top five architectural terms that sound surprisingly dirty when taken out of context

[constance]

...Or maybe it's just me.

Yeah, this is the sort of thing I think about during the quiet times, I admit it.

1. flying buttress



2. rammed earth



3. ballflower



4. infilling



5. phylactery

Comments

[xanthophyllippa.livejournal.com]

Two geological terms that likewise sound surprisingly dirty when taken out of context:

1. cleavage (this is an old, old joke)

2. schist

(My Volvox, let me show you it.)

[proteinscollide.livejournal.com]

No, they sound pretty dirty to me. Who knew architecture was so raunchy? =)

[tilney.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

...

It makes me think of one of my favourite quotes from one of my favourite movies, Edward Norton's Keeping the Faith: "So this is the rectory. Sounds like a dirty word: 'rec-toryyyy'."

[dahlia-777.livejournal.com]

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