# Words you can not say as a real man(addition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928 "2004-09-03T06:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/61 "2004-09-04T00:12:51Z")
> [@burundi](#): > > How about “precious”? Not in the sense of valuable, but in the sense of cute: “Awww, that’s just precious!” Come to think of it, if I ruled the world, women wouldn’t use this word either. It must depend on how you say it. Yesssss my preciousssss, it isssss how we says it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/62 "2004-09-04T00:27:26Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > Then it’s a _Gentile_. > > Another term that real men cannot use is _crème brulee_. > > And it sucks, 'cuz that’s one of my favorite desserts. You can use its English name and ask for Cambridge Burnt Cream since Cambridge University lays claim to the invention of this dessert. Real men should probably avoid any word which comes from French and still sounds French. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/63 "2004-09-04T00:41:25Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > You can use its English name and ask for Cambridge Burnt Cream since Cambridge University lays claim to the invention of this dessert. Or just drop the attribution and call it “Burnt Cream.” It just sounds manly: Monosyllabic. Destructive. Violent. Bitter. And remotely sexual. > [@Manly Man](#): > > I’ll have Burnt Cream. In a dirty ramekin. > > Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/64 "2004-09-04T00:51:12Z")
Husband calls 'em hoodies and he can kick your ass 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/65 "2004-09-04T01:09:29Z")
Another word \*real manly men \* can’t use is “huggles”. Granted it’s used mostly online but still that’s no excuse. I’ve talked to guys who seemed rather convincingly manly men right up to the point that they use the word “huggles”, then I start to wonder if they are really a 12 year old girl. Heck, I’m a woman and I wouldn’t use the word “huggles” … unless I was really drunk… and I was talking to my cat. I suspect that manly men who are fathers can’t even go to the store and ask for “Huggies” diapers. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/66 "2004-09-04T01:43:58Z")
Dip - Manly Vegetable platter - Sensitive guy talk Crudites - Girly (Classically trained chefs excepted) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/67 "2004-09-04T03:00:00Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Real men should probably avoid any word which comes from French and still sounds French. Thus the fast food marketing for the cruh-Saunt and the cruh-Sandwich, I suppose:) ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/68 "2004-09-04T19:01:03Z")
**Shampoo** I’ve always hated that word. Yet I cant think of an alternative. “I’m goin to the store to get shampoo-poo” ahhg. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/69 "2004-09-04T19:14:49Z")
[Hawkeye] Why do we always get shampoo? Why can’t we have realpoo? [/Hawkeye] ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/70 "2004-09-05T06:27:22Z")
> [@Tony Montana](#): > > **Shampoo** I’ve always hated that word. Yet I cant think of an alternative. > > “I’m goin to the store to get shampoo-poo” ahhg. Hairsoap anyone? -DF ---
**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:** [September 5, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/71 "2004-09-05T07:08:04Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > A real man can never refer to a computer as a _'puter_. Anybody ever refers to a “puter” in my presence, I’ll tell 'em to be careful, that’s how Johnny Tremaine fucked his hand up. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/72 "2004-09-05T07:39:13Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Only if their name is Andre, or maybe Raphael. Real men put up curtains. Really, just ask Flex Crush. Maybe I’m just tired, but being the owner of one of those names, I wanted to clarify what you meant? It better not be anything bad 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/73 "2004-09-05T07:43:38Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > Yeah, I think it was here on the boards not too far back. IIRC, she described said comestible as a “ham, cheese, and egg pie.” Mmmanly! A real man is not afraid to say he knows how to make quiche. And if you don’t like it, I know martial arts. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/74 "2004-09-05T07:58:02Z")
I see a lot of errors here. To name a few: **Hoodie** in ONLY acceptable when used in conjuction with the Manly term **Woodie** , eg, "Is that a hoodie or a woodie? Real Men don’t waste time over the periods that women use in eg. **Shorts** is the preferred Manly term for our underwear. **Anorak** is perfectly acceptanle as it sounds high-tech. It actually gets bonus points because even guys who know what it is aren’t really sure of it. Real Men dor’t **put up** cutains or drapes, they **hang** them. Real men also never **drape** anything, though they may do stuff with drapes. > [@Smeghead](#): > > He’d prefer to say, “Fuck yeah, Vance! …” I was going to finish that quote in a very manly style, but I suddenly realize I don’t know how. > > Help me. Fuck yeah, Vance, I’m gettin’ a woodie over that hoodie." Real men don’t pwn anything that even a woman would describe as **dainty** ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/75 "2004-09-05T08:13:49Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > Maybe I’m just tired, but being the owner of one of those names, I wanted to clarify what you meant? It better not be anything bad 😉 For the purposes of this discussion, you have received special dispensation - as long as you do not host a program on HGTV. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/76 "2004-09-05T08:19:13Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Real Men dor’t **put up** cutains or drapes, they **hang** them. Real men also never **drape** anything, though they may do stuff with drapes. I just checked with Flex, and he said, quote, “See those curtains? They used to be on the floor. I put them up on the wall, with a pneumatic drill. Now excuse me, I gotta go build a skyscraper.” ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/77 "2004-09-05T11:54:14Z")
The word “cute” should be used sparingly. If your at a family reunion sitting with your grandma and great aunt, you can call something cute, but if you are up in the deep woods hunting with the guys, I recommend you find a better adjective to describe what you are talking about. Also, “sweet” should be used only by gen-X’s or younger to describe something that my older generation would say is “awesome”. The kids at work would proclaim something as “sweet” and it would invariably make the hair on the back of my neck stick straight up. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/78 "2004-09-05T14:20:15Z")
I was doing a websearch the other day and a woman referred to doing the “BD.” Not being mature enough to talk about sex in public, she was referring to the “baby dance” – but I guess even that was too much so it had to be “BD”. At any rate, put both on the list. Best regards, Mooney252 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/79 "2004-09-05T18:10:11Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > You are not a real man if you’ve ever properly referred to. whatever it is, as “appliquè”. Except if you’re talking about applique armor on tanks or other armored fighting vehicles. There aren’t much more manly things than tanks, after all! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928/80 "2004-09-05T23:54:51Z")
Call 'em stick ons, stick ems, or decals. If you use the fancy word “applique”, they cost more. Anorak just sounds strange. Anorak the Barbarian. heh heh. On the other hand, I may be in deep trouble. I’ve been calling my computer the Frankenputer for years. I hope the “Franken” part saves me. Yeah. Rewired it. More power. Grunt grunt grunt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-can-not-say-as-a-real-man-addition/262928.md?page=5)