# Unsexy words **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896 "2008-10-14T16:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/1 "2008-10-14T16:38:12Z")
Gimme some words that have nothing to do with anything sexual or gross that for some reason turn you off or turn your stomach. Blurb. It sounds like it should mean protruding, infected fat rolls or something. Sure, it just means a short paragraph but it sounds so disgusting. If someone says it, I’m immediately mentally nauseated. Gob. Sounds like someone is choking and gagging on something stuck in their throat. It just seems like if I encountered a “gob” or was “gobbed”, it’d induce vomiting quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/2 "2008-10-14T16:40:38Z")
“Gluten”. It’s the plant protein that my friend cooks. It can be made to be quite tasty, too. But I’ve been saying for years that it needs a better name: “gluten” sounds like something they’d clean out of your arteries. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/3 "2008-10-14T16:42:01Z")
Ironically many words associated with sex are remarkably unsexy… Vagina. pissflaps. Testicles. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/4 "2008-10-14T17:12:38Z")
Vacuole Ungulate Speculum ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/5 "2008-10-14T17:13:46Z")
‘lieu’ is a sexy word. “In lieu of a better answer” ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/6 "2008-10-14T17:36:01Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Ironically many words associated with sex are remarkably unsexy… > > Vagina. > > pissflaps. > > Testicles. Also: penis horny kinky hunk stud lover Not the things themselves, mind you, just the words. So ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/7 "2008-10-14T17:41:52Z")
“Moist.” “Honk.” ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/8 "2008-10-14T17:44:01Z")
“Furtive.” “Packet.” ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/9 "2008-10-14T17:45:27Z")
Yogurt. It sounds like vomitting. Whish is also a not-nice word. Scrod. It’s a fish that sounds like a venereal disease! StG ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/10 "2008-10-14T17:50:51Z")
How about “pulchritude”? It sounds like it should be a description of a really bad wound, or something. “How’s the patient doing?” “Not well… His wounds are getting pulchritudinous.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/11 "2008-10-14T17:55:13Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Ironically many words associated with sex are remarkably unsexy… > > Vagina. > > pissflaps. > > Testicles. Scrotum. I know the OP wanted non-sexual words, but to me, scrotum is the unsexiest word in the English language. My boyfriend has advance notice that, should he be foolish enough to utter that word whilst engaging in sexual activity with me, all such activity will come to an immediate halt. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/12 "2008-10-14T17:59:45Z")
‘Intransigent’- It sounds so pointy-sharp and painful. ‘Smegma’- Eew. I disagree about ‘gob’. “Honey, you still have a gob of jizz on your forehead”. See? Very sexy. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/13 "2008-10-14T18:00:05Z")
Panties. Cream. Seconding moist. (shudder) ---
**Author:** ![Unsquare\_Dance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Unsquare\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unsquare_Dance)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/14 "2008-10-14T18:01:18Z")
Panties. I feel stupid every time I say it. So I just say it really creepy and slow with a really pronounced lisp, like Jim Carrey in _The Cable Guy_. I prefer to say “underpants.” Also vulva, pork, and semen. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/15 "2008-10-14T18:11:42Z")
\*\*Defunct Cunctator\*\* (My apologies to the Doper of that name, but I don’r care for the sound of it) \*\*plasm nauseous nauseating ignorant phthisis nosegay \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/16 "2008-10-14T18:24:34Z")
Succulent. Protrusion. Dipthong. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/17 "2008-10-14T18:40:33Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > ‘Smegma’- Eew. Umm, I think this violates **both** of the OPs conditions (“Gimme some words that have nothing to do with anything sexual or gross”) at once… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/18 "2008-10-14T21:31:53Z")
Must it be a single word? On an episode of _Frasier_, Frasier got a randy Niles out of the “mood” in about 3 seconds flat by uttering: “Grandma in a teddy” ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/19 "2008-10-14T22:12:09Z")
Yes, it must be a single word. It also has to be NONSEXUAL and NOT GROSS in meaning. The meaning of the word can’t have anything to do with it. Bonus points for “pulchritude” and “yogurt” for being very positive, yummy things. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/20 "2008-10-15T01:23:34Z")
‘Bush’? ‘W’ that is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896.md?page=2)