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A survey of the 30 rudest place names in Britain:

1. Cocks, Cornwall
2. Minge Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
3. Bell End, Worcestershire, England
4. Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
5. Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
6. Fingringhoe, Essex, England
7. Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
8. Shitterton, Dorset, England
9. Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
10. Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
11. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
12. Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
13. Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
14. Funbag Drive, Watford, England
15. Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
16. Beaver Close, Surrey, England
17. Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
18. Felch Square, Powys, Wales
19. Lickfold, West Sussex, England
20. Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
21. Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
22. Cocknmouth Close, West End, Surrey
23. Friars' Entry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
24. Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
25. Cockermouth, Allerdale, Cumbria
26. Fine Bush Lane, Ruislip
27. Ladygate Lane, Ruislip
28. Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
29. Crotch Crescent, Marston, Oxford, England
30. Cumming Court, Pitville, Gloucestershire, England

And a special mention goes to Grope**** Lane!
 
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Well here's a list from Australia (not necessarily rude, but some are):

1. Boing Boing - State: NT
2. Bong Bong - State: NSW
3. Burpengary - State: QLD
4. Burrumbuttock - State: NSW
5. Chinaman's Knob - State: VIC
6. Chinkapook - State: VIC
7. Cock Wash - State: SA (funnily enough theirs a creek by the same name...)
8. Cockburn - State: WA
9. Come By Chance - State: NSW
10. Delicate Nobby - State: NSW
11. Diapur - State: VIC
12. Doo Town - State: TAS
13. Dunedoo - State: NSW (pronounced "Dunny-do", in Australian slang 'dunny' means toilet)
14. Eggs and Bacon Bay - State: TAS
15. Foul Bay - State: SA
16. Gingin - State: WA
17. Humpty Doo - State: NT
18. Humpybong - State: QLD
19. Innaloo - State: WA
20. Koolyanobbing - State: WA
21. Mount Buggery - State: VIC
22. Nowhere Else - State: TAS/VIC
23. Orange - State: NSW (funny because they grow a huge amount of apples)
24. Ozenkadnook - State: VIC
25. Pimpinbudgie - State: QLD (budgie is a budgerigar bird for those not used to Australian laziness :D)
26. Poowong - State: VIC
27. Rooty Hill - State: NSW
28. Smiggin Holes - State: NSW
29. The End of the World - State: TAS (actually does look like it too... westernmost point of Tasmania)
30. Tittybong - State: VIC
31. Tom Ugly - State: NSW
32. Upotipotpon - State: VIC
33. Useless Loop - State: WA
34. Wagga Wagga - State: NSW
35. Watanobbi - State: NSW (named after me obviously :D)
36. Wonglepong - State: QLD
37. Woodie Woodie - State: WA
38. Woolloomooloo - State: NSW
39. Yackandandah - State: VIC
40. Yorkeys Knob - State: QLD
 
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Surprised that 'Iron Knob' South Australia isn't in that list Boris.
 
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Haha I tried my best!

What about cosinusoidal? Hows that for a word that is basically redundant?
 
Somewhere in the northern United States (I think it was Minnesota, but I'm not sure), there are two neighbouring towns called Fertile and Climax. Many years ago, a woman from the former passed away in the latter. The local newspaper devoted their front page to this story with the genius headline "Fertile woman dies in Climax"

In Texas (I think), there is a small town called Bugtussle, so-named because, during the 1930s when the residents were looking for this collection of roadside buildings to be Incorporated (which over there is official recognition of a town as opposed to an isolated roadside filling station/diner), they were struggling to think of a name, until one resident gazed into the corner of the room and saw two beetles apparently fighting. It says a lot for the lack of creativity in that community that this event led to that name being chosen!
 
Some New Zealand ones:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Whakapapa Ski Field, Manawatu/Taranaki, New Zealand
Whakatane, Bay of Plenty
Sukamonkis Tetsikul, South Island
Waikikamukau, Southland, South Island (Why kick a moo cow?)
Binggabonggabollocks Avenue, NZ
Titwangaflaps Street, NZ
Erewhon (Wanganui-Manawatu, New Zealand)
Waipu, Northland, NZ
Whakarewarewa, Bay of Plenty
Whakamoa, Canterbury
Tutaekuri River, Napier, Hawke's Bay (meaning Dog Sh*t)
Mount Tarawera, Bay of Plenty (meaning burning female genitals)
Shag River
Urewera, Bay of Plenty (meaning singed genitals)
Shag River, Southern Otago
Pigroot, Southern Otago
Cape Foulwind, West Coast
 
Every bloody town out here in the wheatbelt end with 'in'. Loads of places down south it's 'up', I think they are all aboriginal names.
 
I can honestly say that listening to the office antipodean pronounce the town 'Clitheroe' for the first time is priceless. Yes he thought it was a wind up.
 
Boris said:
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Well here's a list from Australia (not necessarily rude, but some are):

1. Boing Boing - State: NT
2. Bong Bong - State: NSW
3. Burpengary - State: QLD
4. Burrumbuttock - State: NSW
5. Chinaman's Knob - State: VIC
6. Chinkapook - State: VIC
7. Cock Wash - State: SA (funnily enough theirs a creek by the same name...)
8. Cockburn - State: WA
9. Come By Chance - State: NSW
10. Delicate Nobby - State: NSW
11. Diapur - State: VIC
12. Doo Town - State: TAS
13. Dunedoo - State: NSW (pronounced "Dunny-do", in Australian slang 'dunny' means toilet)
14. Eggs and Bacon Bay - State: TAS
15. Foul Bay - State: SA
16. Gingin - State: WA
17. Humpty Doo - State: NT
18. Humpybong - State: QLD
19. Innaloo - State: WA
20. Koolyanobbing - State: WA
21. Mount Buggery - State: VIC
22. Nowhere Else - State: TAS/VIC
23. Orange - State: NSW (funny because they grow a huge amount of apples)
24. Ozenkadnook - State: VIC
25. Pimpinbudgie - State: QLD (budgie is a budgerigar bird for those not used to Australian laziness :D)
26. Poowong - State: VIC
27. Rooty Hill - State: NSW
28. Smiggin Holes - State: NSW
29. The End of the World - State: TAS (actually does look like it too... westernmost point of Tasmania)
30. Tittybong - State: VIC
31. Tom Ugly - State: NSW
32. Upotipotpon - State: VIC
33. Useless Loop - State: WA
34. Wagga Wagga - State: NSW
35. Watanobbi - State: NSW (named after me obviously :D)
36. Wonglepong - State: QLD
37. Woodie Woodie - State: WA
38. Woolloomooloo - State: NSW
39. Yackandandah - State: VIC
40. Yorkeys Knob - State: QLD
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I recently went out to visit a friend who lives at Pakenham Upper. Seriously it it a Melbourne suburb. I'm left wondering why it hasn't been changed to Upper Pakenham.
 
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