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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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cattj · 11/07/2009 00:16

episcopal

As for ISAHAC - surely you mean ISIHAC there?

pickyvic · 11/07/2009 00:22

ok. i couldnt resist...sorry in advance but

www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

pickyvic · 11/07/2009 00:23

have to say not proud but Sexmoan nearly had me snorting wine through my nose....oh and Wankie is quite funny too.

im childish. im sorry. i know!

melmog · 11/07/2009 07:49

Ninkynonk and pinkyponk

There's a place is France called Arse too. And one called Brest.

There's a little road in Lincolnshire called Fanny Hands lane.

chocolatefudgebrownie · 11/07/2009 08:24

mingy

MorePudding · 11/07/2009 09:31

How about a trip to the village of Six Mile Bottom followed by a meal of toad in the hole and (obviously) spotted dick?

MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 11/07/2009 09:41

Bald Knob, Arkansas

MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 11/07/2009 09:45

Or, how about a trip to Minge?

Trikken · 11/07/2009 10:09

near me there is a place called Shitterton. I think it is pronounced site erton tho.

nybom · 11/07/2009 10:11

diary

anal

NorbertDentressangle · 11/07/2009 11:21

MrsDanvers -You don't have to go to Lithuania to find minge (IYSWIM )

This is not far from me

MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 11/07/2009 11:29
Grin
partyfairy · 11/07/2009 11:30

crevice

UnquietDad · 11/07/2009 12:42

Look at the name here - Row 5, far right...

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MrsDanversAteMyIpod · 11/07/2009 12:51

Omg, poor cow

purepurple · 11/07/2009 12:57

the navy rank of Seaman
always reminds me of Seaman Staines
and Master Bates

verygreenlawn · 11/07/2009 13:01

We live near a road called Cum Cum Hill (Herts).

honeydew · 11/07/2009 13:39

prick

CyradisTheSeer · 11/07/2009 13:39

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honeydew · 11/07/2009 14:02

I live near Pratts Bottom and Locksbottom which are both in London- always makes me giggle!

UnquietDad · 11/07/2009 14:08

I can't think of anywhere rude-sounding in Sheffield, but there is a Carsick Hill, which always sounds an unpleasant place to drive with small children...

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honeydew · 11/07/2009 14:10

Mrs Slocombe's pussy

(R.I.P Molly Sugden- she was fabulous!)

Pyrocanthus · 11/07/2009 16:52

Crotch Crescent - a street in Oxford.

midnightexpress · 11/07/2009 17:15

In St Albans recently I saw a Snatch-up Alley (note that the omission of the indefinite article is vital to your understanding of the above).

verygreenlawn · 11/07/2009 17:25

Snatch-up Alley was the result of a local campaign - I think the name was used some years ago but had fallen into disuse.

Always makes me laugh because it runs behind a little pub - one of my neighbours confessed that it was her regular place for a sneaky wee on the way home from the pubs in town.