# 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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/61 "2001-06-09T18:09:14Z")

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An all time winner:

**Buttlapping**

This is the process by which slices of a silicon ingot are polished into individual wafers.

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**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 9, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/62 "2001-06-09T19:27:21Z")

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ball peen hammer  
cup and ball  
Dick Butkis

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**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/63 "2001-06-09T22:45:39Z")

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Also from the world of engineering, the right hand screw rule.

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**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 22, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/64 "2001-06-22T04:24:41Z")

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Don’t forget the man with the most obscene-sounding name in show business, **Peter Funt**

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-arent/67654/65 "2001-06-22T11:46:30Z")

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From the world of Physics:  
\*\*Degenerate Perturbation Theory

Stimulated Emission

Screw Dislocation

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