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Names ruined for me:
Brittany
Madonna
Monica
Julia
Adam
Horatio
Tracey
…and the list keeps growing.
O’Donoghue’s rule: All humor* is violence.
*Except puns.
Waxing. The moon waxed and waned for centuries. Then we had Buddy Hackett’s wax job; Pat Morita’s wax on, wax off; and the bikini wax. Now, you can’t wax poetic without somebody raising an eyebrow. A waxed eyebrow… :dubious:
Boat Ox. That was once a bovine barge-puller. Now, Botox is a way to make part of your face quit working without having a stroke or dying.
Oh, look at the time! Gottago.
Organ
Donor
Frigate
Hoe
Dutch oven
Hummer. This has been ruined in reverse. A hummer used to be a damn good thing because it was associated with a supreme sexual favour…but now it’s a Hummer, almost certainly a damn bad thing.
notables:
Gerbil. Poor little bastards :eek:
Package
What can you say nowadays without someone getting some kind of perverted meaning from it? I say that “dirty” or "perverted: or “kinky” is ONLY in the mind of the listener. For this reason, the Mirriam Webster dictionary will be kept behind the counter to avoid selling to minors! 
Even my local convenience store has a sign in its window claiming they sell “homo milk and fruit drinks”…see what I mean?
- Jinx
Accost is pretty much ruined.
It originally, and correctly, meant only to approach and speak to somebody in a bold manner; the people who circulate petitions outside grocery stores could be said to be accosting the customers exiting the store.
But most people think it means to assault, or even to rape, someone. I’ve heard broadcast reporters using the word this way, and once that happens to a word it’s all over.
muscular distrophy
I’d prefer not to go into the explanation of why me and my perverted friends have had a term for a crippling disease ruined for us.
If I masticate while I pet my pussy, does that make me a thespian?
I’m sorry…so very sorry…I couldn’t help it
Gay of course, like the Gay Gordons (Regiment).
But what about “spastic?” In the UK there is a charity called the British Spastics Appeal (or somesuch). A perfectly good word.
I think the name that is forever ruined is Adolf.
Rim
Insert
Pound
Flaps
Many, many more. I wouldn’t say they are ruined more ‘spiced up’
Nimrod.
I just had this word ruined for me. Edited.
Do acronyms count? If so…
UFO.
It once meant the perfectly rational “Unidentified Flying Object.” Now it’s just synonamous with “alien spaceship.”
As an aside, I once saw a UFO documentary made in the 70s called something like “Invasion of the Ufos.” And they pronounced “UFO” like “ooh-foe.” No kidding. Like it was some secret mystical name, or soemthing. :rolleyes: :Puking:
That would be “synonymous,” of course. Curse my feeble brain.