If you haven't already begun celebrating, today is Dictionary Day, named for Noah Webster's birthday in 1758. And while some obvious suggestions for how to spend it would be doing things like reading and bettering our vocabularies, we've chosen instead to snicker at potty talk like the 12-year-old boys we are inside. So in the spirit of the day, we present this list of words that while innocent in meaning, elicit just as many smirks and giggles from us when used in meetings as they did in the grade-school classroom. Call us immature; just don't call us fallacious, cause that word makes us laugh.
Asylum's Top 15 Words That Sound Dirty (But Aren't)
1. ramrod: He shoved his ramrod up the barrel of the rifle.
2. angina: The boy's mother was diagnosed with acute angina.
3. masticate: I masticated over a hot plate for over an hour last night.
4. coccyx: My coccyx was extremely sore after a long sitting.
5. philatelist: Our mailman is an enthusiastic philatelist.
6. fallacious: Who knew the girl was so often fallacious?
7. Uranus: Uranus is bigger than Earth.
8. organism: He was unsure what the female organism looked like.
9. pianist: The boy happily hugged his pianist, eager to start with playing the organ.
10. rectory: The priest spent a lot of his time training boys in the rectory.
11.abreast: He liked to keep himself abreast of developing situations.
12. cockles: She broke his heart, right down to the cockles.
13. seamen: The shipwrecked sailors became so ravenous they were forced to eat their fellow seamen.
14. titular: Barb Wire is a titular character.
15. penalize: The cheerleading squad had to be penalized for their racy photos.


























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Thursday 16 October
By Peter
You forgot "kumquat"
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Thursday 16 October
By Tony
C'mon...how could you skip "fenestration"?
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Thursday 16 October
By bobobob
cock: a rooster
titmouse: a small bird
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Sunday 19 October
By Widow
How about CUNT....oh wait...NEVER MIND!
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Saturday 18 October
By greg belter
Masterdebate this!
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Sunday 19 October
By Sage
You can't be serious! Do you imbeciles at "Asylum" actually think these words sound like dirty words? I guess we can thank the public school system for this generation of Einsteins.
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Sunday 14 March
By Bill
also "mensuration"
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