# MOIST (heh)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659 "2008-04-16T22:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [April 16, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/1 "2008-04-16T22:21:26Z")
MOIST! hahA! Moist! Moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist! he he he he…_super_ moist! Dang, the word even sounds moist. Y’know, I just asked 5 wimmin here that I work with what they thought of the word “moist.” They all looked at me like I was insane. Worse than usual, I mean. And then, years of training kicked in! 'sjust a word innit? ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/2 "2008-04-16T22:23:35Z")
Sounds like you need to dry out a bit… ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/3 "2008-04-16T22:24:51Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] MOIST!.." 'sjust a word innit?" [/QUOTE] Nope. Me and my friends in high school declared that word more intrinsically squicky than any other. Well, that and “bosom” (had to read _The Scarlet Letter_ that year) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/4 "2008-04-16T22:26:16Z")
mmmmmmmmMMMMMMOOOOOOIIIIISSSSSttttt! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/5 "2008-04-16T22:35:59Z")
I like the word moist more than most. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/6 "2008-04-16T23:57:21Z")
Moist always makes me think of babies. I love babies, don’t get me wrong, but I can’t make the sexual connection when I’m thinking about babies. Which is what I imagine your on about. Juicy. Now that’s a word that gets the little propellor on my beenie turnin’ ---
**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:** [April 17, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/7 "2008-04-17T00:08:18Z")
I _hate_ the word moist. And, incidentally, I am a woman. Euuuggghhhh. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/8 "2008-04-17T00:15:48Z")
The night was sultry. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/9 "2008-04-17T00:39:17Z")
I don’t often share Tales from Chez Doors, but if you want to set Airman’s teeth on edge, just use “moist” and “delectable” in the same sentence. Throw in “decadent” and you’ve hit the trifecta. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/10 "2008-04-17T00:42:01Z")
Moist is a good word. I prefer Smock. Smock, smock, smock, smock. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/11 "2008-04-17T00:53:29Z")
_Moist_ is a specialty word. Much as _spry_ applies only to the elderly and _feisty_ to those under 5’6", _moist_ mostly has to do with [cake](http://www.andykessler.com/photos/uncategorized/chocolatelayer1_1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/12 "2008-04-17T00:54:35Z")
Moist, delectable, decadent baby smocks. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/13 "2008-04-17T01:07:01Z")
[QUOTE=Labelless] Moist is a good word. I prefer Smock. Smock, smock, smock, smock. [/QUOTE] WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH YOU? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/14 "2008-04-17T01:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH YOU? [/QUOTE] Now, Calvin, no need to shout. _smock_ ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/15 "2008-04-17T01:11:06Z")
[QUOTE=emilyforce] Nope. Me and my friends in high school declared that word more intrinsically squicky than any other. Well, that and “bosom” (had to read _The Scarlet Letter_ that year) [/QUOTE] So, what about moist bosoms? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/16 "2008-04-17T01:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] So, what about moist bosoms? [/QUOTE] Good for boob jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/17 "2008-04-17T01:39:22Z")
Moist to me implies… spongey. Damp. Sweaty. The kind of slimey you _can’t get off your fingers_. _primal shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/18 "2008-04-17T01:42:35Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] So, what about moist bosoms? [/QUOTE] Ew–that means they’re all sweaty and stinky and stuff. Moist=good. Salivate or slaver=yuck. I think that most things decadent and delectable have an aspect of moist to them… Mmm…moist. Nice. Smock is just plain fun. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/19 "2008-04-17T01:45:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I _hate_ the word moist. And, incidentally, I am a woman. Euuuggghhhh. [/QUOTE] I just don’t get it. Do you hate “hard” in referring to your SO? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/20 "2008-04-17T01:49:39Z")
[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff] I just don’t get it. Do you hate “hard” in referring to your SO? [/QUOTE] Well, if the guy is moist and the woman is hard–I foresee a problem. One of the funniest lines from SNL ever was when Lorraine Newman (or was it Jane Curtain?) said to one of the guys on the show, “you make me wet.” I laugh (and cringe) everytime I remember that line. There is something so sloppy and drippy about “wet”. Moist is a nice compromise–damp, but not sloshy. Moist has potential. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=2)