# 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:** 4
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/61 "2013-12-19T19:15:33Z")
I worked for a guy we didn’t like much who often wore a Seimans hat. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/62 "2013-12-19T19:36:02Z")
A friend used to work for Cummins. Now he works for Cummins-Onan. Which I guess is like Cummins, but faster. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/63 "2013-12-19T19:43:33Z")
[Assawoman, Virginia.](https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=assawoman+va&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b964b039705887:0xd965fa4fc937bdd8,Assawoman,+VA&gl=us&ei=_UuzUsVCgoLIAdDXgMAL&ved=0CJEBELYD) I learned about it because its zip code is one digit different than a zip in Alexandria. The (recently deceased) Dick Trickle. ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/64 "2013-12-19T19:53:49Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Semprini 😃 OUT! ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/65 "2013-12-19T20:07:01Z")
Tesla Coils. Say it five times fast 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/66 "2013-12-19T20:09:32Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > My school friends and I were fond of drawing out words like testimonials. “I swear BY MY BALLS that it really happened!” This is the actual origin of the words “testify” and “testimony”. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/67 "2013-12-19T20:34:08Z")
“He was a pedagogue, who practiced philately with young boys.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/68 "2013-12-19T20:47:39Z")
Titicaca Cucamonga Ball State Uruguay Puyallup Foggy Bottom Eureka French Lick ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/69 "2013-12-19T20:50:58Z")
Semi-stiff boner knife ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/70 "2013-12-19T21:08:07Z")
Harass. Morass. [Cummingtonite.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite) ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/71 "2013-12-19T21:35:51Z")
A santa got sacked for the joke "How do you know Santa has been in your garden shed ? " "From the hose hose hose " ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/72 "2013-12-19T22:02:36Z")
Rim Fracking Bogey Coq au vin ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/73 "2013-12-19T22:14:02Z")
No one has mentioned Caulk yet? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/74 "2013-12-19T22:14:11Z")
My first week in law school, a friend showed me a case she had found in one of the case reporters dealing with ‘Improperly Discharged Seamen.’ ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/75 "2013-12-19T22:28:05Z")
[Great tits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tit). Sometimes seen in pairs, even. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/76 "2013-12-19T22:38:31Z")
Sclerotium. I work with it as an ingredient in skin care potions and it always makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/77 "2013-12-19T22:44:16Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > No one has mentioned Caulk yet? It wouldn’t occur to me – I don’t pronounce it like “cock”. The “Harry Johnson” snickering is lost on me too since Harry \<\> hairy. The Onion did a similar list once and my favorite was “titular archbishopric”. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/78 "2013-12-20T00:18:28Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Growing up near Chicago these street names get a snicker Paulina, Medina and,Hunt. (old joke) Hunt always gets a laugh amongst me and my old work buddies, because one of the guys was asked, “Do you know Bob Hunt’s brother Mike?” and he kept repeating, “Mike Hunt? Do I know Mike Hunt? Really? I know Mike Hunt?” for about 5minutes straight till we couldn’t keep ourselves from laughing and then he clued in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/79 "2013-12-20T01:54:55Z")
There’s a sheriff in a nearby county. Mike Hunt. Seriously. (Well, he finally either retired or got voted out. But up until a very few years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/80 "2013-12-20T02:33:17Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > “I swear BY MY BALLS that it really happened!” This is the actual origin of the words “testify” and “testimony”. Well, damn! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690.md?page=5)