Words which sound rude, but are in fact innocent

[UnquietDad]

Spelunking

[PartOfTheHumphreysGroup]

Chutney always seems rude to me, but I don't know why..

[NorbertDentressangle]

flange

(eurh, hate the sound of it)

[PartOfTheHumphreysGroup]

that is a rude word!

[PartOfTheHumphreysGroup]

shaft

[NorbertDentressangle]

flange is not rude according to dictionary.com

(it must be your mind )

[NorbertDentressangle]

bollards

(DP's Mum, who is not English, once muddled up bollards with the obvious similar word and told someone how she "nearly hit some bollocks when parking the car"!)

[AMumInScotland]

Feck, apparently, it's meant to be short for "Feckan"

[Mintyy]

helmet

[KingRolo]

pump

[AMumInScotland]

Rowlocks

[MadreInglese]

Cock up

It's nothing to do with genitals, but is a reference to old printing machines where a letter stamp might become loose and the printed text would be 'cocked' up

[KingRolo]

I knew flange would be up there!

[KingRolo]

fiddle

[MadreInglese]

Must confess to a snigger any time I hear 'flange'

[OrmIrian]

fartlek.

[coppola]

pulchritudinous

[PrettyCandles]

Philately!

(You've got to hoick your bossom up with your folded arms while saying it. Though maybe only if you're old enough to remember the ad...)

Floculent. One of my favourite words

[UnquietDad]

I think mulch has to be in there too.

[WinkyWinkola]

Moist.

[JackieNo]

Winky beat me to it - I was going to say 'moist' too.

[KingRolo]

foist?

[KingRolo]

Loads of them begin with F. I wonder why?

[Woby]

Dongle

[Marthasmama]

Uvula and masticating.

[MadreInglese]

Gesticulate