# Words that sound dirty (but aren't) **URL:** \ **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:** 3
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/41 "2001-06-07T12:54:53Z")
khaki buoy ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/42 "2001-06-08T01:35:10Z")
Cockpit Manhole Turbid What about Fuking, Australia-pronounced Fooking? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/43 "2001-06-08T03:20:38Z")
bucolic Volvo funk fletch boggle > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*What about Fuking, Australia-pronounced Fooking? > šŸ˜ƒ \*\* As much as us Aussies would love to lay claim to that one, Iā€™m afraid we canā€™t. I think itā€™s in **Austria**. We have to make do with naughty placenames like Wangaratta, Balls Head, Burrumbuttock, and Iron Knob. We get our fun whereever we can. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/44 "2001-06-08T03:53:06Z")
Dongle. ---
**Author:** ![5CentCigar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/ea5d25/32.png) [@5CentCigar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5CentCigar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/45 "2001-06-08T06:42:28Z")
President Bush ---
**Author:** ![LoverBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LoverBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoverBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/46 "2001-06-08T06:45:03Z")
happiness. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/47 "2001-06-08T06:59:08Z")
fallacious ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/48 "2001-06-08T11:01:00Z")
schism ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/49 "2001-06-08T14:40:46Z")
afflatus dentalia ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mighty\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@The\_Mighty\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mighty_J)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/50 "2001-06-08T15:21:28Z")
Ooooooo, oooooooo, pick me! pick me! (waving hand frantically) defenestrate teetotaler pilologist onomatopoeia susurrus/susurration smegma ā€“ oh wait, that is dirty, well maybe not dirty but at least nasty! ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/51 "2001-06-08T17:12:51Z")
hoary succulent ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/52 "2001-06-09T03:48:50Z")
BaaaAAAAAAAaaaallllzaaaac! ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/53 "2001-06-09T06:08:54Z")
Pu Pu Platter ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/54 "2001-06-09T06:15:57Z")
bilabial fricative ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/55 "2001-06-09T06:42:46Z")
My daughterā€™s pediatrician, Dr. Pabenga. ā€œI canā€™t say his name Mommy, itā€™s not nice.ā€ I think he was Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/56 "2001-06-09T14:54:25Z")
Letā€™s not forget Lake Titicaca. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/57 "2001-06-09T16:35:54Z")
I didnā€™t see these here but they may well be: Ballcocks Homo sapian Joy stick Matriculate I once heard that a southern politician (Birch Byah?) was running for office early in his political career and his opponent started the whispering campaign about him that said, he was a practicing homo sapian who had matriculated in college and had a sister who was a known thespian. The politician was defeated. TV ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/58 "2001-06-09T16:36:05Z")
I am looking into moving to Virginia (wow, THAT would work as an almost bad word), but heard that they had income taxes. Sure enough upon researching it I came upon a website which had a Virginia tax form. Analogous to the american Adjusted Gross Income, you have to calculate the Virginia Adjusted Gross Income. The acronym of course is VAGI. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/59 "2001-06-09T16:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mjollnir \* > \*\*BaaaAAAAAAAaaaallllzaaaac! \*\* I was gonna say Balzac. Itā€™s the name of a town near Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/60 "2001-06-09T16:49:10Z")
Jackscrew Ballscrew Bunghole (already mentioned) Thrust relief piston Strain-hardening and my all-time favorite, the tensile-test phenomenon known asā€¦ elongation after necking Oh, and does it bother anyone else how they refer to parts that slide into other parts as ā€œmaleā€ and the parts slid into as ā€œfemaleā€? Gives you some insight into the engineering mentality. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654.md?page=4)