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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:49 AM
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Do you have a favorite euphemism?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:50 AM
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1. "santorum"
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:50 AM
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2. bone
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:50 AM
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3. "Doing The Grownup"
For, um, y'know...
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Shoeempress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:51 AM
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4. Go cheney yourself
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:51 AM
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5. "Doing a puzzle."
I often work on crosswords as I, um, have my constitutional (another euphemism!). I've taken to calling it "doing my puzzle."
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:56 AM
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6. had to go call Ralph on the big white telephone
:puke:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 11:58 AM
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7. Or if you're outdors,
"Laughing at the curb"
"Shouting at your shoes"
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 12:02 PM
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8. Blinding Polyphemus and Flogging the Bishop for, well, y'know.
:P
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 12:54 PM
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9. "Shaking hands with the unemployed"
You can probably take a guess at what that's for.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 12:56 PM
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10. Punch the clown in the big red nose
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ContraBass Black Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 01:16 PM
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11. "Well enough."
"How are you doing?"
"Well enough."
"Are you sure? You don't look like it."
"Am I dead?"
"No."
"Then I'm doing well enough."
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 01:21 PM
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12. Somehow, in my family
being "out on the porch" became synonymous w/ masturbation

but I don't remember how.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 01:30 PM
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13. "Stuperviser"
Someone who doesn't know what he/she is talking about, but tries to tell you how to do something.:dunce:
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gizmonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:30 PM
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14. "Yielding to the gentleman from Massachussetts"
*snort* guffaw*

:hi:
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:33 PM
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15. "I have to see a man about a horse..."
:hurts:
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-05 04:35 PM
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16. "Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl"
:D

I don't use it, but it did make me laugh uncontrollably the first time I heard it. :rofl:
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