# Euphemisms for...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609 "2007-05-18T15:48:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![wendigo1974](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@wendigo1974](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo1974)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/81 "2007-05-20T00:41:08Z")

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Un-Twinned Feline.

Gobstopper.

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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/82 "2007-05-20T00:57:36Z")

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[QUOTE=wendigo1974]  
Un-Twinned Feline.

Gobstopper.  
[/QUOTE]  
Child mute.

Turkey sandwich.

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**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/83 "2007-05-20T01:05:40Z")

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post-Thanksgiving surplus disposal system

wet blanket

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/84 "2007-05-20T03:53:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Harriet the Spry]  
post-Thanksgiving surplus disposal system

wet blanket  
[/QUOTE]

Soggy bed covering

Vibrator

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**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/85 "2007-05-20T04:12:47Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
Soggy bed covering

Vibrator  
[/QUOTE]

Male enhancement

Rhubarb

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/86 "2007-05-20T16:43:42Z")

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Rhubarb: Amateur theater crowd-noise phrase.

Cheetah.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/87 "2007-05-20T20:19:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Rhubarb: Amateur theater crowd-noise phrase.

Cheetah.  
[/QUOTE]  
A Southerner Who Plagiarizes.

Ginsu Knife.

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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/88 "2007-05-20T20:20:43Z")

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[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]  
Ginsu Knife.  
[/QUOTE]  
Can carver.

Television.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/89 "2007-05-21T00:12:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Risha]  
Television.  
[/QUOTE]

Electron coordination unit.

Star Wars.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/90 "2007-05-21T03:37:03Z")

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Star Wars: Strategic Defense Initiative.

The Reagan Administration.

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**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/91 "2007-05-21T12:33:09Z")

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The Reagan Administration: founding members of Ketchup Advocates of America

Next: post-it note

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/92 "2007-05-21T13:41:04Z")

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Post-it note: Convenient small sticky reminder.

Fountain pen.

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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/93 "2007-05-21T15:02:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Post-it note: Convenient small sticky reminder.

Fountain pen.  
[/QUOTE]  
The proper device to convey ink to shirt.

Rubick’s cube.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/94 "2007-05-21T15:56:52Z")

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Rubik’s Cube: Mentally stimulating, nonelectronic multicolored handheld gaming device.

Backgammon.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/95 "2007-05-21T16:11:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Rubik’s Cube: Mentally stimulating, nonelectronic multicolored handheld gaming device.

Backgammon.  
[/QUOTE]  
My Real College Major.

Lottery.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/96 "2007-05-21T16:23:32Z")

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[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]  
My Real College Major.

Lottery.  
[/QUOTE]

Voluntary Tax or the ability to buy a fleeting dream.

Dinosaur

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/97 "2007-05-21T20:58:00Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]

Dinosaur  
[/QUOTE]

Intelligent Self-designing Singularity, Sauropod Division.

Toothbrush

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**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/98 "2007-05-21T21:35:45Z")

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Toothpaste-delivery apparatus  
George Steinbrenner

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/99 "2007-05-22T14:14:53Z")

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George Steinbrenner: Self-important, eternally-interfering, presidentially-pardoned, _Seinfeld_-spoofed owner of a relatively well-known Major League Baseball team.

Home plate.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for/404609/100 "2007-05-22T15:27:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
George Steinbrenner: Self-important, eternally-interfering, presidentially-pardoned, _Seinfeld_-spoofed owner of a relatively well-known Major League Baseball team.

Home plate.  
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Daily supper supporter

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