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Re: Euphemisms

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From: Herma
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00
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 Here are some directly translated from Afrikaans.

> (1) For going to the toilet/rest room:
driving the porcelain bus (for vomiting)
going to see the lawyer, see a man about a bull, etc.
greeting (shaking hands with) your wife's best friend


> (2) For homosexuality:
untranslatable: "hy's 'n agtermekaar outjie"
"agtermekaar" = efficient, handy (but literally means "behind each other")


> (4) For drunk:
looked too deep into the bottle
leaving two rows of footprints
he has vineyard flu  (wingerdgriep)


>> (5) For pregnant:
in the Other Time
up the pole

>> (6) For Sex:
pinching the cat in the dark
playing mattress (or couch) rugby

>(7) For pretension/snobbery:
he thinks his farts don't stink
bare-assed in a mercedes

>for death:
sticking the spoon into the ceiling
kicking the bucket
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From: "Herma" <herma@iafrica.com.na>
Subject: Re: Euphemisms
Date: 1997/10/28
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