# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/41 "2008-12-03T04:07:22Z")
\< looks at thread above this one \> Penury ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/42 "2008-12-03T04:21:44Z")
spumy. {a frothy matter on liquids} ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/43 "2008-12-03T04:28:42Z")
formicate: to swarm like ants Tell them you just got back from the mall where you formicated with thousands of other poople. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/44 "2008-12-03T07:14:02Z")
Once I wrote a pornographic story which included the word **coccyx**. Everyone who read it thought I’d discovered some perverted body part heretofore unknown to mankind. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/45 "2008-12-03T07:43:06Z")
Scotus Potus ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/46 "2008-12-03T07:55:05Z")
Cloff, prunk, shote, cucking, skank, fusk, pempslider and pimhole. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/47 "2008-12-03T09:55:36Z")
Muffin fudger Fudge packer Son of a bachelor Godfrey Daniels (a favorite of W. C. Fields) Cheese and rice (in case blasphemy is considered cursing where you work) Cheese and crackers Blow hole Belgium (heh, heh) Shizzle (borrowed from Snoop Dogg) Firetruck (if you absolutely need that word that starts with F and ends in UCK) ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/48 "2008-12-03T09:58:39Z")
epiglottis ---
**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 3, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/49 "2008-12-03T13:19:34Z")
Keep them coming. I now have an additional assignment. The purveyor of the Curse Jar has decided that some words are worth more than others, so I’m really looking for words that sound very close to the “C” and “P” words which specifically refer to female genitalia. So far I have: Counnnnnnntry. And that’s it. Yeah, I’m lame. ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/50 "2008-12-03T13:57:26Z")
Posse ---
**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 3, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/51 "2008-12-03T14:57:01Z")
Bunt Regina ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/52 "2008-12-03T15:29:26Z")
posset pursed poised quince (actually used to be vulgar slang for breasts, may currently be so for vagina or for homosexual, depending on the country you’re in) quaint ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/53 "2008-12-03T15:33:49Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Götterdämmerung Speaking of which, Götterfunken. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/54 "2008-12-03T15:34:13Z")
This thread reminded me of [this](http://gis.washington.edu/~phurvitz/outgoing/bustagut/Non-SlanderousPoliticalSmearSpeech.htm) from my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/55 "2008-12-03T15:34:48Z")
moist ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/56 "2008-12-03T17:06:27Z")
To go along with the Animaniacs quote from above, I’ll offer this from _Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends_: > [@](#): > > (Mac and Bloo are trapped on the roof.) > Mac: We need to find some way to get down! > Bloo: Sheet! > Mac (shocked): _Bloo!_ > Bloo: What? Oh, no. Sheeet! We could tie it into a rope and climb down! > Mac: Oooooooooh! From memory, roughly paraphrased. I may even have the characters backward. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/57 "2008-12-03T17:09:56Z")
Ah, here’s IMDb’s version: > [@](#): > > [talking about how to get down from the roof] > Mac: But how? A ladder? Man, this is tough. > Blooregard “Bloo” Q. Kazoo: No, sheets! > Mac: [shouts] Bloo! > Blooregard “Bloo” Q. Kazoo: No, no! Sheets! Bed sheets! ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/58 "2008-12-03T17:38:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Muffin fudger > Fudge packer > Son of a bachelor > Godfrey Daniels (a favorite of W. C. Fields) > Cheese and rice (in case blasphemy is considered cursing where you work) > Cheese and crackers > Blow hole > Belgium (heh, heh) > Shizzle (borrowed from Snoop Dogg) > Firetruck (if you absolutely need that word that starts with F and ends in UCK) Fudge packer isn’t dirty? Apologies to those who actually DO pack fudge for a living! ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/59 "2008-12-03T18:37:34Z")
Fother Mucker Fustercluck Gits and Shiggles Spoonerisms are fun! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391/60 "2008-12-03T19:14:18Z")
> [@Arglefraster](#): > > Fother Mucker > Fustercluck > Gits and Shiggles > > Spoonerisms are fun! 🙂 [Zilch](http://www.torysteller.com/)? Is that you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/475391.md?page=4)