So I just asked a simple question. “Are there any Architecture terms or phrases that sound unintentionally ….. ummm… dirty?”

Yep, 12 hours later I had 150 responses. The internet is awesome. And, you guys are disgusting.

So, here goes, I’ll list the terms I have so far. In fact, I’ll even include a pdf you can print and post in the breakroom – (HERE >> architecturesoundsdirty ).

Feel free to add more in the comment section down there, or you can tweet them with the hashtag #architecturesoundsdirty

• Scheduling the hardware
• Nailing studs
• Pipe penetrations
• Fire-rated penetrations
• Thru-wall penetrations
• Undulating facades
• Undifferentiated wedge
• Shaft
• Shaft liner
• Fire-rated shaft
• Drawer pulls
• Drawer screws
• Screws 12” o.c.
• Latex caulk and backer rod
• Column erection
• Erection site
• Plywood sheathing
• Wall mounted hand dryer
• Wood studs
• Hardwood threshold
• Caution, surfaces may be wet
• Double-hung
• Single-hung
• Install blocking
• Junction box
• Hand blown fixtures
• Crane erected
• Reclaimed hardwood
• Exposed beam
• Drilling the pole
• Driving piles
• Countersinking the head
• Demountable partitions
• Wall mounted unit
• Floor mounted
• Floor mounted / ceiling braced
• Ceiling mounted fixture
• Roof mounted unit
• Exposed conduit
• Concrete vibrator
• Wood trusses
• Minimum headroom
• Maximum headroom
• Hot-mopped asphalt
• Hot-dipped
• To be by others
• Trowel-finished
• Steel erection
• Simpson strong tie
• Waterproofing
• Dampproofing
• Pulling cable
• Pulling wire
• Gluing it up
• Tongue and groove decking
• Hardwood wainscoting
• Unyielding shelf
• Gang nailed
• King stud
• Jack stud
• Double header
• Concrete pad
• Laying out studs
• Wood studs at 12” o.c.
• All pressure treated wood to be screwed
• Withdrawal strength
• Installing grab bars
• Landscaping
• Natural landscaping
• Hose bib
• Rod anchors
• Installing expansion joints
• Soft-surface, rough-texture
• Compacted fill
• Flashing
• Hip flashing
• Gutter flashing
• Deep grinding
• Try and miter
• Stuffing box
• Triple interceptor
• Furring strips
• Full bed of caulk
• Perpendicular
• Perpendicular end
• Tuck pointing
• Running bond
• Stacked bond
• Flemish bond
• Dry stacking
• Flexible membrane flashing
• She-bolt
• Sex-bolt
• Backfill
• Infill
• Taking a core sample
• Butt joint
• Butt glazing
• Interstitial spaces
• Exposed membrane
• Deep datum penetration
• Screws, nuts, and bolts
• Sack-rubbed columns
• Oil-rubbed brass
• Hot-rolled steel
• Extruded steel
• Groin vault
• Angle of repose
• Rigid insulation
• Blown insulation
• Verify dimension in field
• Outside diameter
• Hot-dipped galvanized
• Stacked units
• Astragal
• Loss of skin friction
• Removable mullion
• Cased opening
• Standing seam
• Geothermal heating
• Under slab heating
• Threaded rod
• Spread footing
• Loading dock
• Recessed cans
• Bead of caulk
• Concealed openings
• Bed of caulk
• Ship lapped
• Defenestration
• Modulus of elasticity
• Ganged vent stacks
• Drip edge
• Post and lintel construction
• Flying buttress
• Backhoe
• Face mount hanger
• Maximum occupant load
• Uniformly distributed loads
• Point load
• Means of egress
• Ring beam
• Consolidated fill
• Knuckle joint
• Thru-mortise and tenon
• Post-tension slab
• Pre-stressed tendons
• Load-bearing member
• 8” slab
• 7” riser