# Phrases that SHOULD have a sexual connotation... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970 "2003-08-18T14:48:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/1 "2003-08-18T14:48:16Z")
I searched for threads like this - I know there has to be some - but couldn’t come up with anything… Letterman has had at least one Top 10 list like this - the Top 10 phrases that sound like they should have a sexual connotation, but don’t. The only one I remember is “jumping the turnstile”. I thought of this topic as I was getting ready to play guitar - and the phrases that came to mind were numerous: Tuning the Guitar Fingering My Guitar Adjusting the Pickup Playing triplets It gets very Beavis and Butthead fast. So - what phrases do YOU think should have a sexual connotation, but to your knowledge, don’t? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/2 "2003-08-18T15:28:24Z")
On disciplining simians: Should I spank my monkey? On wood finishing: Should I lacquer? On driving habits: Riding the brake On _Enterprise_: What’s a Jeffries Tube? ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/3 "2003-08-18T16:07:06Z")
I always thought you should be able to give someone a “Carpet Bombing.” Not exactly sure how you’d go about doing that, though. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/4 "2003-08-18T17:28:59Z")
“Predawn vertical insertion,” which I believe was the term the Pentagon used to describe our invasion of Grenada. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/5 "2003-08-18T18:44:35Z")
“Deep shag carpet” or even worse, setting your vacuum cleaner to “Deep shag” allways excites. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/6 "2003-08-18T19:39:45Z")
“Innuendo” should have a sexual connotation. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/7 "2003-08-18T19:49:07Z")
Last week, my SO got two things for the computer. One was a lapping kit, the other a mounting kit. I giggled. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/8 "2003-08-18T22:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*“Innuendo” should have a sexual connotation. \*\* It does. According to an ancient Playboy joke page, innuendo is an Italian suppository.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/9 "2003-08-18T23:12:07Z")
Some more of Letterman’s that I remember: Tethering the Blimp Shaking hands with Mr. Lincon Sending out for Sushi Windsurfing on Mount. Baldy. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/10 "2003-08-18T23:12:49Z")
liquor… liquor??!?! I don’t even know her! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/11 "2003-08-18T23:38:41Z")
Engineering 101: Rigid Member Analysis. Hehe! And the words ‘flaccid’ and ‘turgid’ are ruined forever. Oh, and the cute little story of the kid saving a Dutch town by [putting his finger in a dyke](http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml). Don’t worry, the link is safe for work and details the fairy-tale. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/12 "2003-08-18T23:40:45Z")
When taking blood, they insert a needle on your arm. Where I go, they call it sticking. So sometimes they tell me things like: “He sticks well.” “He stuck you deep.” “If you bleed a lot, he stuck you deep.” “He knows how to stick.” I have close my eyes and control my laugh… ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/13 "2003-08-19T00:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by verbenabeast \* > \*\*liquor… > > liquor??!?! I don’t even know her! \*\* Haha, that line reminds me of **chique** ’s 1k post party a few years back, when she uttered, “[_Likker all around, says I_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1231828#post1231828)” heh. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/14 "2003-08-19T01:46:29Z")
I get morning reports from a lot of drilling rigs, and they’re full of stuff, much of it in acronyms, like POOH, meaning “pulliing out of hole.” Other common ones that might stir one’s imagination: Move In Rig Up Nipple Up Blow Out Preventers Shear Rams Of course, Drilling In Hole Tool In Hole Going In Hole With Fish Reaming In Hole Conditioning Hole Rigging Up Downhole Vibrator And many more. While not suggestive, I’ve always been partial to WOW and WOO - Waiting On Weather and Waiting On Orders. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/15 "2003-08-19T05:15:47Z")
Booting up Hard drive Floppy disk Corrupt RAM Flashing the BIOS Motherboard Daughterboard PCI slot Palm Pilot Downloading ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/16 "2003-08-19T06:21:32Z")
One that just came up in chat: “I’ll carbonate YOUR Kool-Ade!” Long story. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/17 "2003-08-19T08:04:10Z")
[Joey T.] Grandma´s Chicken Salad [/Joey T.] ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/18 "2003-08-19T09:41:55Z")
“There’s always room for Jello” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/19 "2003-08-19T09:46:57Z")
Flange. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/20 "2003-08-19T15:05:02Z")
ballpark. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970.md?page=2)