# Words that sound dirty but actually aren't
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 31, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739 "2016-01-31T11:14:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/1 "2016-01-31T11:14:15Z")
Bottomry.
Ballcock.
Depending on context: Ejaculation.
(“My dear Holmes!” I ejaculated.)
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### Author:  [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/2 "2016-01-31T11:20:26Z")
Spatchcock
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/3 "2016-01-31T11:35:21Z")
Masticate.
Bullocks.
Cocksure.
Angina.
Aer Lingus.
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### Author:  [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/4 "2016-01-31T11:39:06Z")
Wankel
Tit-babbler
Prickshaft
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/5 "2016-01-31T11:48:13Z")
Uvula.
[Areas.](https://youtu.be/9qmUJpcPAaM)
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### Author:  [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/6 "2016-01-31T12:27:54Z")
Puck
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### Author:  [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/7 "2016-01-31T12:59:42Z")
Niggardly (which has practically disappeared)
Prick
There is a truck I see regularly from a company called Erection Rapide (they build scaffolds).
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/8 "2016-01-31T13:06:32Z")
Yeah, I was thinking niggardly, too. Not even remotely related to the racist term it sounds like.
Masticate.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/9 "2016-01-31T13:22:02Z")
Titter.
Nutjob.
Fuchs.
Funk and Wagnalls.
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### Author:  [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/10 "2016-01-31T13:37:39Z")
pussy willow
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### Author:  [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/11 "2016-01-31T13:41:10Z")
sprint
petcock
cocktail
kumquat
quince
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/12 "2016-01-31T13:54:15Z")
thespian
> **[Booby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby)**
>
> Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
> Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
> Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
brown booby
blue-footed booby
> **[Tit (bird)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_(bird))**
>
> 5–10, see text.
> See text
> The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus Parus.
penduline tit
elegant tit
great tit
> **[Swallow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow)**
>
> 19, see text
> The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The term "swallow" is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the barn swallow. Around 90 species of Hirundinidae are known, divided into 19 genera, with the greatest diversity found in Africa, which is also thought to be where they evolve...
white-thighed swallow
pearl-breasted swallow
welcome swallow
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### Author:  [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/13 "2016-01-31T14:32:05Z")
Thespian
Wang computer
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/14 "2016-01-31T14:34:31Z")
Balzac
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/15 "2016-01-31T14:35:27Z")
Gusset
Rim
Probe
Thrust
Gaping
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/16 "2016-01-31T14:38:12Z")
[Buttcon](http://www.buttcon.com/)
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/17 "2016-01-31T15:00:48Z")
Buttress
Coriolanus
Spanker (nautical term)
There once was a girl named Bianca
Who slept while the ship lay at anchor.
She awoke in dismay
When she heard the mate say,
“Hoist up the top sheet and spanker!”
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### Author:  [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/18 "2016-01-31T15:05:44Z")
butt
cock
pussy
dick
shaft
bottom
flagellate
vibrate
erect, erection
come
massage
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### Author:  [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/19 "2016-01-31T15:07:20Z")
My all-time fave: Cuntline
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### Author:  [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-actually-arent/744739/20 "2016-01-31T15:28:18Z")
_Homo erectus_
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