# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/21 "2013-12-19T12:17:17Z")
rowlocks ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/22 "2013-12-19T12:21:10Z")
I can’t help but snicker if I hear the construction “do do”, as in “Well, if we DO do it this way then we’ll have these results.” You said doo doo! ---
**Author:** ![marking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@marking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marking)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/23 "2013-12-19T12:48:54Z")
Jack Kauffman heh ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/24 "2013-12-19T13:14:34Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Growing up near Chicago these street names get a snicker Paulina, Medina and,Hunt. (old joke) I always hear the third one as “Lunt.” Thespian. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/25 "2013-12-19T13:40:55Z")
Ball joint. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Niggardly tends to get shocks more than snickers, but I could see someone using it to snicker at the responses. Which is very immature. “Niggardly” [has caused a lot of trouble.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggardly) I recall a guy once using the word “pedagogy” in a business email, which resulted in his boss becoming extremely agitated and firing him before the underling could manage to explain that “pedagogy” had absolutely nothng to do with child molestation. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/26 "2013-12-19T13:46:49Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I always hear the third one as “Lunt.” > > Thespian. And the second one as “Melvina.” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/27 "2013-12-19T13:56:45Z")
Shuttlecock Shih tzu But ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/28 "2013-12-19T14:24:57Z")
Homo Erectus ---
**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, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/29 "2013-12-19T14:46:29Z")
Titmouse. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/30 "2013-12-19T15:14:48Z")
Duty Men : Cockpit :: Women : Box Office ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/31 "2013-12-19T15:17:02Z")
Aspergers ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/32 "2013-12-19T15:22:57Z")
[This topic is infinitely funnier if you play this in the background while reading it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1agaZinJHg) ---
**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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/33 "2013-12-19T15:24:02Z")
> **[Coxsackie, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxsackie,_New_York)** > > Coxsackie (/kʊkˈsæki/ kuuk-SAK-ee) is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population in the 2020 census was 8,382, a decrease from the 2010 census. The name of the town is said\[by whom?\] to be derived from a Native American term, but it has various translations ("owl's hoot" is locally common). > Within the area governed as a town, there is also a village called Coxsackie. The town is in the northeastern part of the county. > The town of Coxsackie is notable for being the names... > **[Onancock, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onancock,_Virginia)** > > Onancock (/oʊˈnænkɒk/ oh-NAN-kok) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2010 census. > According to a nearby Virginia state highway marker, Onancock was founded in 1680. A courthouse was established some years after, and militia barracks established during the Revolution. > Some thirteen months after Cornwallis' October 1781 surrender at Yorktown, Commodore Zedechiah Whaley sought aid from Onancock during a naval campaign against British barges of ... ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/34 "2013-12-19T15:29:00Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Aspergers Seen [the relevant South Park episode?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass_burgers) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/35 "2013-12-19T15:40:12Z")
Flocculate. (It’s something to do with water treatment.) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/36 "2013-12-19T15:44:18Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Seen [the relevant South Park episode?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass_burgers) I haven’t, and I’m proud to say that I was immature about it way before South Park got around to it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Dollar\_Tallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Two\_Dollar\_Tallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Dollar_Tallboy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/37 "2013-12-19T15:55:47Z")
Years ago while I was visiting my old home town, I stopped in the local hardware store to see when my buddy who worked there was getting off that day. I found him in the back doing some stocking. He was very enthusiastic to show me something he had put on the shelves earlier that day. He took me into the tools section to proudly show off the store’s supply of bastard files. The owner heard us laughing and exclaimed, " They’re called bastard files and there is nothing funny about it!" Which of course led to more giggling. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/38 "2013-12-19T16:00:40Z")
Petcock. Rectory. Pantene. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/39 "2013-12-19T16:04:31Z")
I can always make my friend snicker like a 12-year-old by saying the last name of a co-worker we’d never met: Titcomb. And heh - you said doody. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/40 "2013-12-19T16:06:26Z")
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