# Words that just sound dirty **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728 "2007-01-04T20:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/1 "2007-01-04T20:56:23Z")
Can you think of any? Words that are totally innocuous, but when you say or hear them you think dirty things? Slit. Slit just sounds dirty. I’m not quite sure why. I think I may have seen it used in an erotica fic and it just stuck with me. Juicy. This one, I think, explains itself. Canteloupe. Don’t ask. Anyone else? ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/2 "2007-01-04T21:00:19Z")
Sea-men (you know, sailors) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/3 "2007-01-04T21:02:04Z")
Matriculate. The name Clint. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/4 "2007-01-04T21:27:54Z")
Of course, “masticate” sounds dirty, but really isn’t. I don’t think it has anything to do with “Matriculate,” but still. The name Clint really is kinda dirty sounding, now that I think about it… ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/5 "2007-01-04T21:39:15Z")
Wankel Rotary Engine. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/6 "2007-01-04T21:42:23Z")
Seersucker. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/7 "2007-01-04T21:49:34Z")
[QUOTE=tashabot] Slit. Slit just sounds dirty. I’m not quite sure why. I think I may have seen it used in an erotica fic and it just stuck with me. QUOTE] I tdepends on context. “I’m going to slit your tongue” and “I’m going to tongue your slit”, while very similar, are far from identical. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/8 "2007-01-04T21:57:31Z")
Moist Uvula Pharyngeal ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/9 "2007-01-04T22:26:01Z")
Cox-Sacky virus ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/10 "2007-01-04T22:31:28Z")
The Onion had a list like this once, and my favorite was “titular archbishopric”. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/11 "2007-01-04T22:43:35Z")
Lickety split. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/12 "2007-01-04T22:48:38Z")
Shoe Megaphone Grunties ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/13 "2007-01-04T23:05:21Z")
Finger. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/14 "2007-01-04T23:24:18Z")
Twiddle. Succulent. Silky. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/15 "2007-01-04T23:30:47Z")
Thespian ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/16 "2007-01-05T00:12:35Z")
Coccyx ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/17 "2007-01-05T00:43:36Z")
Slurpy ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/18 "2007-01-05T00:48:14Z")
Mastication ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/19 "2007-01-05T01:05:51Z")
Penal. As in, system. Pianist. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-just-sound-dirty/386728/20 "2007-01-05T01:47:39Z")
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