# Ladies; The Word "Moist" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259 "2007-02-22T18:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/21 "2007-02-22T20:27:44Z")
I’ve used it as a euphemism for horny, too. Had no clue it held so much ooginess for so many. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/22 "2007-02-22T20:28:26Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Well now I feel like a freak. That word actually gets me kinda hot. 🙂 [/QUOTE] It depends on the usage - post # 18 is right out - but I feel like this, too. But I can use it to describe cake just fine without cringing.even a little. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/23 "2007-02-22T20:31:43Z")
Nah. It’s just a woid. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/24 "2007-02-22T20:35:23Z")
This suffers from the thing where, if you repeat almost any word out of context, it starts to sound weird. I think it was Bill Cosby that did it with “obey”. “It sounds like pig latin.” ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/25 "2007-02-22T21:04:46Z")
Doesn’t bother me. I think it can soudn kinda hot, when used right. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/26 "2007-02-22T21:05:58Z")
It does sound a bit tinny… Oh, look, antelopes! ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/27 "2007-02-22T21:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=lost frosts] Moist is just too crude for general mixed company. It once meant nothing special, and now means aroused. [/QUOTE] Only in one context. You still want your turkey to be moist when cooked, eating cake that isn’t moist is a drag, and nobody is going to think you have horny eyeballs if someone remarks that your eyes were moist after you heard a sad story. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/28 "2007-02-22T21:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Panties-- right up there on the oogy scale. [/QUOTE] What the heck is wrong with panties? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/29 "2007-02-22T21:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Moist-- not so much. Panties-- right up there on the oogy scale. [/QUOTE] But together? It breaks the oogymeter. Mine is “slacks”. I think it’s because I picture chubby men in the 1970s with lots of chains, wearing polyester slacks. I shuddered just typing the word. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/30 "2007-02-22T21:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=lost frosts] Moist is just too crude for general mixed company. It once meant nothing special, and now means aroused. [/QUOTE] [These towelettes are total sluts.](http://www.hlbouton.com/hlbsafe.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/31 "2007-02-22T21:32:04Z")
Mmmmm…moist. Sorry, what? ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/32 "2007-02-22T21:35:18Z")
A friend of mine always says, “The night was moist.” during a humid summer night. He’s quoting “Throw Momma From The Train”. Now that I know it’s freaks people out, I will use the word “moist” more often. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/33 "2007-02-22T21:39:08Z")
So how do you guys feel about “juicy”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/34 "2007-02-22T21:40:54Z")
Moist panties. Uuughhh. Makes me want to go change my underwear, just thinking those words. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/35 "2007-02-22T21:50:52Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Hello!? I had a girlfriend that used that word to let me know she was horny. It has good connotations for me. 😃 [/QUOTE] Moist? phooey. How about “soggy” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/36 "2007-02-22T21:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] What the heck is wrong with panties? [/QUOTE] I can’t explain it, it just is cringeworthy. It’s probably my least favorite after a bunch of offensive vulgarities. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/37 "2007-02-22T22:00:16Z")
Wow. One more example of how out of the loop I am. Neither ‘moist’ nor ‘panties’ oogs me out. In fact, it has never even occurred to me that anyone could be ooged out by a word. Thinking about it, the only word I can think of that oogs me the least little bit is ‘cum.’ And that’s just because of the spelling. Say it out loud and I’m cool; use it in writing, spelled ‘come’ and that’s fine too. Edited to add: Oooh! I thought of another – ‘luv.’ Like ‘cum,’ it’s the spelling. Call me ‘love’ out loud and that’s fine, call me ‘love’ in writing, that’s fine too. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/38 "2007-02-22T22:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] So how do you guys feel about “juicy”? 😉 [/QUOTE] Wet? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/39 "2007-02-22T22:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Moist? phooey. How about “soggy” [/QUOTE] What about “sopping”? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259/40 "2007-02-22T22:08:30Z")
I can’t think of _any_ word that bothers me, either to say or hear. And I’ve never known anyone who had a problem with “moist” … “cunt,” yes, but not “moist.” [QUOTE=stolichnaya] I have heard the somewhat satisfying explanation that the mouth needs to make an uncomfortable set of motions to produce it. [/QUOTE] But that doesn’t explain why it would affect people who just _hear_ the word, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-the-word-moist/393259.md?page=3)