# Words that sound dirty (but aren't)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 5, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654 "2001-06-05T09:48:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/1 "2001-06-05T09:48:25Z")
OK, this game needs no explanation…
Fovea
Uvula
Ungulate
Masticate
Mensuration
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### Author:  [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/2 "2001-06-05T11:03:05Z")
Dangling participle.
Shittum. [sub]it’s an African tree.[/sub]
Micturate.
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### Author:  [@Home\_of\_the\_Braves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Home_of_the_Braves)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/3 "2001-06-05T11:06:36Z")
throng
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/4 "2001-06-05T11:16:22Z")
Formicate (swarming like ants)
Dickcissel
Bushtit
Bluefooted booby
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### Author:  [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/5 "2001-06-05T11:28:41Z")
uh…
Masticate
(That’s all I could think of.)
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### Author:  [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/6 "2001-06-05T11:58:43Z")
In honor of Monty Python:
“Wankel rotary engine”
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/7 "2001-06-05T12:01:55Z")
titmouse?
undulate?
uvula?
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### Author:  [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/8 "2001-06-05T13:24:28Z")
thromboid
niggardly
schist
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### Author:  [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/9 "2001-06-05T13:49:14Z")
idlis, dosais, sambar, vadai, pongal, kootu
(all Indian foods)
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/10 "2001-06-05T14:03:01Z")
Here they are:
[ul]
[li]titillate[/li][li]tittle[/li][li]titi[/li][li]titter[/li][/ul]
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### Author:  [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/11 "2001-06-05T14:18:17Z")
penal (colony, code, etc.)
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/12 "2001-06-05T14:24:53Z")
annals
bullocks
erudite
tentacles
puck
linctus
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### Author:  [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/13 "2001-06-05T14:36:32Z")
philatelist
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### Author:  [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/14 "2001-06-05T14:49:19Z")
kumquat
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### Author:  [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/15 "2001-06-05T17:56:29Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by jr8 \*
> \*\*bullocks \*\*
Meh?
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### Author:  [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/16 "2001-06-05T18:32:58Z")
pianist
sputum
titivate
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### Author:  [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/17 "2001-06-05T18:47:58Z")
Oops, I forgot,
vacillate
venerate
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### Author:  [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/18 "2001-06-05T18:59:09Z")
Tse-tse fly
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### Author:  [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/19 "2001-06-05T19:03:54Z")
Shih tzu
Shitake
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### Author:  [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/20 "2001-06-05T19:59:25Z")
microsoft
phalanx
morganatic
ostensible
This stuff writes itself…
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