# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/21 "2008-04-17T02:01:27Z")
I likes me the word fish. It’s made of the four funnest letters in the English alphabet. F. I. S. H. Draw the word out and the letters get even funner. Ffffiiiissshh. Fish. There’s nothing not to like about the word. Another cool thing about fish is that they’re often moist. Mmmmoooiiisssttt. Fish! Edited to add: If you think about the word fish for too long you start to wonder if it’s a real word even though you’ve lived with it all your life. That’s what kind of a fun word fish is. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/22 "2008-04-17T02:08:15Z")
Moist, on the other hand, doesn’t do squat for me. Now, squat, how’s that word grab ya? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/23 "2008-04-17T02:14:09Z")
Moist fish smock. Mmmmoist fishsmock. Moistfish smock. MmmmMMmmMMmmmooooist Fiiiiiiish SMOCK! ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/24 "2008-04-17T02:27:01Z")
[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff] I just don’t get it. Do you hate “hard” in referring to your SO? [/QUOTE] Um… no… I actually rather like the word “hard”… Now, the phrase “moist panties” on the other hand, makes me want to climb a wall. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard. Eeeuuugggghhhhhhhhh. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/25 "2008-04-17T02:40:00Z")
Damp. …Work tunic. …Seagoing vertebrate. Maybe I’m weird, but I kinda like “rock hard”. ---
**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, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/26 "2008-04-17T02:42:06Z")
Moist IS a weird word. The more I think about it, the more it doesn’t even seem like a real word. Moist. Moist. Mmmmmoooooooiiiiiiissst. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/27 "2008-04-17T02:48:12Z")
Moist hoist. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/28 "2008-04-17T02:48:17Z")
I am firmly of the opinion that the word “moist” should only ever come into play when describing cake or lady parts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/29 "2008-04-17T02:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=NajaNivea] when describing cake or lady parts. [/QUOTE] Why be so exclusive? Here is a case where one can have the cake and eat it too. ---
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/30 "2008-04-17T02:57:37Z")
I prefer my brownies moist. So I shall eat my moist, delectable brownies whilst wearing nothing but my smock with fish on it. ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/31 "2008-04-17T03:01:16Z")
What’s wrong with the word smock? It doesn’t even seem like a real word. In fact, after reading this thread, I’m afraid to starting repeating any word in my head too many times lest everything starts seeming unreal and my world starts coming apart at the seams. A moist smock would be uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/32 "2008-04-17T03:41:26Z")
I think we all know the 800-pound gorilla in this room is _panties_. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/33 "2008-04-17T03:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I think we all know the 800-pound gorilla in this room is _panties_. [/QUOTE] What type of panties does an 800-pound gorilla wear? Are they moist? Is he wearing a smock? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/34 "2008-04-17T03:59:42Z")
The gorilla has left the building. See post #24. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/35 "2008-04-17T04:21:12Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] The gorilla has left the building. See post #24. [/QUOTE] _Shhhhh_. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/36 "2008-04-17T04:28:37Z")
This thread is turning me on. And it doesn’t help that [American Heritage Dictionary](http://www.bartleby.com/61/1/M0370100.html) points out “moist” is derived from the Latin for “juicy”: ETYMOLOGY: Middle English moiste, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Latin musteus, juicy) of Vulgar Latin ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/37 "2008-04-17T04:53:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sierra Indigo] What type of panties does an 800-pound gorilla wear? [/QUOTE] Gorillas wear underpants, which are 15% funnier than other varieties of underwear. Underpants. ---
**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, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/38 "2008-04-17T11:14:11Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Moist IS a weird word. The more I think about it, the more it doesn’t even seem like a real word. Moist. Moist. Mmmmmoooooooiiiiiiissst. Huh. [/QUOTE] Congratulations! You have achieved semantic saturation. Now you must move on to the next word: Stipple. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/39 "2008-04-17T11:17:24Z")
Etymologies turn me on. I always stipple-ate that the man I marry must know something about etymology. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/40 "2008-04-17T11:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] Edited to add: If you think about the word fish for too long you start to wonder if it’s a real word even though you’ve lived with it all your life. That’s what kind of a fun word fish is. [/QUOTE] Works with most words. I convinced myself that there was no such word as ‘bread’ once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=3)