# 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:** 4
**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 17, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/61 "2008-04-17T14:42:27Z")
I don’t like spam! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/62 "2008-04-17T14:44:43Z")
Sperm. Say it real slow: speeeeerrrrm. Also, “spiffy” sounds just as it should! 🙂 ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/63 "2008-04-17T14:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] I don’t like spam! [/QUOTE] Would you like it here or there? Would you like it in a house? On a mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/64 "2008-04-17T14:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] 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? [/QUOTE] It’s funny you should bring this up. I recently heard an episode of KPBS’s _A Way With Words_ in which a caller described some kind of pathological revulsive reaction she had to the word _moist_. Her husband and children were not permitted to say the word around her. The hosts of the show mentioned that this is a known phenomenon and that they had found some kind of group on the Internet made up of people who couldn’t stand the word _moist_. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/65 "2008-04-17T14:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Sierra Indigo] What type of panties does an 800-pound gorilla wear? [/QUOTE] Any type he likes, I should think. As for inherently funny words, I was browsing a Spanish discussion board on model planes the other day, and the translation software (I wouldn’t have lasted fifteen seconds browsing _in_ Spanish) suddenly popped up the word “sausage” in a context where “sausage” made no sense at all. Let’s face it, when you’re discussing model planes there are tanj few contexts where “sausage” does make any sense. I have to say I snerked out loud at that. sausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausage ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/66 "2008-04-17T14:48:11Z")
This thread is the moistest. I also hate words that end in _sps_ and _sts_. wasps hasps clasps gasps tests bests masts ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/67 "2008-04-17T14:53:11Z")
**Sunrazor** , you would be refering to Eddie Murphy playing the elderly grandma. I think “Stone Philips was the only white boy to make me moist” was the line. Oh…and badger. Badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers… ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/68 "2008-04-17T14:55:32Z")
I think scrotum is the unsexiest word ever. My boyfriend is strictly forbidden from saying “scrotum” when we’re getting it on, as it’s a complete turn-off for me. He’s free to use any other slang or euphemisms when making requests. Oo, “euphemism,” there’s a fun word. ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/69 "2008-04-17T14:57:43Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Let’s face it, when you’re discussing model planes there are **tanj** few contexts where “sausage” does make any sense. [/QUOTE] (Bolding mine.) 😕 Did you just make up a new word? I like it. What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/70 "2008-04-17T14:58:35Z")
A little less annoying are words containing the sound _ster_ monster mobster lobster alabaster blaster caster faster master plaster toaster yesterday stir stirrup cistern sister blister astern sternum **moister** ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/71 "2008-04-17T15:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] **moister** [/QUOTE] Down by the sea lived a lonesome oyster, Every day getting sadder and moister… \ Anyway, it was referred to before, but my onomatopoeic word is “baby.” Doesn’t it just sound as though it should mean baby? Bonus points if you pronounce it with a really explosive initial B and vowels that are as short as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/72 "2008-04-17T15:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Any type he likes, I should think. As for inherently funny words, I was browsing a Spanish discussion board on model planes the other day, and the translation software (I wouldn’t have lasted fifteen seconds browsing _in_ Spanish) suddenly popped up the word “sausage” in a context where “sausage” made no sense at all. Let’s face it, when you’re discussing model planes there are tanj few contexts where “sausage” does make any sense. I have to say I snerked out loud at that. sausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausagesausage [/QUOTE] [SAUSAGE!!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=7UHKB6nQrzM) ---
**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, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/73 "2008-04-17T15:54:09Z")
And speaking of [inherently funny words …](http://www.inherentlyfunny.com/cat-3-funny_words.html) Man, it’s true! There’s a website for _everything._ ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/74 "2008-04-17T15:58:40Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] [SAUSAGE!!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=7UHKB6nQrzM) [/QUOTE] I LOVE that commercial. Sausage. Sausage. SAUSAGE. Sausagesausage. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/75 "2008-04-17T16:07:10Z")
Sausage is funnier if it’s spelled “sossidge”. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/76 "2008-04-17T16:34:03Z")
Moist…moist…a dreadfully tinny word. Like “newspaper” or “litter-bin” Now “sausage” - there’s a good woody sort of word! ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/77 "2008-04-17T16:34:41Z")
[QUOTE=The Weird One] Did you just make up a new word? I like it. What does it mean? [/QUOTE] Kids today, no respect for classic literature! Larry Niven made up this [word](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/TANJ) and used it in some of his books, including the [Ringworld](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld) ones – it’s an expletive meaning “there ain’t no justice”. See also Heinlein’s [TANSTAAFL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanstaafl) for choice vintage geek-chic swearing. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/78 "2008-04-17T16:36:30Z")
Pus - moist pus ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/79 "2008-04-17T16:37:07Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Sperm. Say it real slow: speeeeerrrrm. Also, “spiffy” sounds just as it should! 🙂 [/QUOTE] I think if you had no prior knowledge at all as to what it was, if you were presented with a moist, slightly clammy puddle of sperm, you would instinctively call it ‘sperm’. ---
**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 17, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/80 "2008-04-17T16:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=Fritz] Moist…moist…a dreadfully tinny word. Like “newspaper” or “litter-bin” Now “sausage” - there’s a good woody sort of word! [/QUOTE] Ca-ri-booouuuuu Moist, pus and sperm should never be in the same “post” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=5)