# Ten words that you don't say on the SDMB

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 27, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336 "2003-07-27T23:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/1 "2003-07-27T23:52:17Z")

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… as inspired by a discussion on today’s Kansas City Dopefest. Of course, it doesn’t have to be limited to ten, but it’s a start.

1. Fat
2. Redneck
3. Gry

More?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/2 "2003-07-27T23:58:45Z")

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Semprini.

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**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/3 "2003-07-28T00:03:01Z")

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SEMPRINI?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/4 "2003-07-28T00:07:00Z")

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OUT! OI!

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**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/5 "2003-07-28T01:22:50Z")

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Hellbound sinner

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**Author:** ![patchbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@patchbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patchbunny)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/6 "2003-07-28T01:24:18Z")

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Well, there’s:

" "  
" "  
" "  
" "  
" "  
" "  
" "  
" "  
" "

and of course, one should never say:

" "

–Patch

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/7 "2003-07-28T03:07:10Z")

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What, exactly, is a semprini? Can I even use an indefinite article in front of it? Have I inadvertently nouned a verb?

Its certainly one I won’t use, but only by virtue of the fact that I don’t know what it means…

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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/8 "2003-07-28T03:10:02Z")

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“retard”, or “retarded” if not in a medical context.  
“faggot”, unless we’re referring to cigarettes or wood

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/9 "2003-07-28T03:14:46Z")

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Jerk and troll are pretty much verboten in a lot of contexts.

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/10 "2003-07-28T03:14:48Z")

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. . . are:

Shit  
Piss  
Fuck  
Cunt  
CockSucker  
MotherFucker  
Tits

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/11 "2003-07-28T03:16:01Z")

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Simulpost!

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**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/12 "2003-07-28T03:17:22Z")

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A bit of a Blink fan, now aren’t we, **Reilly**?

The number one word is “fat,” of course. That will get you an automatic Pitting.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/13 "2003-07-28T03:47:03Z")

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Mr moderator, Johnny LA and Dutchboy used the forbidden ‘s’ word !!! LOL

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/14 "2003-07-28T03:55:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mirror Image egamI rorriM \*  
> \*\*A bit of a Blink fan, now aren’t we, **Reilly**?
> 
> The number one word is “fat,” of course. That will get you an automatic Pitting. \*\*

What iss thiiiss . . . “bleenk” . . . ?!

Nope, it’s George Carlin.

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/15 "2003-07-28T03:57:31Z")

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Oh, and one that’s really a no-no . . .

. . . **Melin**  
_Cough_

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**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:** [July 28, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/16 "2003-07-28T04:41:20Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by dutchboy208 \*  
> \*\*What, exactly, is a semprini? \*\*

Ya know, I’d love to know that too. Monty Python used to use it all the time, but it’s the one reference of theirs I never got.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/17 "2003-07-28T04:47:49Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by wolf\_meister \*  
> \*\*Mr moderator, Johnny LA and Dutchboy used the forbidden ‘s’ word !!! LOL \*\*

I’ll see your semprini, and I’ll raise you a LOL, brb, ttyl, lmao, etc… I won’t use netspeak abbreviations, IICHI.

(if I can help it 😉 )

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**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/18 "2003-07-28T04:48:06Z")

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hugs  
friend  
kind  
LoL  
thank you

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/19 "2003-07-28T04:48:09Z")

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I thought it was " semplini".

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**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-words-that-you-dont-say-on-the-sdmb/191336/20 "2003-07-28T05:16:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Doghouse Reilly \*  
> \*\*. . . are:
> 
> Shit  
> Piss  
> Fuck  
> Cunt  
> CockSucker  
> MotherFucker  
> Tits \*\*

FART TURD AND TWAT!!!😃  
New blink album coming…cant wait!!!

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