# Words that sound dirty but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243 "2009-06-09T20:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/1 "2009-06-09T20:26:04Z")
What are some words that make you chuckle because they sound filthy, even though they may be completely innocuous? Personally, I can’t hear the word “rear,” as in “rearing your kids,” without thinking back to that scene in “Knocked Up” where one of Seth Rogen’s roommates tells him “I’m going to be there to rear your child,” and one of the other guys says “You hear that? Don’t let him near the kid, he wants to rear your child.” ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/2 "2009-06-09T20:30:31Z")
moist /giggle ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/3 "2009-06-09T20:57:52Z")
Grunt. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/4 "2009-06-09T20:59:40Z")
masticate ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/5 "2009-06-09T21:02:00Z")
From this week’s MMP- dongle ---
**Author:** ![ashman165](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/6 "2009-06-09T21:05:15Z")
Frump. As in, “Hey, nice shoes, wanna frump?” ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/7 "2009-06-09T21:10:05Z")
Wankel rotary engine. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/8 "2009-06-09T21:14:49Z")
As the old joke goes, “I can see your epidermis!” ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/9 "2009-06-09T21:20:48Z")
Fallacious. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/10 "2009-06-09T21:30:32Z")
Defenestrate ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/11 "2009-06-09T21:37:17Z")
Penal code. Titillate. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/12 "2009-06-09T21:44:10Z")
Flange. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/13 "2009-06-09T21:48:35Z")
Thirty. Birdie. Nerdy sturdy flirty I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/14 "2009-06-09T21:49:36Z")
Squelch. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/15 "2009-06-09T22:40:16Z")
Dongle. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/16 "2009-06-09T22:46:06Z")
Tittle. Pianist. > [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > masticate Also matriculate and micturate. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/17 "2009-06-09T22:46:30Z")
Thespian Perambulate ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/18 "2009-06-09T22:48:25Z")
Kumquat. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/19 "2009-06-09T23:00:56Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Tittle. > Pianist. > > Also matriculate and micturate. As in, “I’m going to go matriculate in the bathroom”? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243/20 "2009-06-09T23:06:20Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > As in, “I’m going to go matriculate in the bathroom”? Wanna kumquat with me after? Or perhaps, during? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/499243.md?page=2)