church key – Started out as slang for bottle opener in the early 1950s and was considered mildly shocking, even sacrilegious. More…
flagrant, blatant – Flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant. More…
forbysen, bysen – Forbysen is an “example or parable”; bysen is a “shocking thing.” More…
tingle – From Middle English, possibly a variant of tinkle, its original meaning was “response to a loud noise” and “response to hearing something shocking.” More…