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10 words that sound rude but really, genuinely aren't (Original Post) Blue_Tires Aug 2016 OP
If you have a cock-a-bendy within four hours, you're fine. rug Aug 2016 #1
Hard to believe ballcock didn't make the list Major Nikon Aug 2016 #2
Charles Darwin school of motorcycling Doc_Technical Aug 2016 #3
Reminds me of the baseball player Johnny Dickshot. Mendocino Aug 2016 #4
Or the racecar driver dick trickle dembotoz Aug 2016 #5
That one's bad, but who can forget... Orrex Aug 2016 #7
How about a Stopcock? Wolf Frankula Aug 2016 #6
Angina? clarice Aug 2016 #8
angina Younemeen Aug 2016 #10
This has been addressed previously, in fact. Orrex Aug 2016 #12
that's not an "incident" IMO :D Younemeen Aug 2016 #13
philatelist ? clarice Aug 2016 #9
Beat me to it! smirkymonkey Aug 2016 #17
Bumfidlery sounds like some occupation from the 1920s. Initech Aug 2016 #11
Niggardly. Frank Cannon Aug 2016 #14
Thundercrack Tom Kitten Aug 2016 #15
Balls to the Wall. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #16

Mendocino

(7,495 posts)
4. Reminds me of the baseball player Johnny Dickshot.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:13 AM
Aug 2016

Yes that was his real name. Adding insult to injury his nickname was ugly.
Ugly Johnny Dickshot

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
14. Niggardly.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:31 AM
Aug 2016

That used to be a favorite word of mine until misguided PC warriors extinguished it from our vernacular. It's Scandinavian in origin and has absolutely nothing to do with what you think it does.

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