# Words that sound dirty, but really aren't. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391 "2008-12-02T21:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/1 "2008-12-02T21:03:05Z")
The people in my office are putting out a curse-jar. Because I’m both a wise-ass and stingy, I need as many dirty-soundings words or phrases as I can get. So far all I have are: Wankel Rotary Engine Cunning linguist Bolshevik I now turn to you all. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/2 "2008-12-02T21:09:19Z")
Uvula Masticate Origami Funk and Wagnalls Frigate Circumspect ---
**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:** [December 2, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/3 "2008-12-02T21:13:04Z")
kumquat thespian ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/4 "2008-12-02T21:13:23Z")
Flocculate. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/5 "2008-12-02T21:13:27Z")
Cogitate . Banker. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/6 "2008-12-02T21:13:44Z")
Angina. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/7 "2008-12-02T21:19:00Z")
You masticating thespian! (A favorite at snack time in the theater.) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/8 "2008-12-02T21:21:12Z")
In honor of another thread: Slanket. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/9 "2008-12-02T21:22:40Z")
Mastoid. A bone behind the ear. Yonkers, a city in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/10 "2008-12-02T21:22:47Z")
Caulking gun ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/11 "2008-12-02T21:26:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wankel Rotary Engine The first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title. Fuquay-Varina (bonus: spellcheck tries to change Varina to Vagina) and of course the Fuqua School of Business ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/12 "2008-12-02T21:28:29Z")
_Homo erectus_ Heh ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/13 "2008-12-02T21:32:32Z")
Australopithicus sounds pretty bad, too. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/14 "2008-12-02T21:37:38Z")
Lots of good architectural ones. Quincunx. Squinch. Lesbian cyma. Opistodomus. Also good ones in bike mechanicking. Nipple wrench. Seat tube reamer. Head tube reamer. Bottom bracket reamer. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/15 "2008-12-02T21:39:34Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Banker. Wait, now – the OP wanted words that \*sound \*dirty, but aren’t, not the other way around! 😛 For mine, may I suggest Master Debater, weenus, homozygotic and sheep dip? ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/16 "2008-12-02T21:47:49Z")
Widdershins !!! (My SO actually said this to me … fortunately I already KNEW what it meant 🙂 Deosil !!! I replied 🙂 Learned these from another SDMB … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DancinPete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DancinPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DancinPete)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/17 "2008-12-02T21:48:49Z")
non-dairy creamer ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_Jewett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@Helen\_Jewett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_Jewett)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/18 "2008-12-02T21:49:13Z")
Matriculate ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/19 "2008-12-02T21:58:42Z")
abreast ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/20 "2008-12-02T22:09:35Z")
Anything can sound dirty if you try hard enough… [“I’m getting urges in my areas…”](http://www.videosift.com/video/Dirty-words-in-the-Newspaper-URGES-in-my-AREAS-lol) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391.md?page=2)