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Post number 15295

gen — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:45:01 -0800

The Euphemism Generator can create up to 68,289,490 unique phrases! Do you have a favorite euphemism?

By: Neale

Neale — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:52:31 -0800

[verbing] the [noun]!

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:58:12 -0800

[verbing] the [obscure adjective][noun]!? Maybe this explains the great movie title "Gleaming the Cube"

By: argybarg

argybarg — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:03:55 -0800

Some friends and I embarked on a very long evening of coining euphemisms for the oft-euphemized solo activity. My favorites were "shooting Mr. Lincoln" and "joining the Lilith Fair."

By: Skot

Skot — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:19:02 -0800

"joining the Lilith Fair." I coined "shelunking" for this particular activity as it applies to females. It has yet to grip the nation.

By: brittney

brittney — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:28:09 -0800

I particularly like drives the van, to refer to something that rocks or is da bomb.

By: davehat

davehat — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:39:34 -0800

"Dropping the kids off at the pool" has long been a favorite of mine.

By: shagoth

shagoth — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:42:35 -0800

My god. This is exactly what we have needed for long, long time. Know what I mean. Nudge. Nudge. Say no more.

By: evanizer

evanizer — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:47:40 -0800

'Friend of Dorothy' is a good euphamism for, uh gay, which is a bad euphamism for homosexual, which a stupid 19th century confusion of Latin and Greek root words, which is a... Oh never mind. The Dorothy in question being this one, not that one. As for wanking euphamisms, I always like the British 'banging the Bishop'.

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 15:52:37 -0800

Spanking the monkey was fun.

By: MUD

MUD — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:02:32 -0800

oft-euphemized solo activity Indeed. So oft, in fact, that it seemed reasonable for me and my mates to use "having a pot noodle" in that capacity. Oh, the hilarity caused from simply trying to have a quick, hot snack.

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:04:09 -0800

"Dropping the kids off at the pool" I usually let it be known that the kids have their swimsuits, sunblock, and towel at the ready. Drain the main vein is a good one for peein'. Or, if someone is scared, I say he is shitting twinkies.

By: thomas j wise

thomas j wise — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:20:14 -0800

My family likes playing euphemism games. One that has remained in use among us: "multiple-legged non-mortgage-paying resident" (cockroach; add "with fur" for a mouse).

By: skallas

skallas — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:30:15 -0800

flogging the wookie

Let your imaginations fly.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:40:33 -0800

Actually, I frequently find dysphemisms more interesting. A classic example: sweater meat. It's hard to imagine two words that are more unintentionally revealing.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:41:52 -0800

"This is not an appropriate place for grooming the yak." I will use this phrase every day.

By: transient

transient — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:46:07 -0800

[verbing] or [gerund], of course.

By: Settle

Settle — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 17:34:13 -0800

shaking your sister's glass bulldog..

By: euphorb

euphorb — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 17:52:58 -0800

One of my new favorites for alcohol is panty remover. If you don't own a cellphone, you're cellibate.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 18:01:52 -0800

where's "putting Mr. Kleenex's kids through college?"

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 18:32:51 -0800

punchin' the Munchkin

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:48:16 -0800

I tend to use the euphonious 'whacking the wonderweasel'.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:07:28 -0800

Wonderweasel, Wonderchicken...Wonderwhatcomesnext.

By: redhead

redhead — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:16:02 -0800

"Well, spank me and make me like it."

By: Dreama

Dreama — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:28:31 -0800

Redhead, is that along the same lines as "Well, butter me and call me corn!"?

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:39:07 -0800

I had a theory as a 14-year old that any word can be used to imply the penis.

By: black8

black8 — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:43:54 -0800

"Barked her like a cat."

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:44:52 -0800

Hildago: That would be "I've got your ____ right here."

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 20:47:52 -0800

As seen on MeFi. "I've got your _____ right here."

By: chrismear

chrismear — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:48:38 -0800

Of course, the classic internet reference for such things is the page of Alliterative Religious Euphemisms for Male Masturbation. Unfortunately the list has been watered down over the years, and a lot of it is no longer alliterative. But anyway. You get the idea.

By: crasspastor

crasspastor — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 01:18:58 -0800

Chowin' the bearded clam.

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 02:03:50 -0800

Theres loads here via haddock.
But if youll excuse me im off to lay some cable with my Arab friend Musthava Crap

By: dong_resin

dong_resin — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 02:49:33 -0800

For masturbation, my favorite is : Disobey the Pope. My personal favorite one that I myself coined was "Vald invades Holland." As in Vald (the impaler) and Holland (land of the tulips), but no one ever thinks it's funny. Too clumsy, I guess. I also came up with drowning Nixon, frosting the Catherine wheel, farting on McCarthy and putting the midget in the dishwasher, but I don't know what any of those mean just yet.

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 04:33:58 -0800

in 7th grade, I made up this skit in my mind that I told all my friends about, pretending that I saw it on TV. apparently they thought it was hilarious as well because for the rest of the year, we all referred to masturbation as "working for the government."

By: saladin

saladin — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 05:14:37 -0800

I think adding the word 'man' to most nouns can make them creepily suggestive, especially 'organic' ones, or ones that refer to the human body. Man-hair Man-skin Man-breath Und so weiter...

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 05:57:58 -0800

My favorite for being surprised, courtesy an elderly in-law relative: "Well, paint me purple and call me violets."

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:13:28 -0800

Not mine, but heard from another mefi'er: "smokes cloves," for something really cool. "Your site SO smokes cloves," for instance. Used with some irony, I think. Or this one, from an elderly Jamaican woman: "As surprising as a fart in a cane-bottomed chair."