# Euphymisms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984 "2011-08-01T00:49:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/1 "2011-08-01T00:49:57Z")
Any would be appreciated but death is what I am after. Kickin’ the bucket just doesn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/2 "2011-08-01T00:53:44Z")
Opening for Elvis? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/3 "2011-08-01T00:57:06Z")
Bitin’ the Big One? ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/4 "2011-08-01T01:02:29Z")
Buying the farm. Pushing up the daisies. Joining the choir invisible. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/5 "2011-08-01T01:18:49Z")
Waking up on the wrong side of the grass. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/6 "2011-08-01T01:20:52Z")
Gone to the great bitbucket in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/7 "2011-08-01T01:23:21Z")
Pining for the fjords. (Yes, I know, this means \*\*\*not \*\*\*being dead.) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/8 "2011-08-01T01:45:02Z")
An ex-parrot ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/9 "2011-08-01T01:53:45Z")
Faceplant Dirtnap Coffin dive ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/10 "2011-08-01T01:56:16Z")
Wormfood ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/11 "2011-08-01T02:02:49Z")
Do you want goofy or polite? For polite how about passed on, passed away, passed, gone, no longer with us, gone on, gone to a better place. Goofy you already have a bunch… I think croaked is all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/12 "2011-08-01T02:09:16Z")
Now, now, these are all [dysphemisms](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dysphemism). A euphemism would be like passed away, departed, gone to one’s reward, called home to Jesus, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/13 "2011-08-01T12:55:04Z")
Gone to meet his maker. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/14 "2011-08-01T13:16:43Z")
When I was nursing we used to say “pegged out”. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/15 "2011-08-01T13:30:46Z")
My brother-in-law refers to it as going toes up. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/16 "2011-08-01T14:53:41Z")
Shuffled off this mortal coil (to paraphrase Shakespeare). Went gently into that good night (apologies to Dylan Thomas). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/17 "2011-08-01T15:59:01Z")
Big dirt nap long dirt nap croaked shook hands with Jesus ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/18 "2011-08-01T18:24:27Z")
Was called home. Met her maker. Cashed in his chips. Turned the last page. 404. Was composing, now decomposing. Gone into deep cover. Hangin’ with Khufu. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphymisms/590984/19 "2011-08-02T07:12:01Z")
cashed his final paycheck learned the Great Secret crossed over Rainbow Bridge greeted his ancestors cleaned out his desk cancelled his subscription to “Life” magazine