# Perjorative names for water **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922 "2021-03-15T06:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/1 "2021-03-15T06:44:05Z")
Drizzly Gully Wash Faucet Drip Robert Drowny Junior Glacier Wizz Dorkle Smelly old water Geyser Hork Tuna Toilet Doopflush Bat Tinkle Cloud Dump Foster’s Ice Chunks Runny Puddles Hosegorger Simple Siphon Lake Michigan Wetso ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/2 "2021-03-15T07:35:47Z")
H2Oska (From, “The Dove (De Duva),” a short mock-Bergman film featuring Madeline Kahn.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/3 "2021-03-15T07:36:49Z")
Dihydrogen Monoxide ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/4 "2021-03-15T08:40:19Z")
Corporation Pop ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/5 "2021-03-15T08:57:26Z")
AKA hydroxic acid ---
**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:** [March 15, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/6 "2021-03-15T09:27:47Z")
Hydrogen ash ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/7 "2021-03-15T09:31:30Z")
Fish fucking fluid ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/8 "2021-03-15T09:49:32Z")
bouillon pourri [Captain Haddock] ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/9 "2021-03-15T10:03:36Z")
Coors ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/10 "2021-03-15T16:49:08Z")
Sprinkles Dribbler Sluice Juice Soapy McBallwash Rinso Johnson Pondslobber John Waters Ditch Soup ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/11 "2021-03-16T01:51:26Z")
Fish piss ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/12 "2021-03-16T02:28:59Z")
Pepsi ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/13 "2021-03-16T02:37:33Z")
universal solvent (maybe not pejorative) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/14 "2021-03-16T15:41:51Z")
My mother, who was from New Hampshire, once promised to serve us a delicacy she called a “White Mountain Soda” if we finished our chores. It turned out to be a glass of water with a toothpick floating in it. New England humor at its best. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/15 "2021-03-16T16:04:20Z")
Rain. Don’t know why the OP didn’t include it. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/16 "2021-03-16T16:05:38Z")
Not a name per se, but my brother will inevitably respond to being offered water by saying “Errr you know what fish do in that?” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/17 "2021-03-17T01:31:45Z")
The humourist Stephen Leacock had a number of his stories set at a lakeside cottage. It was a very pretty place right on the shores of Lake Owattawetness. I believe that’s an old Indian name for “water”. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/18 "2021-03-17T13:38:31Z")
Adams Ale Oggin - specifically the sea, hence sailing the seven seas becomes ‘floggin the oggin’ ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/19 "2021-03-17T13:54:20Z")
In our house - Council wine. This still works, even though the Council has nothing to do with the water supply these days. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perjorative-names-for-water/937922/20 "2021-03-17T14:04:18Z")
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