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Re: Euphemisms

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From: Ross Brown
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00
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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:46:00 +1100, Mike Dale <mdale@ibm.net> wrote:

>: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!)

Most of these are not strictly euphamisms, more like slang terms, but
I suppose that counts too.

>:(1) For going to the toilet/rest room:

Drain the lizard
Take a dump

>:(2) For homosexuality:

Batting for the other side
Taking it up the Gary Glitter
Shirt lifter

>:(4) For drunk:

Squiffy
Arseholed
Rat-arsed
Tanked-up
Mullered
Shit-faced
Off his box
Off his cake
Out of his tree
Plastered
Wrecked
Pissed
Wankered
Trolleyed
Sketchy

>:(6) For Sex:

Playing 'hide the sausage'
Playing 'feed the hedgehog'
Horizontal jogging
Porking
Shafting

Anyone know any more?


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