Words which sound rude, but are in fact innocent

[UnquietDad]

Spelunking

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

flange

(eurh, hate the sound of it)

that is a rude word!

shaft

flange is not rude according to dictionary.com

(it must be your mind )

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"!)

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

helmet

pump

Rowlocks

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

I knew flange would be up there!

fiddle

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

fartlek.

pulchritudinous

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

I think mulch has to be in there too.

Moist.

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

foist?

Loads of them begin with F. I wonder why?

Dongle

Uvula and masticating.

Gesticulate