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Article #2758Re: Euphemisms
From: Herma
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00
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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