# Words that sound dirty, but really aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958 "2001-10-02T12:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/21 "2001-10-02T14:18:21Z")
Manwich sauce. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/22 "2001-10-02T14:23:28Z")
Rectory Bung Mobius Strip Wankel Facillitate ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/23 "2001-10-02T14:25:56Z")
**Pussy Foot** Sounds like athletes foot of the crotch. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/24 "2001-10-02T15:01:04Z")
Twiddle Nonplussed Renal Origami ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/25 "2001-10-02T15:05:02Z")
pedagogical ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/26 "2001-10-02T15:06:44Z")
And of course we can’t forget anything that **jarbabyj** says! That voice…mmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/27 "2001-10-02T16:10:48Z")
Why do they call a prison a “ **Penal Institution** ”? ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/28 "2001-10-02T16:24:02Z")
**Bissextile** day. It’s the fifty-cent term to refer to February 29th. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/29 "2001-10-02T16:34:36Z")
**defenestrate** : to throw someone out of a high window I dunno, it just sounds like castration in self - defence. ---
**Author:** ![Schadenfreude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Schadenfreude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schadenfreude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/30 "2001-10-02T17:01:10Z")
Lake Titicaca. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/31 "2001-10-02T18:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ariadne \* > \*\*Turgid. Or maybe it’s just that I first saw that word in a romance novel and now I can only think of one thing in relation to it. \*\* I’ve never seen that word used in any other context. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/32 "2001-10-02T19:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Schadenfreude \* > \*\*Lake Titicaca. \*\* i’ve been there. its plenty dirty! (and wet!) ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/33 "2001-10-02T19:54:31Z")
uvula- that little thing that hangs down at the back of your throat. once i said something about swallowing something hot too fast and burning my uvula, and my mom just about stroked out. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/34 "2001-10-02T20:32:17Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned **cumquat** ---
**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/35 "2001-10-02T21:16:44Z")
Damn, I was going to put kumquat too. But since that’s taken, how about **chit** (say “toss your chit in” really fast and you’ll get a puzzled ‘was that dirty’ look). And my alltime favorite: **dangling participle**. ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/36 "2001-10-02T21:58:44Z")
**sexagenarian** - retirement villages can be pretty randy places **uvulate** - is this a solo activity, or does it require company? **philately** - I think this is grounds for divorce **fallacious** - of course, every guy wishes he could be _auto_-fallacious **succour** - one who likes to be fallacious **Sukkoth** - the Jewish festival of fallaciousness **rim shot** - heck, for that matter… **basketballs** - yip, you’ll find balls in baskets. **tight end, wide receiver** - and football’s a manly sport? **dimpled chad** and… **hanging chad** - I can’t decide whether these are parts of the male or female anatomy **Black Tickle** - a village that sounds like a condom **Kipling** - naughty, naughty, naughty. **foot-long beef** - walk into a Subway with a pimply teenager behind the counter and order that in a husky, breathy voice. “… and lots of sauce.” **stimulating the private sector** - Chamber of Commerce? Sounds like a bloody brothel ---
**Author:** ![GreatKingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@GreatKingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatKingRat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/37 "2001-10-02T22:05:23Z")
Wendy’s Hot and Juicy Wendy’s New Garden Spot Big Mac Whopper ---
**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/38 "2001-10-02T22:57:11Z")
McDonald’s has a burger that’s been called both the “Big Extra” or the " Big N’ Tasty" …a plain burger with a big dollop of mayonaise. Both names are sort of questionable. And I once drove by a KFC and saw on the sign “Thigh and Leg Special”…dirty little thoughts entered my mind then. Speaking of mayonaise, when I was 5 or 6 years old, I thought “Hellmans” mayonaise was inappropriately titled. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/39 "2001-10-03T01:10:23Z")
box shaft hole eat swallow load mouth can lips breast Is it just me, or are there _really_ total dorks out there who can find something dirty in a dial tone? ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-dirty-but-really-arent/84958/40 "2001-10-03T01:28:40Z")
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