Exasperated

As a teacher (or person, really), little else is as disconcerting as when students laugh, and you're not sure why. Most recently, my students laughed when we were reviewing vocabulary words, and I said the words "exacerbated" and "exasperated." A student moved to quiet them, saying, "Okay! Moving on." But, of course, I couldn't; I continued to wonder what caused the entire class to laugh. It wasn't until I repeated the words to myself that I had an epiphany (you just have to think in vulgar terms when it comes to teenagers and what amuses them):

I asked, "Oh! Is it because it sounds like 'masturbated'?" Sure enough, it was.