# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/41 "2003-08-21T06:20:03Z")
[Firing the Surgeon General](http://www.roysongs.com/lyrics/foremen/folkreprise/firing.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/42 "2003-08-21T06:26:40Z")
In memory of a classic Monty Python skit “Wank…el rotary engine.” Also Jiffy Lube Pop Rocks ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/43 "2003-08-21T14:03:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > \*\*Now I’ll always think of you when I adjust my truss rod. \*\* 😃 I hadn’t thought of that one! How about: - getting better sustain - perfecting your vibrato - re-tubing the amp ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/44 "2003-08-21T14:08:10Z")
“Titular bishopric” Who says the church is prudish? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/45 "2003-08-21T14:33:55Z")
Then of course you have the religious couple who gave talks in churches aimed at raising funds to support the overseas ministries they’d undertaken. That’s right, they wanted money so they could condinue doing their missionary position. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/46 "2003-08-21T17:00:23Z")
Unassisted triple-play. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/47 "2003-08-24T00:38:14Z")
I work in a bakery, and there are quite a few giggly phrases that get mentioned from time to time. 1. Tickling the baguettes 2. Flouring the coosh 3. Retarding the bread Okay, that last one isn’t dirty, but it makes me laugh every time.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/48 "2003-08-24T01:55:22Z")
“Don’t forget to clamp your butt joint.” _giggle_ “What?” _pause_ “Yeah, you’re right. A miter joint would work better.” “Than a…?” “Butt joint.” _giggle_ ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/49 "2003-08-24T11:40:52Z")
Sign at the Wild West Saloon: “Liquor up front and Poker in the rear.” 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/50 "2003-08-24T12:02:34Z")
kvetching going along for the ride shift on the fly ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/51 "2003-08-25T00:28:46Z")
I was doing a sculpture several years ago that required a large bolt type object. I went to Fastenall and told they guy, “I need a big screw.” He didn’t even blink, and I got the biggest, most excellent screw from him… for free. In the name of art, of course. Other sayings that make me giggle: “Would you like a cocktail?” Lake Titicaca Buttering someone up (I always think of Last Tango in Paris) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/52 "2003-08-25T03:05:08Z")
Here’s a few from the fire service: It’s **blowing** out onto the front lawn! (Big fire, street side) Gotta **bad head** on 3rd floor. (Defective smoke detector) Did somebody **pull a box?** - the **head** is great. (Was a manual pull station activated, the smoke detector did not activate the alarm) First the **spreader, then the ram**. (Sequence of hydraulic rescue tools for an auto extrication) Woo Hoo! Get the **stick up, and put on the big bore nozzle!** (Place the aerial ladder in service, and install the largest diameter fitting) **Forcible entry**. (Employment of hand or power tools to gain egress) **Damn, she’s hot! Gimme another bottle-I’m going back in.** (A hot fire, indeed. I need a replacement cylinder for my breathing apparatus before I rejoin the interior crew) You’re **screwing** the wrong way! (Hose does not come with left hand threads) **Everythings still loose. You can suck all you want, but it isn’t gonna come**. (Fittings are leaking, and running the primer pump will not enable the engine to draw from draft) **Sucking vs. blowing** (Positive vs. negative pressure ventilation) **Bang this box again-we’re gonna be up for a while** (Strike an additional alarm-this is going to be a lengthy operation) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/53 "2003-08-25T03:21:31Z")
Then there’s my day job-construction: We have studs of all length and girth, always nailing or screwing, nipples of every imaginable color and size for the electricians and plumbers, pipe and flooring get laid, adhesive is spread, electricians have dikes, and create assholes when wire is improperly pulled, the wire has nuts and goes into boxes, switches can be three-way, and when a wall is really large, you need help with your erection. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/54 "2003-08-25T04:23:06Z")
Two I remember from my active military days: Reproduction NCO (guy in charge of making copies of orders and whatnot) Mail in my/your box (everyone in the barracks has a little post office box next to the mail room) From the computer helpdesk world: Mouse ball Glidestick 3.5" floppy Don’t forget to dicker! ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/55 "2003-08-25T04:44:40Z")
Burst transfer rate. Slipped them a mickey Access the port. For the DB crowd one to one relationship many to one relationship one to many relationship many to many relationship ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/56 "2003-08-25T13:40:48Z")
This one popped into my head a couple of days ago - “My dog always comes when she’s called.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/57 "2003-08-25T17:43:49Z")
**danceswithcats** the fire service ones take the cake - lol!! [hijacking my own thread] I think this is my first thread that went on to a second page - woo hoo!! [/hijacking my own thread] ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970/58 "2003-08-27T05:12:20Z")
“Stocking stuffer” has always struck me as being in the it should have a sexual connotation camp. (And having been playing bass for a little over a year now, I can relate with all the sexual sounding guitar terms, **Wordman** ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-should-have-a-sexual-connotation/195970.md?page=2)