# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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 15, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/21 "2008-10-15T01:42:48Z")
Dongle. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/22 "2008-10-15T02:00:48Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > “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. It actually does have another name, seitan, which I think sounds quite a bit better. I’ll add detritus to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/23 "2008-10-15T05:42:26Z")
Margaret Thatcher Naked on a Cold Day ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/24 "2008-10-15T06:21:12Z")
Glurge Crunch Phlegmatic Spasm ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/25 "2008-10-15T18:35:40Z")
Manure (in spite of what George Costanza thinks) ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/26 "2008-10-15T19:14:44Z")
Gubernatorial ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/27 "2008-10-15T19:22:27Z")
gangrenous ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/28 "2008-10-15T19:44:41Z")
These words are all tinny. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/29 "2008-10-15T19:51:50Z")
For those of you who posted “moist” and those who may in the future, are you women? The reason I ask is that some time ago a similar thread was started an everyone who hated “moist” was a woman. Please explain why the word “moist” is such a turn off, if you’ve been able to make it to the end of this post, that is. BWHAHAHAHAHAH! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/30 "2008-10-15T22:10:43Z")
> [@Unsquare\_Dance](#): > > 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.” From _ **Anatomy of a Murder** _: _[Judge Weaver has stopped the testimony by Detective Sergeant James Durgo, State Police, and called the lawyers to his bench]_ Judge Weaver: Mr. Biegler, you finally got your rape into the case, and I think all the details should now be made clear to the jury. What exactly was the undergarment just referred to? Paul Biegler: Panties, Your Honor. Judge Weaver: Do you expect this subject to come up again? Paul Biegler: Yes, Sir. Judge Weaver: There’s a certain light connotation attached to the word “panties.” Can we find another name for them? Mitch Lodwick: I never heard my wife call 'em anything else. Judge Weaver: Mr. Biegler? Paul Biegler: I’m a bachelor, Your Honor. Judge Weaver: That’s a great help. Mr. Dancer? Claude Dancer: When I was overseas during the war, Your Honor, I learned a French word. I’m afraid that might be slightly suggestive. Judge Weaver: Most French words are. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/31 "2008-10-15T22:13:25Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > For those of you who posted “moist” and those who may in the future, are you women? The reason I ask is that some time ago a similar thread was started an everyone who hated “moist” was a woman. Please explain why the word “moist” is such a turn off, if you’ve been able to make it to the end of this post, that is. BWHAHAHAHAHAH! 🙂 I second the request for an explanation. I never heard of anyone objecting to the word “moist” until _ **Dead Like Me** _, and now I find there are a bunch of women out their with their panties in a bunch about it… I only put it that way because of my “panties” post, above. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/32 "2008-10-15T22:35:31Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > For those of you who posted “moist” and those who may in the future, are you women? The reason I ask is that some time ago a similar thread was started an everyone who hated “moist” was a woman. Please explain why the word “moist” is such a turn off, if you’ve been able to make it to the end of this post, that is. BWHAHAHAHAHAH! 🙂 I am a man and I opened the thread to post “moist”. It just sounds dank and pigs make a single vowel sound with “oi” in it. I like the word panties though. Ointment is a gross, innocent word in the same category. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsexy-words/467896/33 "2008-10-15T23:24:16Z")
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