# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/21 "2008-12-02T22:11:45Z")
What the fuck is a curse jar? ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/22 "2008-12-02T22:16:00Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > What the fuck is a curse jar? http:// www .youtube.com/watch?v=EvU1t\_mqB\_w (pretty much NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/23 "2008-12-02T22:17:27Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > http:// www .youtube.com/watch?v=EvU1t\_mqB\_w (pretty much NSFW) How about you just explain it to the person who is allowed to curse at work but for whom youtube is blocked. ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/24 "2008-12-02T22:29:34Z")
Aw, that’s no fun! It’s a tool (heh) meant to discourage swearing. Anytime someone swears, he has to put a certain amount of money in the jar. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/25 "2008-12-02T22:37:11Z")
Conjugate. As seen on Animaniacs: > [@](#): > > Miss Flamiel: Yakko, can you conjugate? > Yakko: Who? Me? I’ve never even kissed a girl! > Miss Flamiel: No, it’s very simple. I’ll conjugate with you. > Yakko: Good night, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/26 "2008-12-02T23:37:36Z")
Jackhole. ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/27 "2008-12-02T23:43:41Z")
Seamen. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/28 "2008-12-02T23:50:44Z")
Follicular. cummerbund. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/29 "2008-12-03T00:11:33Z")
Dill weed. Dill hole. I flubbed that. (My late MIL actually considered it bad and punishable! 😕) Mother Nutter. I just made that one up and I kind of like it! Masticator. ---
**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 3, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/30 "2008-12-03T00:52:38Z")
You won’t get away with this one in the office. But if you were working in bulk stores, you’d have to use a **bung tool** to open and reseal 55 gallon liquid drums. They’re usually big, heavy brass things with lots of protrusions. Brass, because brass won’t make sparks against drums full of flammable liquids, and many protrusions, because different bungs have different cap shapes and your tool needs to be able to open all of them, even ones that have been stripped a bit. Back in my old student job, I could never pick up the bung tool without thinking ‘blunt object’, which, given the amusement value of thinking ‘bung tool’, shows the level of blunt objectness it had. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/31 "2008-12-03T00:52:45Z")
\*\*Defunct Funicular Spelunking Volva Bastard File\*\* Physics is full of edgy-sounding terms: \*\* Stimulated Emission Spontaneous Emission Degenerate Perturbation Theory\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/32 "2008-12-03T00:57:53Z")
The **bung tool** is used to insert the **bung** into the **bunghole**. Also, **vibraphone**. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/33 "2008-12-03T01:09:22Z")
Also, **defenestration.** ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/34 "2008-12-03T01:42:48Z")
Götterdämmerung ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/35 "2008-12-03T01:50:25Z")
Shrubbery ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/36 "2008-12-03T01:54:30Z")
Not so much dirty as offensive-sounding: **niggardly**. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/37 "2008-12-03T02:30:24Z")
Sex bolts. Vomitory. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/38 "2008-12-03T02:54:20Z")
Okay, okay, I should check before posting. A vomitory is an architectural feature, but it’s more properly called a vomitorium, seemingly. In fact, Cecil has written it up: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2421/were-there-really-vomitoriums-in-ancient-rome](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2421/were-there-really-vomitoriums-in-ancient-rome). And there’s also a Swedish heavy-metal band called Vomitory. And one of the entrances to Hell is also called Vomitory, sez Wiki. Huh. I keep learning things. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/39 "2008-12-03T03:04:50Z")
This rminds me of the actual designated vomiting area in Gulliver’s in Sukhumvit Soi 5 here in Bangkok. A large metal basin. They ask that you throw up there and not in the sinks or toilets. Quite a good idea, I think. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/40 "2008-12-03T04:02:09Z")
My dad taught me “farkleberry”, which he started saying to avoid teaching us wee ones advanced vocabulary too early. As in, “Oh farkleberry, I have to edit this post because ‘to’ is not the same as ‘too’!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391.md?page=3)