# Euphemisms I hate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 6, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612 "2013-05-06T13:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/161 "2013-06-13T20:45:19Z")

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> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#):
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> There is a term often used by people on another site that is derogatory about children, and it makes me want to choke the poster. Crotch fruit. I’m glad I have the FoxReplace add on for my browser, and have added that term to the list for that site.

I just even out the scales by referring to people who brag about being “childfree” as “Dead Ends.”

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/162 "2013-06-13T22:49:45Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> I just even out the scales by referring to people who brag about being “childfree” as “Dead Ends.”

I can’t imagine that upsets them at all.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/163 "2013-06-15T02:04:16Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> I just even out the scales by referring to people who brag about being “childfree” as “Dead Ends.”

> [@curlcoat](#):
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> I can’t imagine that upsets them at all.

Who cares whether it upsets them, it’s just less people for us to have eliminate from the gene pool. 😃

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/164 "2013-06-15T04:54:43Z")

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> [@Sparky812](#):
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> Who cares whether it upsets them, it’s just less people for us to have eliminate from the gene pool. 😃

For many of us, that was the point! 🆒

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**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/165 "2013-06-17T09:18:25Z")

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I see funeral announcements called “Home Going Service”. Is that even proper English?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/166 "2013-06-17T13:04:46Z")

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> [@MissSwitac](#):
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> I see funeral announcements called “Home Going Service”. Is that even proper English?

What the Hell?

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-i-hate/657612/167 "2013-07-11T08:27:36Z")

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> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#):
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> The two are exclusive terms…

Not necessarily-a killed enemy is a neutralized enemy.

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