The "DIRTY WORDS" thread?

[RICHARD]

NO, not really.

I am a 'wordologist' and I like words that that are fun and sound dirty-to me!

THey are words that are totally innocent, but sound like they have dirty meanings!


Like GESTICULATE!

What does THAT sound like! He gesticulated madly. Sounds like a pretty good time, eh?

LABRUM is an anatomy term that sounds kinda iffy!
He went to surgery for a torn labrum.
Sounds painful?

Any suggestions?

[Medusa]

Masticate, as in "for optimum digestive health, we must masticate our food properly".

[smokey the elder]

One of my faves is thespian. (No offense intended to any of those with the rhyming persuasion!)

[moosmom]

Priapism caused by head injuries.

[Catlady711]

I dunno if this one quite fits with the topic but...

At work we frequently run Packed Cell Volume tests to check for aniemia and such. We normally just abbreviate it PCV. However everytime we run one of those all I can think of is plastic PVC pipes! ROFL

[Catty1]

I bolded the "naughties" - but the rest are pretty good! I know this thread uses real words...but my brain is away at the moment...

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/15537.htm

Each year the Washington Post asks readers to take any word from the dictionary ...

alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and supply a new definition.

a.. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

b.. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

c.. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

d.. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

e.. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

f.. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

g.. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.

h.. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

i.. Glibido: All talk and no action.

j.. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when you have been smoking marijuana.

And, the pick of the literature:

a.. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an ass

[Catty1]

http://siteinsights.com/2008/04/18/e...-really-arent/

So without further delay the top eleven words that sound dirty but really aren’t:

1. hump day
2. seamen
3. fish taco
4. thespian (done already)
5. kumquat
6. Ballcock
7. rectory
8. the penal system
9. Uranus
10. Bangkok
11. angina

I don’t care how old you get Uranus jokes are classic…

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Found a couple:

titillating
Ball mount (trailer hitch)
Homo Erectus
uvula
Cock-up (Great Britain - NA it's "Screw-up", a noun)
plethora
dickcissel
phacometer (apparently the "a" is pronounced like a "u" )

[cassiesmom]

When I was in high school (American lit), lots of kids snickered when it was time to read "Moby-dick" by Herman Melville. And our teams were the Trojans, which made for a lot of bad double entendres.

In college I lived in a dormitory that didn't have food service - we walked across the street to another dorm with an attached cafeteria. It gets pretty cold in Valpo in winter. One day we bundled up, headed out and as soon as we got inside one of my friends said, "Heat! I'm in heat!" Did we laugh our heads off or what!