# things that sound dirty but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202 "2000-11-08T00:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/21 "2000-11-08T07:34:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw23 \* > \*\*…cunning linguist… \*\* And anyone who’s a cunning linguist might also be a… …master debater. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/22 "2000-11-08T13:47:39Z")
Polishing the brass. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/23 "2000-11-08T13:59:52Z")
Anything I say to racinchikki in chat. Wait…most of that IS dirty…😃 mmm…[insert noun here]… ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/24 "2000-11-08T14:03:28Z")
I say ignore foriegn words, the swedish word for ‘good’ is ‘bra’, and the norwegian word for 'speed bump ’ is ‘fartdampare’ (we are going to dampen your farts, no really). Many foreign words can be rude in english. And what about mastication? bunt? truck? shift (said fast). I am a big fan of spotted dick. I keep it in my bum bag (try saying fanny pack outside the US). Skiing term - Off Piste ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/25 "2000-11-08T14:10:53Z")
Only one I can think of this early: mastication\*\* ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/26 "2000-11-08T14:12:54Z")
From the North American Avian world: Bridled Titmouse Nuthatch Bahama Swallow (sounds like a technique) Hairy Woodpecker Bushtit Sapsuckers Bananaquit Hoary Redpoll Brambling (sounds like a verb) Peewee Brown Creeper Brown Thrasher Bulbul Longspur Dickcissel Magnificent Frigatebird Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Masked Booby Blue-footed Booby Oldsquaw Smew Clapper Rail American Woodcock Chukar Chachalaca Anna’s Hummingbird (sounds like ‘anus’) and _Turdus migratorius_ - Latin name for American Robin I’m checking the library for the rest of the world. ::runs off, cackling gleefully:: ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/27 "2000-11-08T14:27:28Z")
Homo erectus Lake Titicaca ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/28 "2000-11-08T14:29:09Z")
Shuttlecock Puss-in-Boots ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/29 "2000-11-08T15:26:01Z")
philately ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/30 "2000-11-08T15:33:37Z")
formication (the act of forming groups, like ants) Best said in crowded area, ‘Hey, stop formicating over there!’ come ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/31 "2000-11-08T15:36:46Z")
Sticky Wicket Slipping it in between the pads ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/32 "2000-11-08T16:00:42Z")
BUTTAFUOCO! Oh wait, he actually was quite dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/40202/33 "2000-11-08T16:05:00Z")
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