Words that sound dirty but aren't

And Dildo, Newfoundland.

Of course, according to Krusty the Klown, we also have mukluk.

peanut

crumpet

mound (Especially the plural “mounds”)

jigger (Always makes me think of those “If you shake it more than three times” graffitos)

quash

plugging

Trianon (sounds like something Little Richard would get hauled in for - probably arranged via Craig’s List)

Hauled in

Admit it, this list is making you hot isn’t it? LOL!

ETA: I almost forgot “smugging” something two schoolboys get expelled for in a Joyce book (“Portrait . . .” I think?) which is never explained but clearly the word is ridiculously suggestive.

Also “flaccid” which one would never dare to use in any innocent context.

Well, generally, if it’s flaccid, it probably is in an innocent context.

A radio station frequently advertised it had a new direction. Pronounced just like nude erection.

One of Kenneth William’s most famous comedy characters was Rambling Syd Rumpo, a disreputable folk-singer who’s songs sounded dirty, but weren’t . Here is an example:-

The Ballad of the Woggler’s Moulie.

(To the tune of `Clementine’)

*Joe he was a young cordwangler,
Monging greebles he did go,
For he loved a bogler’s daughter,
By the name of Chiswick Flo.

Vain she was and like a grusset,
Though her ganderparts were fine,
But she sneered at his cordwangle,
As it hung upon the line.

So he stole a woggler’s moulie,
For to make a wedding ring,
But the Bow Street Runners caught him,
And the Judge said he will swing.

So they hung him by the postern,
Nailed his moulie to the fence,
For to warn all young cordwanglers,
That it was a grave offence.

There’s a moral to this story,
Though your cordwangle be poor,
Keep your hands off others moulies,
For it is against the law…ohhhhhh!*

Snogging.

I was a liguistics major for a while and I couldn’t help by chuckle when my teacher taught us about labial fricatives and bilabial fricatives.

I also think the word **nickels **is funny because my little sister referred to a certain part of her anatomy as her “nickels” when she was little because she couldn’t say the letter “p”). And I’m a bank teller… nickels cause me problems…

Re-shafting Golf Clubs

I actually sat there for about two seconds trying to figure out what your sister would have called her “pickles.” :smack:

When I first saw the name Charlotte Rampling, along with her picture, I thought she certainly looked like somebody I’d like to rample.

For a month or two, I couldn’t remember whether ravaged or ravishing was supposed to be sexy.

When I walked in a pizza joint and saw the name Blodgett on the oven door, I forgot what kind of pizza I wanted.

:smack: And by reading this, I just figured out the actual word instead of “pickles.”

Retromingent

Not dirty, but sounds offensive: Niggardly.

I recall something about a black Washington DC politician who ended up looking the fool for publicly expressing his outrage at being called that.

When I was summer camp counselor long ago, I posted a sign reading, “Absolutely no defenestration allowed!” No one had a dictionary at camp, and I refused to provide a definition. :smiley:

“Can I matriculate standing up?” - from the Animal House companion book

“Do you like Kipling?” - handsome young man
“I don’t know, you naughty man. I’ve never kippled.” - beautiful but coy young woman, from a popular early postcard

Political lore has it that a Florida politician was defeated in the late 1940s by an opponent who, among other things, told credulous hicks that the politician’s sister was a thespian.

David Letterman had fun for weeks talking about the German aircraft manufacturer Fokker, which happened to be in the news at the time.

And of course you must pay a visit someday to Phuket, Thailand, or Intercourse, Penna.

I’m going to have to vote for NinetyWt’s recent GQ thread: How to find a splined socket to match a set of lug nuts?

Clean and Jerk

My exercise coach said he was going to teach me to do this and I was like “what?!”.

Also Serenata67, I’m not suggesting anything but did your younger sisters uh, “nickels” really come up that often in conversation or…?

Liquidate.

I’m glad I could get you buggers to think! :smiley:

I was marinating on this subject and came up with a few more words:

Manhunt
Flit
Caulk

And how could we forget perhaps one of the most obvious ones…

SEAMEN!

They didn’t come up often, but there is one particular story that stands out in my memory. She was 4 (I was 11) and she was curious why girls had to wear “big” swimsuits and boys only had to wear “little” ones. I told her it was because girls had to cover their top half, but boys don’t. She said something to the effect of, “but boys have nickels, too!” From then on, it became a running joke.

Dangleberry.

And farkleberry, for that matter.