# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Tante\_Dillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Tante\_Dillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tante_Dillie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/101 "2013-12-21T04:37:21Z")
Volvo ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/102 "2013-12-21T04:40:46Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Duty I’m clearly missing something here… how can the word “Duty” make anyone snicker? ---
**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 21, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/103 "2013-12-21T05:02:08Z")
Page 3 already? We’ve got some dirty minds here. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/104 "2013-12-21T05:55:33Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Duty I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/105 "2013-12-21T06:01:39Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I’m clearly missing something here… how can the word “Duty” make anyone snicker? It sounds like doody, which is toddler-speak for “poop”. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/106 "2013-12-21T06:11:33Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > It sounds like doody, which is toddler-speak for “poop”. Ya. Well not in my accent. No wonder I was confused. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/107 "2013-12-21T06:29:07Z")
Boobies. [Here’s a picture of a nice pair.](http://fcdn.mtbr.com/attachments/general-discussion/737689d1352992356-lets-see-your-babies-boobie_bird.jpg) “Try cock” isn’t a suggestion, [it’s part of a boiler.](http://everything2.com/title/Try+cock) ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/108 "2013-12-21T10:20:19Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > It sounds like doody, which is toddler-speak for “poop”. Not in this part of the world it doesn’t - it sounds like “Dew-tee” or “Jew-tee”. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/109 "2013-12-21T12:31:22Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Not in this part of the world it doesn’t - it sounds like “Dew-tee” or “Jew-tee”. Or d’you-tee, for those who pronounce “dew” the same as “do”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/110 "2013-12-21T16:02:36Z")
A word I just noticed today in the ““Porn” on the Weather Channel website?” thread in MPSIMS: Conch I was not aware of it sounding like cock as Spanish is my first language. I always read it the same as the “ch” in English words such as “church” and “march.” ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/111 "2013-12-21T16:11:15Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > It does it for my sisters and me, every time and is what I came in here to post. I don’t know why though. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/112 "2013-12-21T17:05:32Z")
There is a tool that landscapers use to extract risers that have broken off inside a threaded “T” fitting. Its called a “nipple extractor”. I hate it when women come out while we are working and ask what the tool is called. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/113 "2013-12-21T17:11:14Z")
I once, completely innocently, told a bunch of my friends that I just been rear-ended in a taxi. Took a while to live that one down (and am reminded of it occasionally). Not much of a collision; I don’t think there was much damage to either the taxi or the other vehicle ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/114 "2013-12-22T06:42:36Z")
Heinous. I can’t watch the opening to Law & Order: SVU without giggling. ---
**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 23, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/115 "2013-12-23T19:19:14Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > “Duty” is funny by itself, but it can get even funnier. > > Heavy Duty. On Duty. Its your Duty. Duty bound. Duty Free. Duty calls. Duty Time. Active Duty. Duty Station. Double Duty. Duty log. Off duty. In the line of duty. > Relieve one of one’s duties. > > Any more “duty” phrases? [W’s Duty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm4kpWXkjAo) ---
**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 23, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/116 "2013-12-23T19:23:11Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > It sounds like doody, which is toddler-speak for “poop”. Actually, I was under the impression that “doody” was derived from “duty”. The euphemism that new moms used to use for “pooping” was that the baby had “done his/her duty”. So “duty” came to mean “poop”, and got creatively re-spelled “doody”, or (as Dave Barry used to use it) "“doot”. But how you pronounced “duty” is really irrelevant. However you pronounce “duty”, the word for “poop” comes from it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/117 "2013-12-23T22:11:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, I was under the impression that “doody” was derived from “duty”. The euphemism that new moms used to use for “pooping” was that the baby had “done his/her duty”. So “duty” came to mean “poop”, and got creatively re-spelled “doody”, or (as Dave Barry used to use it) "“doot”. > But how you pronounced “duty” is really irrelevant. However you pronounce “duty”, the word for “poop” comes from it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhe4ARx9xQQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhe4ARx9xQQ)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/118 "2013-12-23T23:06:17Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, I was under the impression that “doody” was derived from “duty”. The euphemism that new moms used to use for “pooping” was that the baby had “done his/her duty”. So “duty” came to mean “poop”, and got creatively re-spelled “doody”, or (as Dave Barry used to use it) "“doot”. > But how you pronounced “duty” is really irrelevant. However you pronounce “duty”, the word for “poop” comes from it. There’s no way that’s right. The word “Duty” in its sense of “work, undertakings or responsbilities which must be performed” sense has been around for centuries - “England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty” being a classic and recognisable example from 1805. Whilst people of that era were certainly fond of euphemisms and the like, that isn’t likely to have been one of them, at least from mums referring to their babies. My understanding is the word “Duty” comes from Latin via Old French and I there’s no way mums in the Roman Empire referred to their babies “paying their dues” or “meeting their responsibilities” every time they filled their nappies. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/119 "2013-12-24T17:22:03Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Not in this part of the world it doesn’t - it sounds like “Dew-tee” or “Jew-tee”. Well, you clearly have to move to a part of the world where doing your duty is funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690/120 "2013-12-25T03:35:05Z")
Hippias > **[Hippias (tyrant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippias_%28tyrant%29)** > > Hippias (Greek: Ἱππίας; c. 570 BC – 490 BC) was the last tyrant of Athens, ruling from 527 to 510 BC. He was one of a group of tyrants known as the Peisistratids, which was a group of three tyrants in Ancient Greece. Pisistratus first, and then his son, Hippias, followed after him by Hippias' illegitimate son, Hegesistratos. He was deposed when Cleomenes I of Sparta successfully invaded Athens and forced him to flee to Persia. > Hippias was born around 570 BC as the eldest son of Pisistratus, the ... The documentary was snort inducing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoffensive-words-that-make-immature-people-snicker/676690.md?page=7)