# Therapist=The Rapist- Other words like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320 "2011-07-25T22:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/143 "2017-10-10T20:11:43Z")
Wreck a nice beach / recognize speech was a example which threw off early speech recognition algorithms. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/144 "2017-10-11T19:42:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Every time I see ‘Gotham’ I see it as Got ham. > > Sounds like a marketing idea for the pork industry. > > Got ham? > mmm The other day I was picturing a Batman parody called Got Ham. The hero’s name would be Pigman and he’d carry a giant ham into battle. This thread reminds me of an old bumpersticker: The Penis, mightier than the sword. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/145 "2017-10-11T20:43:31Z")
Similar to Gotham, when I see the name Heather my brain interprets it at heat her. And Plymouth, to me, will always be ply mouth. mmm ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/146 "2017-10-11T21:03:25Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And Plymouth, to me, will always be ply mouth. Well, that is sort of its derivation. Only it’s the River Plym that the original Plymouth is at the mouth of. ---
**Author:** ![MsBatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MsBatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsBatt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/147 "2017-10-11T22:14:44Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > I may have posted this before, but in Memphis, TN, there is rather long overpass where Union Avenue turns into Walnut Grove Road going over railroad switch yards. There is an exit ramp on the overpass for “Flicker St”, which in itself is not that odd. What is interesting is that all of the exit signs are written in ALL CAPS. I guess “FLICKER ST” got complaints from people blending the “LI” into a single letter. For the reverse—I bought some socks that have ‘USA’ embroidered across the toe. First time I put a pair on, I thought to myself "Why do these socks say “LISA”? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/148 "2017-10-11T22:32:28Z")
> [@MsBatt](#): > > For the reverse—I bought some socks that have ‘USA’ embroidered across the toe. First time I put a pair on, I thought to myself "Why do these socks say “LISA”? Brings to mind a gag from REVIEW, where our obsessive hero – spoiler! – works himself up like crazy over a cryptic remark: “There All Is Aching.” What? _Where?_ Haunting and weird. Must mean _something._ Maybe a cry for help? Yeah, the message wasn’t “There All Is Aching” from @bubblebath; Lisa Ching was asking about a “bubble bath”, from her @thereallisaching account. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/149 "2017-10-11T22:57:25Z")
[Turboanalisis](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1222704-isis-daesh) is the most recent I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/150 "2017-10-12T03:36:19Z")
A man was getting a physical from his doctor. The doctor asks “how often are you having sex?” The man replies “infrequently.” The doctor asks, “is that one word, or two?” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/151 "2017-10-12T03:52:33Z")
There may have been some confusion involved, but if Harvey Weinstein was persuaded that “therapists would understand him,” then it’s for the better. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/152 "2017-10-12T13:49:50Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > [referring to ‘soy sauce’ in Spanish] No, it means “I am willow tree”. There is a missing article. That’s basically true, but with a little poetic license, it works. It sort of implies that being a willow tree is a profession – like how\* “soy profesor” \*= “I am a teacher.” Certainly, that was the intention of Camino Lara, a.k.a. the electronica musical act “Mexican Institute of Sound,” according to interviews I read when his CD \*Soy Sauce \*was released in 2009. [This site](https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=soy+sauce+disco+mexicano&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS670US670&q=soy+sauce+disco+mexicano&gs_l=hp....0.0.0.4770...........0.h8VWfIGco-U&gws_rd=ssl)mentions the following: > [@](#): > > Su título, “Soy sauce”, que juega con el equívoco: en español de España se interpreta como soy árbol (en concreto un sauce), en inglés salsa de soja y en español de México, ser muy lanzado. _meaning:_ “Its title plays with this confusion: in Spanish of Spain, it’s understood to mean ‘I am a tree’ (a willow, specifically); in English ‘soy sauce’; and in Mexican Spanish, 'I’m in a big hurry/I’m really impetuous.” ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/153 "2017-10-13T04:09:05Z")
Not really amusing, but the store “Petsmart” can be read as Pets _Mart_, as in a place to shop for your pet, or Pet _Smart_, as in\* you are smart if you shop here\*. ---
**Author:** ![Eyes\_of\_Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@Eyes\_of\_Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyes_of_Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/154 "2017-10-14T01:35:49Z")
Homedics – home dics / respite – re spite / redacted – red acted / father – fat her / preface – pre face / tiramisu – ti ram is u / gravity – grave ity / Scarface – scarf ace / Dragonshard – dragons hard / panache – pan ache / caveat – cave at / Ian – I an / sublime – sub lime / disease – dis ease / handsome – hand some / haddock – had dock / offend – off end / upon – up on / union – un ion / vineyard – vine yard / extraordinary – extra ordinary / nothing – no thing / nobody – no body / Christmas – Christ mas / cupboard – cup board / clapboard – clap board / There are tons of these; these are just some of them. ---
**Author:** ![scratchmarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@scratchmarc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratchmarc)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/155 "2017-10-20T00:26:06Z")
carp entry :eek: ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/156 "2017-10-20T01:06:05Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > As a kid I used to use “Burger King” as a verb. “I want to burgerk”, “Okay, let’s go burgerking”. There is a similar one from the book of college humor, he: _Do you like Kipling?_ she: _I don’t know. How do you kipple?_ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/157 "2017-10-20T01:11:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There is a similar one from the book of college humor, > > he: _Do you like Kipling?_ > she: _I don’t know. How do you kipple?_ That’s sometmes given as “she: I’ve never kippled, you naughty boy!” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/158 "2017-10-21T20:15:20Z")
> [@Srsly\_Dad](#): > > The car dealer name is not quite on topic, but this is a local dealer in Michigan > [http://www.krapohlford.com/](http://www.krapohlford.com/) > > I always chuckle when I see a car with the Krapohl licence plate frame. It has to be a joke right? No, it’s quite legitimate. I’ve passed the dealership while on a trip to Michigan. The surname is pronounced “cray-pole”, as I learned when a member of the family was on the Duke women’s basketball team a decade or so ago. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/159 "2017-10-21T22:08:33Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > I always assumed it was from [this guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Vernon_Watson). Beverly Cleary used Nosmo King in one of the Ramona books, in which young Ramona tried to get her father to quit. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/160 "2017-10-21T22:11:34Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > At Word Ways magazine, they’re known as **charades**. > > Someone upthread gave together = to get her, but no one gave the longer version: > > amiable together = am I able to get her > Anyone have any good reverse charades? Such as the three cities: > > Miami = I maim > Fresno = on serf > Tulsa = a slut > > also > > Naomi = I moan The most disliked science teacher at my high school was Mr. Olive, AKA The Evil O ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/161 "2017-10-21T22:15:40Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > One year I vacationed in a town named Bumpass. > > Pronounced Bum Pass. > > We referred to it at Bump Ass. > mmm Dumas,TX Would not pronounce it dumb ass. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320/162 "2017-10-21T22:25:35Z")
I didn’t look at the slurls, but I remember when The Iron Lady died, many people saw a twitter handle that told them a pop singer had died: #nowthatchersdead [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapist-the-rapist-other-words-like-this/590320.md?page=9)