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* Blaxploitation films ''[[Boss Nigger]]'' and ''The Legend of Nigger Charley''.

* [[John Waters]]' ''[[Pecker]]''.

{{quote| [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/movies/98/08/06/JOHN_WATERS.html "Was there pre-production trouble with your film title?"] "I'm not ''that'' innocent ''not'' to know there's a double entendre, but it's a joke: The boy's nickname, because he picked at his food as a child. Originally, the MPAA turned down the title, and we went to court about it. My lawyers had a list of titles to show them like ''[[Shaft]]'', ''[[Free Willy]]'', ''[[In and Out]]'', and I gave a little speech saying, 'It might be vulgar, but it's not an obscene word' and 'This is a movie about someone who wants his good name back. And in this case the good name is ''Pecker''!'"}}

{{quote|[http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/movies/98/08/06/JOHN_WATERS.html "Was there pre-production trouble with your film title?"] "I'm not ''that'' innocent ''not'' to know there's a double entendre, but it's a joke: The boy's nickname, because he picked at his food as a child. Originally, the MPAA turned down the title, and we went to court about it. My lawyers had a list of titles to show them like ''[[Shaft]]'', ''[[Free Willy]]'', ''[[In and Out]]'', and I gave a little speech saying, 'It might be vulgar, but it's not an obscene word' and 'This is a movie about someone who wants his good name back. And in this case the good name is ''Pecker''!'"}}

* ''[[Dick]]'' - a film from 1999 starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams, about two teen girls help bring down President [[Richard Nixon]] and get the nickname [[Mysterious Informant|Deep Throat]].

* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[Octopussy]],'' and the documentary about it called ''Inside Octopussy''

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* While the name is relatively mild compared to some, there's The Urinals, who later changed their name to the less awkward to discuss 100 Flowers.

* [[Joy Electric]] has an album called ''The Tick Tock Treasury''. As he described it at a concert on May 1, 2003:

{{quote| '''Ronnie Martin:''' I had a new record come out two weeks ago, and it's called the, uh, ''The Tick Tock Treasury''. And, uh, that is the, uh, the fourth time I've had the guts to say that title in front of people. You know. Sometimes it takes a lot, you know? You take the risks, you pay the price.}}

{{quote|'''Ronnie Martin:''' I had a new record come out two weeks ago, and it's called the, uh, ''The Tick Tock Treasury''. And, uh, that is the, uh, the fourth time I've had the guts to say that title in front of people. You know. Sometimes it takes a lot, you know? You take the risks, you pay the price.}}

* The Fags. They're actually a perfectly accessible [[Power Pop]] band who happened to choose a name that pretty much guarantees them no mainstream radio play. They also played on the other, less offensive meaning of their name by calling an album ''Light 'Em Up''.

* Atlanta rapper Tity Boi, though he eventually started going by the more "family friendly" moniker 2 Chainz.

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* There's a ''[[Kate Modern]]'' episode called "Pissed".

* ''MaxterBexter'': "Fish Tacos" would probably be a case of [[Have a Gay Old Time]], were it not for this dialogue:

{{quote| '''Becki:''' I got fish tacos! Nothing bad implied there...~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Becki:''' I got fish tacos! Nothing bad implied there...

'''Max:''' Your fish tacos?~~<br />~~

'''Max:''' Your fish tacos?

'''Becki:''' Shut up!~~<br />~~

'''Becki:''' Shut up!

'''Max:''' Very nice...~~<br />~~

'''Max:''' Very nice...

'''Becki:''' Little children watch this! Be discreet, come on. }}

* Just try pronouncing <nowiki>http://slashdot.org</nowiki> aloud.