW!! ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/15 "2011-09-17T06:25:49Z")
> [@newme](#): > > Cuz no guy wants to touch anything ending in “-ampon.” Even better, it begins with “cramp!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/16 "2011-09-17T08:19:30Z")
Tween. Purile. Intrauterine (and does it belong in a song?). Smegma. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/17 "2011-09-17T10:29:56Z")
With the exception of moist, none of the words in the links register on my ICK meter. Panties, on the other hand… _\_ I can hardly type it I hate it so. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/18 "2011-09-17T11:20:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I would replace “ointment” with “salve”. I like “unguent,” but only when it’s pronounced like that guy in _Fargo_ says it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/19 "2011-09-17T12:08:52Z")
Personally, I enjoy being able to say rural. There are two ways you can say it, and one way that you can’t. And people inevitably pick the last one. You can say ru-ral or rur-al, but most people try to say rur-ral and sound like an idiot trying to articulate 3 Rs in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542/20 "2011-09-17T13:00:58Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Intrauterine (and does it belong in a song?). Only about Miami 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocent-words-that-need-to-be-banned/596542.md?page=2)