Yeah, that thread bothered me more than it should have. Mainly because of this.
I pretty much hate all euphemisms, because I can’t keep up with what they all mean. Which gets really embarrassing when it turns out I’ve said something I didn’t mean to say! :smack:
Hi, I am that woman. Yes, I may be “big”, but I am also “curvy.” As I did not specify what I was specifically having trouble finding, and we have never met, I’ll assume you realize that I may have had both problems. 
And, oh, by the way, I didn’t see your suggestion. 
Since you were reading the thread I assume you, too, are either curvy or big and can help (on the correct thread please, leave this one for the euphemism).
…Back on topic, Don’t ever call me fluffy. I am not a cat.
Also, I heard on the news last week that a shooting victim had expired upon arrival at the hospital. No, he didn’t. Maybe a 95-year old man sitting in his chair at the nursing home wears out all his organs and expires, but a 19-year old shooting victim? Not expired. Dead.
Mm, this one I gotta nitpick a bit. “Expire” when applied to people doesn’t necessarily mean “to die of natural causes, to wear out in the ordinary course of nature”, in the sense of “reaching one’s expiration date”.
Rather, it just means literally “to breathe one’s last”, to die, for whatever reason. It doesn’t imply natural death as opposed to any other kind. Everybody expires.
yabut it still drives me nuts. They use it on the TV news around here all the time. They refuse to use the D-word for some reason; always a euphemism.
Ironically, “plus size” is one that makes me go :dubious:.
With regard to deaths, I’ve seen this euphemism with increased frequency lately (typically printed on a funeral ‘program’):
Really?
mmm
I’m quite happy with plus size, that’s my preferred term. And I’m both fat and curvy!
Little children are, though. I’ve seen several who were scared to go to sleep, because Grandpa went to sleep and didn’t wake up. In one memorable case, someone told a kindergarten classmate of my nephew’s that particular euphemism, scaring her shitless - the rest of the class explained it and were terribly angry about the lies of grown-ups.
I don’t understand the point of listing a body type at all, for anyone. That’s what pictures are for. Why encourage people to either choose between various terms like curvy, plus-sized, or heavy if they’re fat, or on the opposite end have them choosing between terms like athletic, trim, or whatever else that may be equally deceiving? Sure, like every guy, I have certain general body types that I prefer, but there are some women I’ve met that don’t quite fit that description that I find attractive.
I suppose having some kind of description works if you don’t have a photo, but is it really THAT hard to get a picture? Ultimately, it’s one of the most important things one needs to do for internet dating. When I was doing internet dating, I’d pretty much expect anyone with more than about a couple pictures to have a full body shot, not even so much to see her body type, but because I wanted to see her in a picture other than a posed head shot. And, chances are, if someone has several shots, and they’re all from weird angles or nothing below the shoulders, like it or not, it’s going to give the impression of shame or a lack of confidence in one’s appearance.
So, yeah, IMO the euphemisms for body type are just completely unnecessary these days.
Fair enough, though I’d never use that one. I think “sleep” can work poetically but as a euphemism for death, particularly to children, it fails miserably. I’d never use it to children precisely because it’s a comparison to something that everyone does every day and I can definitely see it freaking a kid out.
Really, I was more thinking along the lines of “pass away”. I still dislike it, but I don’t think anyone is really fooled by that usage, it’s just a way to avoid using “die”. And, though I don’t have kids, I’d like to think that if I did, I’d just use “die” anyway.
They should just say what they mean: “My pet died and went to Asgard.”
As the person is an English teacher, I’d hope for “Who’s fucking whom?”
But it was poetry–poems are supposed to be literal?
Damn- two posts too late.
Why do people call public restrooms a “bathroom” when there is not a bath in it?
I could accept “passed away” for someone who died in their sleep. When I read an obit that says “So & so passed away in a motorcycle accident” it makes me gag. They didn’t pass away, they were killed!
It’s not a euphemism, but I think it’s weird when I read an obituary that says “So & so passed away after a courageous battle with cancer”. What did they do, put on armor and joust a windmill? What’s so courageous about getting medical treatment for what ails you?
Okay, I suppose it is more courageous than the obit that says *“So & so passed away into the loving arms of Jeebus after deciding not to fight his perpetual hang nails”. * He didn’t pass away, he blew his fucking head off!
What about “bath tissue” instead of “toilet paper”? It used to be bathROOM tissue which was bad enough, but *bath *tissue? I mean, you don’t take a bath with it, as it would dissolve and leave you covered with little bits of fluff. (Which, I suppose, would then make you “fluffy”…)
“Passed” for “died” has been around for decades. I’m pretty sure it started with African-Americans.
I see what you did there?
I don’t. Could you show me, please?
The NFL’s “Organized Team Activities”, or OTA’s.
That’s practice. 
Some people think that the term “African-American” is unnecessary and overlong.