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Article #2753Re: Euphemisms
From: Trevor Mettam
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <345470E8.746@ibm.net>, Mike Dale <mdale@ibm.net> writes:
>Hi, I wonder if anyone would like to share with me and anyone else who
>is interested any humorous or unusual euphemisms they know. I would
>especially like to hear any non-English ones (in translation please!)
>
>Some that I know, mostly well-known are:
>
>(1) For going to the toilet/rest room:
>
> Gone to answer a call of nature;
> Gone to the Aunt;
> Gone to splash his boots;
> Gone to hold hands with his best friend;
> Gone to shake hands with the unemployed;
> Gone to do his business; (Usually applied to animals??)
> Gone to point Percy at the porcelain; (From the film "The adventures of
>Barry McKenzie'???)
Gone to Drain the Lizard;
Gone to do a Snake's Hiss;
Gone to Squat the Pot (this one from a rough Aussie female);
>(2) For homosexuality:
>
> That way inclined;
> From the other side of the church;
A Toilet Trader (from "Withnail & I")
>(3) For that little drip that forms on the end of a runny nose:
>
> Johnson's at the door;
>
>
>(4) For drunk:
>
> Tired and emotional;
Blotto;
Maggotted;
Paralytic;
Sloshed;
Wrecked;
Doused;
Had a long Liquid Lunch;
>(5) For pregnant:
>
> In the family way;
> Has a bun in the oven;
Up the Duff;
Up the Stick;
>(6) For Sex:
>
> The most fun you can have without laughing; (From 'The Paul Hogan
>Show')
Ride the Wild Baloney Pony (from "Grumpy Old Men")
Rumpy Pumpy (from "Blackadder")
Playing 'Hide the Sausage'
Waterbed Sports.
Horizontal Lambada.
and: 'IT' (I think this says it all)
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