# What innocent words instantly bring to mind The Simpsons for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328 "2007-03-17T12:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/1 "2007-03-17T12:58:37Z")
When talking about the snow today, the people on the radio kept saying the ice made it “crusty” on top. I couldn’t hear that without thinking “Krusty the Clown.” (I even typed the initial “crusty” with a K). Any other words that make you think of Springfield’s Favorite Family? ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/2 "2007-03-17T13:23:09Z")
bacon–immediately prompts me to think “Mmmmm, bacon.” doughnuts–ditto, except I think “doughnuts” instead of “bacon” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eltanin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Eltanin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eltanin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/3 "2007-03-17T13:39:42Z")
Cromulent ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/4 "2007-03-17T13:44:09Z")
I feel like Kaspar Hauser when it comes to this stuff. I’ve never seen the Simpsons; if I did, it was only once and I was probably not paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/5 "2007-03-17T13:48:05Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/6 "2007-03-17T13:52:43Z")
Embiggen ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/7 "2007-03-17T13:53:41Z")
Ham. “Marge, Bring out the celebration ham!” “We only have the consolation ham, and the emergency ham.” “Marge, they’re just hams.” Vendetta. or Farfalle. Really not much of a quote for that one. Just Sideshow Bob’s kid in Italy seeing a butterfly, saying “farfalle” with an air of childlike wonder, and then “farfalle vendetta!,” brandishing a knife at the butterfly. Inanimate. or Carbon. “What saved your life upon reentry?” “This inanimate carbon rod!” (later) “Oh, they were about to show pictures of the rod!” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/8 "2007-03-17T15:05:48Z")
When I was in a jewish wedding some weeks back, every time they said the word Rabbi I couldn’t hear it without mentally adding the name “Krustofsky” behind it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/9 "2007-03-17T15:33:30Z")
Floor pie! ---
**Author:** ![Arrimus\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Arrimus\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrimus_2)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/10 "2007-03-17T15:40:13Z")
Crisitunity! ---
**Author:** ![amijane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amijane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amijane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/11 "2007-03-17T16:27:47Z")
Trampoline. It comes up in everyday usage more than I’d have expected, and makes me instantly say “tram-ah-poline” under my breath. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/12 "2007-03-17T16:39:50Z")
Anytime someone suggests walking somewhere more than a block or two away, particularly if it’s uphill, I flash on Homer going “Walking? That wasn’t part of the deal!” and reaching for his suicide pill. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/13 "2007-03-17T17:14:58Z")
Anyone named Amanda. “I need Amanda Hugankiss!” Doe or dough. H: “D’oh!” M: “A deer!” L: “A female deer!” Look Barney: “Look! Somebody spilled beer in the ashtray! glugglugglug” It’s a sickness, really. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/14 "2007-03-17T17:19:13Z")
Homer: “Nuclear? , it’s pronounced Nucular” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/15 "2007-03-17T17:20:54Z")
Monorail. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/16 "2007-03-17T17:30:17Z")
[QUOTE=Eltanin] Cromulent [/QUOTE] Embiggens, beer, nuclear, Reverend… it’s kind of a long list. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/17 "2007-03-17T17:46:58Z")
“Is this a religious thing?” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/18 "2007-03-17T17:53:51Z")
kwyjibo ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/19 "2007-03-17T18:00:59Z")
In my best Krusty voice: Who the hell is Kaspar Hauser? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328/20 "2007-03-17T18:46:31Z")
[QUOTE=amijane] Trampoline. It comes up in everyday usage more than I’d have expected, and makes me instantly say “tram-ah-poline” under my breath. [/QUOTE] ::Krusty voice:: Keep movin’, Simpson! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-words-instantly-bring-to-mind-the-simpsons-for-you/396328.md?page=2)