100 English Euphemisms

[Baimi]

113. Be politically honest. Honest mistake move on.

 

[Baimi]

114. Be sincerely honest. Not my problems later on.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

KNN can't differentiate between slang vs euphemism vs idiom KNN KNN

 

[glockman]

We are often embarrassed to say someone has died, so instead use euphemisms such as those below. The meaning of some of these is clear...others downright baffling.

• Assumed room temperature (popular among mortuary technicians);
• Bit the big one;
• Brown bread (Cockney rhyming slang);
• Carked it, (or karked);
• Fallen off the perch;
• Hopped the twig;
• Been taken from us;
• Gone somewhere better;
• He's now with (name of closest deceased loved one);
• It was his time to go;
• Not hanging around anymore;
• Threw a double-six;
• Kicked the bucket;
• Put out to pasture;
• He/she bought the farm (US military]);
• Gone West;
• Curtains;
• Faced the final curtain;
• It was tickets for him;
• Walked through the Pearly Gates;
• Gone to a better place;
• Checked out;
• Gone to the great ...in the sky;
• Turned up his toes;
• Snuffed it;
• It was a 'take out' in a body bag;
• Croaked;
• Pushing up the daisies;
• Feeding the worms;
• Feeding the fishes;
• Sleeping with the fishes;
• Dead as a Dodo;
• Dead as a doornail;
• Dead as a doormouse;
• Passed over;
• Passed on;
• Having his final sleep;
• The Late ...;
• Lost (as in 'We 'lost' my father);
• Not dead but 'gone before';
• Drawn his last breath;
• Departed this life;
• Shuffled off this mortal coil;
• End one’s days;
• Peg out/To peg;
• Given up the ghost;
• Gone to see his maker;
• Met his maker;
• Never woke up;
• Keeping the angels company;
• Singing with the angels;
• Popped his clogs;
• Been deleted.
• Up lorry (Singapore)
• Hand in IC (Singapore)

https://www.finalchoices.co.uk/end-of-life-planning/euphemisms-for-death-for-you-to-check-out

 

[Rogue Trader]

• He/she bought the farm (US military])

I thought this was British? Hugh Laurie's character used this term a lot in Blackadder goes forth. I had to look it up to find out what he meant

 

[glockman]

I thought this was British? Hugh Laurie's character used this term a lot in Blackadder goes forth. I had to look it up to find out what he meant

What is meant by the phrase "bought the farm"?​

Question: What is meant by the phrase “bought the farm”?
Answer: It comes from a 1950s-era Air Force term meaning “to crash” or “to be killed in action,” and refers to the desire of many wartime pilots to stop flying, return home, buy a farm, and live peaceably ever after. When they died as a result of a collision or were shot down, their buddies would shake their heads and mutter, “Well, I guess he bought the farm.”
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https://www.almanac.com/fact/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-bought

 

[LordElrond]

115. Talent refresh - fire the old staffs and replace with younger/cheaper ones or friends

 

[ginfreely]

Virgin slut - how can a virgin be a whore?

You scammer caught still scamming non stop. Pui your evil filthy Cantonese slut whore family!

 

[ginfreely]

NRIC VIRGINITY TEST - AN INTANGIBLE TEST

Nope should be

Intangible test - evil coward criminal

 

[jw5]

Mayor - lower level PAP crony

 

[nayr69sg]

Mayor - lower level PAP crony

You owe me an apology
I am not MAY and not scroobal as you insist.
I am not
Apologize.