0696mss
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Post by 0696mss on Feb 6, 2009 20:53:52 GMT
Euphemisms are phrases that obscure meaning rather than enhance it; they shade the truth. but there are different reasons that euphemisms exist. One is to make some situations less uncomfortable. Take the word belly. Saying belly sounded inappropriate, so they made the word "stomach". To some people, this still sounded too intimate, so they came up with "tummy". It's just sad.
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Richard
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Post by Richard on Feb 6, 2009 21:19:33 GMT
I'm going to ki... I mean extirpate that teddy bear you're holding.
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Post by Aidan on Feb 7, 2009 1:24:07 GMT
I'm sure that the teddy bear won't be looking forward to knocking on heaven's door.
I'm not older, I'm just twenty years young.
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Post by Father Austin Purcell on Feb 7, 2009 1:37:48 GMT
Death has a lot of euphemisms:
1) Handing in the Dinner Pail 2) Popping your clogs 3) Falling off the perch/Dropping off the twig 4) Pushing up daisies 5) Kicked the bucket 6) Six feet under 7) Dropping off the twig 8) Joining the Choir Invisible/Eternal 9) Shed his mortal coil 10) In a better place 11) Resting 12) Croaked 13) Conked out 14) Popped off 15) Snuffed it 16) Given up the ghost 17) Expired
And many, many, many more. Drunkenness probably has the most though - in 2002 the BBC compiled a list of 141 - and people were still writing in to them with new ones.
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Warrior
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Post by Warrior on Feb 7, 2009 2:16:35 GMT
Eeh... I got a list, but I 'spect Ryan would object...
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Phobi
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Post by Phobi on Feb 7, 2009 3:45:56 GMT
0696mss: Kaylee said she likes glaceons.
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Post by blopesthebee on Feb 7, 2009 16:17:04 GMT
I love vomit euphamisms!
Hurling, chucking, barfing, spewing, throwing up, blowing chunks, tossing your cookies, kissing the porcelain throne, calling Ralph and Earl. (that last one's my favourite!)
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Phobi
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Post by Phobi on Feb 8, 2009 1:26:01 GMT
who came up with the name for the beer garden (which is apparently on a steeeeek)?
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0696mss
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Post by 0696mss on Feb 8, 2009 16:16:20 GMT
Hey. Phobixlikesxjames. nobodoy cares. If you're going to post here, have your post relevant to the topic. If it's something random, post it somewhere else.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Feb 9, 2009 0:08:06 GMT
Steady on, old boy, keep it civil.
Anyway, another good one for vomit is "technicolour yawn".
A good one for "lying" is "being economical with the actuality".
And as for being drunk, well... Sloshed, smashed, wrecked, bladdered, faced, merry, tired and emotional, mullered, blotto, topped off, one over the eight, floored, under the table... My theory is that if you take any noun and add "-ed" you'll get a euphemism for "drunk".
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Warrior
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Post by Warrior on Feb 13, 2009 12:42:55 GMT
What about all the Fire euphisims?
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SRapi
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Post by SRapi on Jul 23, 2017 14:15:16 GMT
Flame, blaze, inferno... That's about it.
I personally am a fan of the Whose Line Is It Anyway? game "If You Know What I Mean", which in the US was pretty much the only game Colin Mochrie always struggled with. That's just a hot pot of made up euphemisms that sound like they mean something, but don't.
For example: I'm thinking of taking the batteries out of the smoke alarm, if you know what I mean. Chopping up some firewood, if you know what I mean. Gotta buy some caviar for the governor, if you know what I mean.
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