# Worst Adjectives to Describe Sex

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**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\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/81 "2010-08-19T00:54:35Z")

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Maternal.

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**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/82 "2010-08-19T01:32:44Z")

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Pediatric

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/83 "2010-08-19T15:08:15Z")

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Patronizing

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/84 "2010-08-19T16:30:13Z")

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Flatulent.  
Black, tarry.  
Aural (for clarity, we would also accept “cochlear.”)

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/85 "2010-08-19T16:38:59Z")

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bureaucratic

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**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/86 "2010-08-19T17:22:21Z")

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Irritating  
Insufficient  
Despicable  
Malignant

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**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/87 "2010-08-20T01:38:16Z")

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clearly erroneous  
Tolkienesque  
Googleable  
undercapitalized  
Seinfeldian

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/88 "2010-08-20T19:30:14Z")

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Scabby

Condescending

Dehumanizing

Odious

Noxious

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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/89 "2010-08-20T20:52:12Z")

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Laughable.

Clinical.

Selfish.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/90 "2010-08-20T21:41:41Z")

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Incontinent.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/91 "2010-08-20T21:58:04Z")

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Squamous.

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**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/92 "2010-08-21T01:00:30Z")

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Counterfeit

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/93 "2010-08-21T01:01:07Z")

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Broadcast

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/94 "2010-08-21T01:35:42Z")

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You guys are gross.

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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/95 "2010-08-21T09:20:46Z")

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Burning  
Anesthetized  
Non-Euclidean

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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/96 "2010-08-21T11:32:39Z")

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> [@UncleNito](#):
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> clearly erroneous  
> Tolkienesque

What… With hobbits? :eek:

> [@](#):
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> Seinfeldian

Ick! Nasty!  
My input (so to speak):  
Gritty  
Feculent  
Ovine  
Capric / Caprine  
Hirsute  
Maggoty (both literally, and in the slang sense)  
Putrescent (or was that used already?)  
Phlegmy  
Splintery

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/97 "2010-08-21T13:38:25Z")

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Cute  
Chirpy  
Nice  
Patriotic  
Republican  
Hackneyed  
Discombobulating  
Non-exculpatory  
Constipated  
Boneless  
Julienne-sliced  
Excoriating  
Serosanguineous  
Pustular  
Hypersymmetrical  
Hyperelastic  
Non-elastic  
Non-invasive  
Non-mammalian  
Non-secular  
Church-sanctioned  
Mosque-endorsed  
Priestly

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/98 "2010-08-21T14:57:49Z")

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…  
Abortive  
Abortifacient  
Gravid  
Dysmorphologic  
Teratologic  
Equine  
Bovine  
Porcine  
Reptilian  
Lilliputian  
Vermiform  
Disharmonic  
Desiccated  
Eczematous  
Non-pornographic  
Non-hormonal  
Nonrepetitive  
Nondimensional  
Vacuous  
Vacuum fluctuating  
Nephrotoxic  
Hepatotoxic  
Necrotizing  
Hypothermic  
Hypoplastic  
Hypotrophic  
Hypoblastic  
Norwegian

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/99 "2010-08-21T15:04:49Z")

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> [@Tibbytoes](#):
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> Cute  
> Chirpy  
> Nice  
> Patriotic  
> Republican  
> Hackneyed  
> Discombobulating  
> Non-exculpatory  
> Constipated  
> Boneless  
> Julienne-sliced  
> Excoriating  
> Serosanguineous  
> Pustular  
> Hypersymmetrical  
> Hyperelastic  
> Non-elastic  
> Non-invasive  
> Non-mammalian  
> Non-secular  
> Church-sanctioned  
> Mosque-endorsed  
> PriestlyAbortive  
> Abortifacient  
> Gravid  
> Dysmorphologic  
> Teratologic  
> Equine  
> Bovine  
> Porcine  
> Reptilian  
> Lilliputian  
> Vermiform  
> Disharmonic  
> Desiccated  
> Eczematous  
> Non-pornographic  
> Non-hormonal  
> Nonrepetitive  
> Nondimensional  
> Vacuous  
> Vacuum fluctuating  
> Nephrotoxic  
> Hepatotoxic  
> Necrotizing  
> Hypothermic  
> Hypoplastic  
> Hypotrophic  
> Hypoblastic  
> Norwegian

String those all together and that pretty much sums up my sex life of late. ☹

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adjectives-to-describe-sex/550571/100 "2010-08-21T16:30:46Z")

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Gassy

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