From today’s edition of TMI Linguistics:
- librarian
- sizzle
- crackle
- Molly (and yet, strangely enough, I’ve never dated a Molly; likely because I’m terrified that the frequent use of this word in my presence (“Can I get you something, Molly?”) might cause me to move too fast)
- Almost any word with two Ls, except “Lolita” and “flagellation.”
- muffle (but not “muffin,” which sounds vaguely pederastic)
- pink slip (Fortunately, I’ve never been handed one. Or else the prospect of termination would become strangely alluring.)
- recherche
- splendiferous
- lap
- stipple
- comfort (in both noun and verb form; it is often confusing when women in particular refer to “comfort food,” as I suspect that these folks may have some interesting fetish that I’d like to find out about)
- wrinkle (only in verb form and in a highly specific context)
[SIDE NOTE: Would it be too much to ask for them to come up with a sexy word for intricate and orante? “Baroque” sounds like someone has just replaced the washcloth with a Brillo Pad without your knowledge and “rococo” reminds me of a certain cereal I didn’t care for as a child (that had an obnoxious bird mascot nonetheless).]