# Obscene place names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481 "2001-04-10T15:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/1 "2001-04-10T15:34:57Z")
With one exception, I have verified that these are all real places, by seeing them on a map, in a geographical dictionary, or on [http://www.placesnamed.com](http://www.placesnamed.com) The exception the one place I have first-hand knowledge of. You see, I’ve actually been in Lower Fanny’s Hole. There’s a state historical marker there.[ul] **Assawoman** town in Virginia **Bangall** town in New York **Bangkok** capital of in Thailand **Bang Pa In** town in Thailand **Belchertown** town in Massachusetts **Bigadic** town in Turkey **Big Beaver** town in Michigan **Big Bone Lick** state park in Kentucky **Big Hole** river in Montana **Blue Ball** town in Pennsylvania **Blue Knob** mountain in Pennsylvania **Brown Willy** mountain in England **Climax** town in Colorado **Dicks Head** former name of Ras Chiambone, Somalia **Grand Teton** (French for “big tit”), mountain in Wyoming **Great End** mountain in England **Gross Sound** waterway in Alaska **Intercourse** town in Pennsylvania **Krapperup** town in Sweden **Lower Fanny’s Hole** dot on the map in Idaho **Maidenhead** borough in England **Pratt’s Bottom** neighborhood in or near London **Sexsmith** town in Alberta **Tit** town in Algeria **Titz** town in Germany[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/2 "2001-04-10T15:37:48Z")
Let’s not forget **French Lick** , Indiana (home of Larry Bird)! ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/3 "2001-04-10T15:41:04Z")
And also \*\* Dildo \*\* Newfoundland and \*\* Climax\*\* Saskatchewan, where the hotel used to make money selling Climax Hotel t-shirts (which would have been a hit at any Dopefest). Keith ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/4 "2001-04-10T15:46:09Z")
Did I Say Something Wrong? by David Grambs (Plume Books) All sorts of obscene sounding names of places, plants, animals, architectural terms, science vocabulary, and other fun words to drop into conversations. Myself, I’ve been to **Okahumpka** , FL. The Arrogant Worms have a song called “A Night on Dildo” about **Dildo Run Provincial Park** and other odd names in Newfoundland. (on the “Russell’s Shorts” album) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/5 "2001-04-10T15:59:45Z")
There’s also Humptulips, Washington and Wankers’ Corner, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/6 "2001-04-10T16:00:18Z")
**Tallapoosa, GA**. Not obscene, but it sure sounds like it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/7 "2001-04-10T16:05:45Z")
When we have y’all over for our big housewarming, barbecue and baby shower, I’ll drive anybody who wants to go five minutes down the back-country roads to beautiful **Lizard Lick, NC**. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/8 "2001-04-10T16:15:49Z")
let us not forget : **Climax** Michigan and **Hell** Michigan (I’ve visited both, the first to be able to say “I was in Climax for 45 minutes” and the second to attend the Buzzard Festival) ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/9 "2001-04-10T16:30:11Z")
Working in the telecommunication tower industry, I get to see a lot of interesting location names for where our towers are located. But my all time favorite would have to be **Lick Knob, WV** (Can even give you coordinates, if you’d like! 😉 ) It just doesn’t get too much plainer than that, does it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/10 "2001-04-10T16:41:08Z")
I’ve been to Intercourse and Blue Ball in Pennsylvania. Not for the cheap tourist tat you can buy there; I just happened to be driving through as I used to live near there. Not much to see apart from the Amish, who for obvious reasons don’t like to be stared at. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/11 "2001-04-10T18:07:04Z")
My favorite here in Panama is the _Rio Culo Seco_, the Dry-Ass River. It’s next to the _Rio Baila Mono_, the Monkey-Dance River. I suspect some French engineer on the Canal 120 years ago said something about it being a _cul-de-sac_, and the Panamanian overhearing it said, “Ha! Culo-Seco!” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/12 "2001-04-10T18:14:02Z")
Lady Dopers might like to spend a little time [onacock](http://www.onancock.org/), in Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/13 "2001-04-10T18:17:27Z")
There’s a **Grinder Hole** in Wyoming (still one of my favorite euphamisms), and **Beaver Twist** in Ohio kinda’ sounded questionable to me. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/14 "2001-04-10T18:29:12Z")
Fucking, Austria. Pronounced “fyooking.” There’s something about it on Snopes. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/15 "2001-04-10T18:36:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > **I’ve been to Intercourse and Blue Ball in Pennsylvania.** This is not a joke. In PA, the best way to get from Blue Ball to Paradise is through Intercourse. These are just east of Lancaster. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/16 "2001-04-10T18:38:55Z")
**Fukue** town in Japan **Pising** town in Indonesia **Wet Beaver** creek in Arizona ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/17 "2001-04-10T19:05:58Z")
Big Bone Lick State Park - Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/18 "2001-04-10T19:08:23Z")
A few others: **Phuket** , Thailand **Bangalore** , India **Qom** , Iran **Sukkur** , Pakistan **Fokou** , China **Shitan** , China And I am surprised that no one has mentioned Lakes **Titicaca** and **Poopo** in South America yet. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/19 "2001-04-10T19:47:43Z")
**Gay Head** , Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/20 "2001-04-10T19:49:40Z")
My father grew up in **Bald Knob** , Arkansas. He claims that nearby is a town called **Toad Suck.** I live very close to **Okahumpka** , Florida. In **Mount Dora.** I’ve not met Dora yet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481.md?page=2)