# Worst Adjectives to Describe Sex **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571 "2010-08-17T21:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 17, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/21 "2010-08-17T23:12:05Z")
Awkward. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/22 "2010-08-17T23:19:33Z")
“offalic” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/23 "2010-08-18T00:27:06Z")
Tolerable ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/24 "2010-08-18T00:28:53Z")
Itchy Malodorous Gangrenous Remorseful ---
**Author:** ![Haste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Haste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haste)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/25 "2010-08-18T00:30:21Z")
Amusing ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/26 "2010-08-18T00:49:37Z")
Verminiferous. ---
**Author:** ![Haste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Haste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haste)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/27 "2010-08-18T01:05:07Z")
Mochriesque ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/28 "2010-08-18T01:09:01Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Surreptitious. Sometimes surreptitious sex is just the ticket. Indifferent ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/29 "2010-08-18T02:27:44Z")
Sullen. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/30 "2010-08-18T02:31:38Z")
“That was…interesting…” ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/31 "2010-08-18T02:50:02Z")
Is this meant to be in the context of describing one’s performance (from one’s partner(s)), or one’s own experience? Either way, these are some “SAT wordlist” type adjectives I would not expect or want to hear. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which situation would be less apropos. consanguineous asymptotic occluded murine tessellated (Though really, **Silenus** had my first answer, which was “clammy”. Dang!) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/32 "2010-08-18T03:03:57Z")
Sandy ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/33 "2010-08-18T03:18:21Z")
Crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/34 "2010-08-18T03:20:22Z")
immature brief disastrous unsatisfying and, my “favourite” … wrong ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/35 "2010-08-18T04:06:35Z")
Old-timey. Inexpensive. Kid-friendly. ETA: Oh, this isn’t the Cracker Barrel thread, is it? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/36 "2010-08-18T04:19:26Z")
Boring ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/37 "2010-08-18T04:29:05Z")
Warty. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/38 "2010-08-18T04:42:45Z")
scaly inhumane putrid gelatinous (unless you like bringing Jell-O into your bedroom, in which case, have at it) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/39 "2010-08-18T04:54:01Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > Is this meant to be in the context of describing one’s performance (from one’s partner(s)), or one’s own experience? Either way, these are some “SAT wordlist” type adjectives I would not expect or want to hear. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which situation would be less apropos. > > consanguineous > asymptotic > occluded > **murine** > tessellated > > (Though really, **Silenus** had my first answer, which was “clammy”. Dang!) Bolding mine. Does that mean sex with mice? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/40 "2010-08-18T06:35:58Z")
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