Words that sound lewd but aren't: thrombus.

[gwcoffey@mastodon.social]

@SecularJeffrey @alicemcalicepants And bagpipe, if I'm being totally honest is another word for doodlesack as well.

[u0421793@catodon.rocks]

@alicemcalicepants@ohai.social buttress

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@alicemcalicepants Bird names have a peculiar way of working their way into this discussion: Woodpecker, Titmouse, and the Rough-faced Shag to name a few.

[alicemcalicepants@ohai.social]

@Nead forever annoyed that 'dickcissel' doesn't count towards the 'birds with a body part in their name' goal in Wingspan

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@alicemcalicepants Dick Cissel sounds like the name of a sports commentator for NBC.

[shivering_wreck@metalhead.club]

@alicemcalicepants @Nead Especially as the cissel bone isn't even that niche a body part, situated as it is between the mulch gland and the epiphineal cleats!

[alicemcalicepants@ohai.social]

@shivering_wreck @Nead

[nead@social.vivaldi.net]

@shivering_wreck @alicemcalicepants Adding "Cissel Bone" to my list of names for 'blues guitarists.'

[piquant00@mastodon.online]

@alicemcalicepants Gesticulate

[bette@mstdn.social]

@alicemcalicepants

uvula

[ptoothfish@mastodon.nz]

@piquant00 @alicemcalicepants masticate, then

[ptoothfish@mastodon.nz]

@u0421793 @alicemcalicepants and butte... i like big buttes and i cannot lie

[secularjeffrey@ohai.social]

@alicemcalicepants

Angina

[secularjeffrey@ohai.social]

@alicemcalicepants

Asinine

[callan@thepit.social]

@alicemcalicepants Ululate

[sennoma@chaos.social]

@callan @alicemcalicepants Defenestrate.

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@sennoma @callan @alicemcalicepants

in the "why is the english language so confusing" department.

fenestrated is to have windows. yet, defenestrated is not to remove windows, it's to throw someone through the window but leaving the window intact. WTF?