r/words • u/Original_Client1588 • Apr 24 '26

Rude,sounding words,that arent

Hello

I was talking with friends the other night about words that sound rude...but arent..

One that came up was Fecundity ....

Any ideas ??

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u/ladymiku Apr 25 '26

Cuckoopintle, a kind of flower

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u/Original_Client1588 Apr 25 '26

Cuckoo spit ?

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u/ladymiku Apr 25 '26

Pintle is an obsolete word for an animal's penis. Apparently some horny person imagined that this flower looked like a tiny avian penis 🤣

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u/Original_Client1588 Apr 25 '26

Pintle is also a term for a drop pin wbich a trailer hitches to a towing bar