# Phrases that appear dirty - but actually aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198 "2005-06-06T20:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/41 "2005-06-08T02:59:58Z")
If you integrate the number e raised to the x power, it looks like you’re spelling “sex”…hehehe…dirty mathematicians. It makes me giggle whenever I see it. Also, in rugby, one of the positions is the hooker and sometimes, if you’re lucky, you get to ruck the hooker. -Mosquito ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/42 "2005-06-08T03:36:54Z")
My sister is a Stimulation Engineer. Which of course means she figures out how to get more oil out of the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/43 "2005-06-08T03:58:00Z")
When metals are tested in tension, **elongation after necking** can be significant. Also, today I managed to work the phrase “ **Stiffness Between Balls** ” into a structural analysis report. Yes, folks, I get paid to come up with this kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/44 "2005-06-08T04:06:50Z")
Two brands of concrete pump trucks are Schwing and Putzmeister, which may not be dirty, but at least are funny. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/45 "2005-06-08T07:05:15Z")
Rode hard, and put up wet. ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/46 "2005-06-08T14:55:30Z")
My wife has a fabulous clivia. It is blooming now as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/47 "2005-06-09T00:15:48Z")
The cut of meat on a pig just abouve the front leg, is called the Boston Butt. A brisket comes from the Chest of the cow. Dry spices applied to meat before cooking are called a rub. Some people like cooking one large Boston butt than than two smaller ones. This leads to posts on BBQ message boards like: Rubbing my butt Rubbing my chest As fine a chest, as I ever saw and of course the ever popular I like big butts ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/48 "2005-06-09T00:55:16Z")
In climbing, you belay your partner. ---
**Author:** ![Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyroto_YT_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/49 "2005-06-09T01:13:27Z")
> [@Girl From Mars](#): > > Maybe it’s just me, but walking past the sign “Wet Riser” in our office stairwell always make me giggle… Are there any other totally innocent words or phrases that you can take totally out of context? Has anyone here ever watched ‘Are you Being Served’? It was always funny when Mrs. Slocombe talked about her pussy. 😃 ~YT has a sudden urge to watch old British comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyroto_YT_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/50 "2005-06-09T01:21:36Z")
> [@MissMossie](#): > > If you integrate the number e raised to the x power, it looks like you’re spelling “sex”…hehehe…dirty mathematicians. It makes me giggle whenever I see it. > > Also, in rugby, one of the positions is the hooker and sometimes, if you’re lucky, you get to ruck the hooker. > > -Mosquito Reminds me of this one The angle of the dangle +The square of the hair * * * The Heat of the Meat ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/51 "2005-06-09T01:27:38Z")
My favorite has always been . . . stump grinding. The law firm where I work does a lot of artificial stucco litigation and when repairs to our clients’ homes are done, “bad” stucco must be removed and “good” stucco must be put on the homes. Our paralegals have to witness this process for some reason, so they let us know their whereabouts by sending out emails saying “Going to strip and reclad.” \*Always \* cracks me up! The University of South Carolina’s football team is known as the “Gamecocks,” so all around the state you can see bumper stickers that read: “You can’t lick our 'Cocks!” and “Our 'Cocks are up and coming!” and the cheer “Go 'Cocks!” is even part of the school song!! What a state we’re in! ---
**Author:** ![Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Pyroto\_YT\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyroto_YT_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/52 "2005-06-09T01:33:38Z")
Forgot about this one! In a golf course practice area. Anyone removing golf balls from the course will have their balls removed. OUCCCCHHHH! ~YT giggling. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/53 "2005-06-09T04:01:24Z")
‘Victoria Regina’ (a hotel in Peru) ‘acute angina’ ‘I want it on my desk by five o’clock.’ (Who doesn’t?) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/54 "2005-06-09T04:12:01Z")
We went out for wings this evening with a friend who convocated this afternoon. There were fourteen of them convocating, apparently. Who can forget the internet classic of the newslady admonishing the weatherman; “Where’s that eight inches you promised me last night?” ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/55 "2005-06-09T05:19:28Z")
“Ward, weren’t you a little rough on the Beaver last night” Santa came down the chimney ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/56 "2005-06-09T12:16:08Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Who can forget the internet classic of the newslady admonishing the weatherman; “Where’s that eight inches you promised me last night?” This past winter one of the other posters on Fathom was complaining about the lack of snow in her area. I responded by telling her that I had eight inches I could send her. The resulting discussion on delivery methods was an interesting study in innuendo and double-entendre. As were the comments when I announced the next day that I now had ten inches to send her. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/57 "2005-06-09T17:08:13Z")
I almost choked on my ice cream last night over this one: I was learning a new card game and Cub Hubby played a wild card, a Jack. Our daughter said “that was interesting. Sort of a premature Jack…usage.” That was when I lost it. I always snicker over Rigid Tools and Snap-on Tools. I’d love to steal a truck and repaint it as “Strap-on Tools” and see if anybody notices. ---
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/58 "2005-06-09T19:27:39Z")
I once had to do a project based on **circumscribing** circles. I had to read through that one carefully before handing it in… A different sort of innuendo, but it amuses me nonetheless. A while back, there was an advert for a snowboarding video game that got banned because it sounded like a celebration of cocaine. It’s not hard to see where the problem arises: Cutting lines in the white powder, getting high off kickers, floating on the powder, etc… SCUBA Diving is full of innuendos, mainly because it’s one of the few activities where _going down_ is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/59 "2005-06-13T15:24:46Z")
[QUOTE=Soylent Gene] “Ward, weren’t you a little rough on the Beaver last night” [quote] That a UL, or did June actually say that on the show? > [@](#): > > Santa came down the chimney Johnny Mercer, who usually knew better, wrote a song in 1935 called _Santa Claus Came in the Spring._ Don’t drink the water at the North Pole. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198/60 "2005-06-13T15:26:48Z")
> [@Soylent Gene](#): > > “Ward, weren’t you a little rough on the Beaver last night” That a UL, or did June actually say that on the show? > [@](#): > > Santa came down the chimney Johnny Mercer, who usually knew better, wrote a song in 1935 called _Santa Claus Came in the Spring._ Don’t drink the water at the North Pole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-appear-dirty-but-actually-arent/307198.md?page=4)