# Inoffensive words that make immature people snicker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690 "2013-12-19T03:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/1 "2013-12-19T03:39:24Z")
[I was watching this clip from Whose Line Is It Anyway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNj3Cjz5M7E) and it was one of the picked categories. I immediately thought of pianist, ramrod and kumquat. I know there are more, so what other words make you chuckle when they shouldn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/2 "2013-12-19T03:44:04Z")
Titular. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/3 "2013-12-19T03:51:12Z")
Uranus is an obvious one. Related to that, there’s the town of [Mianus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxUt6M8_Fk). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/4 "2013-12-19T04:04:31Z")
Niggardly tends to get shocks more than snickers, but I could see someone using it to snicker at the responses. Which is very immature. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/5 "2013-12-19T04:06:08Z")
Penal. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/6 "2013-12-19T04:06:58Z")
Wankel Rotary Engine ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/7 "2013-12-19T04:07:09Z")
Duty ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/8 "2013-12-19T04:23:48Z")
Defunct Pussy Willow Lake Titicaca Bobble Infarction Linguist Shiitake Pissant Sextile Dicker Dickie Fecund ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/9 "2013-12-19T04:38:20Z")
[F-Hole](http://www.fineviolinsltd.com/2006Site/Old%20Cellos/CM4921Patocka/CM4921PatockaFhole.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/10 "2013-12-19T04:45:35Z")
Lingula Upright ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/11 "2013-12-19T04:48:29Z")
Masticate. Flocculant. Shiite. Diaresis. Cock-a-leekie. Clitic. Shittim. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/12 "2013-12-19T04:48:37Z")
Semprini 😃 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/13 "2013-12-19T05:06:06Z")
Petcock. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/14 "2013-12-19T05:08:19Z")
Quoting George Carlin on flight decks : “Can’t imagine why they wouldn’t want to use such a lovely word as COCKPIT. Especially with all those stewardesses going in and out of it all the time.” ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/15 "2013-12-19T05:12:52Z")
Member. Used often in the insurance industry, so I’m usually snickering. Just the other day a guy on the phone told me he couldn’t find his member. Not even with a microscope? It was all could do not to go all Beavis and Butthead on him. Also testy, titillating and slot. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/16 "2013-12-19T05:14:59Z")
Ballcock. Dongle. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/17 "2013-12-19T07:54:47Z")
Bunghole. And yes, it’s an innocent word. It’s where you place the cork, or bung, in a barrel of booze. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/18 "2013-12-19T08:24:02Z")
Uvula. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/19 "2013-12-19T10:13:03Z")
Joystick actually went the other way. It originally was dirty, then eventually wound up being the name for something children the world over used quite innocently. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/20 "2013-12-19T12:01:41Z")
Growing up near Chicago these street names get a snicker Paulina, Medina and,Hunt. (old joke) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690.md?page=2)