Clean words that sound bad or dirty, and alternative definitions

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The thread explores words that sound inappropriate or have double meanings, along with their alternative definitions or humorous associations. Participants share various terms, phrases, and personal anecdotes related to the topic, encompassing a mix of linguistic playfulness and cultural references.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification
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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest words like "subduction" and "masticate," highlighting their alternative meanings or humorous interpretations.
  • Others introduce place names and terms that sound suggestive or inappropriate, such as "Homo" and "Hell," or "Uranus."
  • Several contributions include playful definitions or associations, like "Nut pirate" as slang for squirrel and "fetish" being misinterpreted as a baked good.
  • Participants share personal anecdotes about language use, such as avoiding certain phrases due to their double meanings, like "When did he come?" versus "When did he occur?"
  • There are lists of words that sound suggestive or have humorous implications, including technical terms from engineering and biology.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a light-hearted approach to the topic, but there is no consensus on which words are the most humorous or inappropriate. The discussion remains open-ended with various competing views on the interpretations of the words presented.

Contextual Notes

Some terms may have specific cultural or contextual meanings that are not universally recognized, and interpretations may vary widely among participants.

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Readers interested in linguistics, humor, or the playful aspects of language may find this discussion engaging.

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subduction

better yet, add the definition:
Subduction is the act of abducting your second choice.

Or, as in, "I got subducted on the first date"
 
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masticate - to chew
eruct - to expell gas from the stomach
 
How about muckluck? Or Seattle?
 
hard drive
floppy disk
 
Drauci has an ominous ring to it..
 
Uranus...
 
circumscribe
 
Pontomilate
 
perfunctory

execration
 
  • #10
Hartree-Fock.

Zz.
 
  • #11
Norwegian place names: Homo and Hell.

Geographically speaking, they are quite close.
 
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formication

the neurologically based illusion that you have insects (esp. ants) crawling under your skin.
 
  • #13
Nut pirate- slang for squirrel.

Nutsucker-a baby squirrel
 
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arildno said:
Nut pirate- slang for squirrel.
Thanks Arildno, I needed to laugh. :smile:
 
  • #15
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mmc/funwords.html
 
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Evo said:
perfunctory
I don't get this one. It sounds fine to me. What does it suggest to you, Evo?
 
  • #17
I didn't know that bishoprics were still extant and functional, much less archbishoprics.
Thanks for the link, greg! :smile:
 
  • #18
arildno said:
I didn't know that bishoprics were still extant and functional, much less archbishoprics.
Thanks for the link, greg! :smile:
:smile: :smile:
 
  • #19
"I was wallowing in my own crapulence."

"you are so stercoraceous!"
 
  • #20
I have the opposite, a word that sounds nice but is dirty kinda! :)

Me and my friend use to think 'fetish' was some sort of baked good based on how it sounded.
 
  • #21
Pengwuino said:
Me and my friend use to think 'fetish' was some sort of baked good based on how it sounded.
It is. Didn't you ever see American Pie?
 
  • #22
For guitarists out there... Flange... say it. It sounds like filth.
 
  • #23
Formication makes my skin crawl.
 
  • #24
And what is better than roses on the piano? Tulips on the organ.
 
  • #25
Sh1tsu (doggies)

Shiatsu (massages)

Corpulent

Bustard

Angina (esp. as in "acute angina" - try walking up to a woman and asking her if she's ever been told she had acute angina)

Volvo

Fick (as in the diffusion equations).

Facklamia (uncommon genus of gram positive catalase negative cocci, named after Facklam)

Farquhar (British name, William Farquhar was the first Resident of colonial Singapore)

Fuqua (Antoine Fuqua, director of Training Day and King Arthur)
 
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Good ones, Curious! I've always like acute angina.
 
  • #27
exacerbation
 
  • #28
SH|TAKE mushrooms grow in it.
 
  • #29
prickly - Arildno's definition of a good date. :biggrin:
 
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