# Unfortunate terminology. Very unfortunate terminology. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485 "2010-03-14T23:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/21 "2010-03-16T02:52:14Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Birding (and taxidermy, probably, too) is not for the worldly. They call for hyperfocus and cloistered dedication. > > If you even have friends that know racy cusswords and are not etymologists, you’re in the wrong pastime. You clearly don’t know many birders. Many of my colleagues swear like longshoremen and drink like fish. Truth be told, I often do myself. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/22 "2010-03-16T17:04:05Z")
I used to work in building services fitting pipework etc. Can’t remember them all now but there were \*\*nipples \*\*and \*\*black nipples \*\*(black malleable steel) and also a machine for putting threads on plain ended pipework. affectionately known as the **[Ridgid Screwing Machine](http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/1224-Threading-Machine)**. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/23 "2010-03-16T17:25:34Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Or peckerheads. Somewhat-related anecdote - there was some story on tv yesterday about birds coming back for spring, and they showed a red-header woodpecker. Somehow it came out of my mouth as “peckerheaded peckerhead” - I cracked myself up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/24 "2010-03-16T20:25:11Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Batting .333 makes you a god in the American/National League these days. In the world of linguistics–not so much. Juke=wrong. Funk=wrong. Thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/25 "2010-03-17T01:03:07Z")
“Animal Husbandry” (thanks to T. Pratchitt) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/26 "2010-03-17T01:06:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You clearly don’t know many birders. Many of my colleagues swear like longshoremen and drink like fish. > > Truth be told, I often do myself. You drink deep of the cup of life, then. More fuckin’ power to ya. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485/27 "2010-03-17T15:13:30Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Batting .333 makes you a god in the American/National League these days. In the world of linguistics–not so much. Juke=wrong. Funk=wrong. No, he’s right about “funk.” I mean, it could be any insistent smell, but it can also be particularly used to mean that one. –Cliffy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-terminology-very-unfortunate-terminology/532485.md?page=1)