# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/101 "2008-04-18T01:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Congratulations! You have achieved semantic saturation. Now you must move on to the next word: Stipple. [/QUOTE] First **moist** en the beard with warm water. Then lightly **stipple** the shaving cream on with the brush. Draw the blade slowly, yet firmly across the beard. Remember to go _with_ the grain, not _against_. If the blade pulls or does not cut, rinse and dry the blade. Run the blade up and down a good **strop** until it is **rehoned**. Strop Ssstr… Ahh… Ppt **STROP! STROP! STROP!** Hone 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/102 "2008-04-18T01:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Moist taint mucus. Nope, pretty sure I’ve never strung those three together before. [/QUOTE] Stringy moist taint mucus? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/103 "2008-04-18T02:17:29Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Stringy moist taint mucus? [/QUOTE] Eeww. That’s…ew. See a doctor. Call an ambulance. Get a flamethrower. grapple. Now, there’s a word. Say it…grapplegrapplegrapple…in fact, any “apple” word. Snapple, scrapple, grapple. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/104 "2008-04-18T02:54:49Z")
Hey! Hey, guys! Do I get extra points for using “moist” in a [totally nongratuitous context](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9700566#post9700566) elsewhere? Guys? Hey guys! Guys? Also, “pamplemousse” has been one of my favorite words since even \*before \*my buds and me declared “moist” the ultimate squick. “Pamplemousse” rox. Now if you need a word to drain of meaning, try “wheelbarrow”. wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow wheelbarrow ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/105 "2008-04-18T03:41:12Z")
Exquisite. Now, that’s one sexy word right there. Oh, yes. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/106 "2008-04-18T03:57:41Z")
Banana. Best word ever. The first runner up is squirrel. My least favorite word is metastasize. Not just because of what it means, either. It’s just an ugly word. Put me down on the “hate” side of moist. ---
**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 18, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/107 "2008-04-18T04:02:53Z")
Kumquat? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/108 "2008-04-18T13:42:40Z")
Marrrrrrgarine. ---
**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 18, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/109 "2008-04-18T15:32:53Z")
Spatula ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/110 "2008-04-18T17:45:38Z")
**Tuberculosis** Oops, sorry, I thought this was the [**Bulbous Bouffant**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous_Bouffant) thread. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/111 "2008-04-18T22:24:48Z")
With my upcoming nuptials, I’ve recently noticed the oddness of the word “nuptials”. It’s really hard to say and sounds vaguely dirty. nuptialsnuptialsnuptialsnuptials. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/112 "2008-04-18T23:01:23Z")
I like my oysters moister than I like my potato chips. I like my clams–I like them moist, too. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/113 "2008-04-18T23:29:11Z")
Bezoar and vomer. Two words that I learned in Med Term class that both intrigue and repel me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/114 "2008-04-19T00:02:11Z")
I’ve always been partial to the word Euphonious. It doesn’t really lend itsself to being written in a stretched out form, though. euphonious ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/115 "2008-04-19T04:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] No, no, no–defenestrate. I love the word defenestrate. Can someone use all the words of choice here in a sentence? [/QUOTE] Maybe? I’ll get them started: The nun wore her hair a snood, and unfortunately she also had an unfortunate mucus problem that left her with moist panties and slacks, but once she was defenstrated… Moist is okay. I think of cake, brownies and the band. But I don’t like the word bucolic. I know what it means, but it shouldn’t - it ought to mean something damp, dripping and filled with pestilence. Like an unmaintained subway tunnel. And it makes my stomach kind of hurt thinking about it. Bucolic. Doesn’t it sound like you’re about to vomit? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/116 "2008-04-19T16:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] I like my oysters moister than I like my potato chips. I like my clams–I like them moist, too. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, and I like them ZESTY. Moist, zesty oysters. There’s nothing better. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/117 "2008-04-19T17:26:16Z")
Oyters and clams, yum! _Zesty_ oysters and clams, yuummm!! Zesty. I likes that word. Zesty Zesty Zesty! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/118 "2008-04-19T17:33:08Z")
Obfuscate your zesty, moist clams. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/119 "2008-04-19T18:09:29Z")
[QUOTE=Belrix] With my upcoming nuptials, I’ve recently noticed the oddness of the word “nuptials”. It’s really hard to say and sounds vaguely dirty. [/QUOTE] Sometimes, when it’s cold and the dry cleaners has used too much starch, it make my nuptials hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659/120 "2008-04-19T18:12:32Z")
Zesty shouldn’t even be a real word. It’s like some sort of 1950’s-style marketing term. Make your cake zesty with Spong brand pastry filler! Spong. I know it’s a name but… spong spong spong :: jumps up and down :: spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong spong [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659.md?page=7)