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Words which sound rude, but are in fact innocent

226 replies

UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 13:25

Spelunking

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MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 10/07/2009 16:28

coxcomb

swell

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 16:33

Good thread

Plums
Tights
Carbunkle
Ooze
Dribble

No doubt I'll be back...

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 16:38

Have we had dictaphone? Love that one!

GrimmaTheNome · 10/07/2009 16:38

chasm, oddly enough

UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 16:38

Splurge
Shunt
Ribbing

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UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 16:39

tsarchasm:

"Do you use a dictaphone?"
"No, I normally press the buttons with my finger."

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Greensleeves · 10/07/2009 16:40

ringpull

FaintlyMacabre · 10/07/2009 16:41

Busby
Mulch

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 16:50

Enjoying sounding rude/innocent.

hmc · 10/07/2009 16:56

Olfactory - no? just me then?

MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 10/07/2009 16:58

jaculate

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 17:06

Oohh flotsam and jetsom belond here!

midnightexpress · 10/07/2009 17:08

Now UQD, I would like you to compose a poem containing as many of these words as possible.

littlelamb · 10/07/2009 17:10

ballcock

Swedes · 10/07/2009 17:11

Midnight Express - Jabbercocky.

TsarChasm · 10/07/2009 17:18

Dangle
Jiggle
Nibble
Sack

I appear to have turned into Benny Hill

MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 10/07/2009 17:18

expunge

midnightexpress · 10/07/2009 17:19

Swedes. Now you come to mention it, slithy toves do sound a bit rude.

Swedes · 10/07/2009 17:24

And the furious bandersnatch sounds like something an infected prostitute might ask a gentleman to explore.

Greensleeves · 10/07/2009 17:24

anything ending in "snatch" has a bit of a head start though

littlelamb · 10/07/2009 17:25

Genuflect

Swedes · 10/07/2009 17:26

'He took his vorpal sword in hand' clearly means he sat by the TumTum tree and had a wank.

UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 17:32

I am tempted to think "What have I started?"

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UnquietDad · 10/07/2009 17:32

And as for whiffling through the tulgy wood, well...

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fanjolina · 10/07/2009 17:44

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