# Godamn Euphemisms! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199 "2010-02-01T03:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/41 "2010-02-06T02:07:42Z")
My grandfather always used to say, “GOT…to be more careful!” Even as a little kid, I knew what he was working hard not to say. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/42 "2010-02-06T02:24:26Z")
Son of a BUN! Holy Frito-Lay! And the ever-popular: jinkies! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/43 "2010-02-06T03:31:25Z")
Sommanumbatch! You bastige! Fargin’ icehole! Lousy corksucker! I’m a keek you in da bells! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/44 "2010-02-06T03:48:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Don’t forget the F/X airing of “Snakes On A Plane”: > > “I have had it with these monkey-fightin’ snakes on this Monday to Friday airplane!” First time I saw _The Exorcist_ on TV: ‘Your mother **still rots** in Hell!’ ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/45 "2010-02-08T01:51:36Z")
> [@CateAyo](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJJUGJZxpU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJJUGJZxpU) > > “What the french, toast?” > > relevant orbit commercial I love that commercial. It’s the only one that I’ll stop fast-forwarding the DVR to watch. No one but my wife gets it when I say that, though. I feel like there was a different version of that commercial, though. Am I imagining that? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/46 "2010-02-08T02:19:03Z")
[Hully gee!](http://www.neponset.com/yellowkid/) Don’t nobody remember the Yellow Kid no more? 😉 Aw, phooey! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/47 "2010-02-08T13:08:29Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Sommanumbatch! > You bastige! > Fargin’ icehole! > Lousy corksucker! > I’m a keek you in da bells! It’s been waaayyy too long since I’ve seen _Johnny Dangerously_! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/48 "2010-02-08T13:37:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > First time I saw _The Exorcist_ on TV: ‘Your mother **still rots** in Hell!’ It was either SNL or MAD Magazine that used “Your mother sews socks that smell!” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/49 "2010-02-11T06:35:32Z")
Back during the heyday of silly politically correct language, I recall an attempt to get people to call the old “seasoned humans”. Mmmm, seasoned humans. Medium rare. _NOM_ _NOM_ _NOM_ ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/50 "2010-02-11T20:46:14Z")
Speaking over overdubs, I’ve always been partial to “Yippie-kay-yay, mister falcon” and “This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/51 "2010-02-11T22:36:42Z")
That ditzy teen from The Music Man: “Ye Gods!” Q ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/52 "2010-02-12T02:01:00Z")
Example of a reverse euphemism, (msimehpue?) i.e., the euphemism is worse than the phrase it replaced: “fart sack” for navy mattress cover. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/53 "2010-02-12T02:09:49Z")
“fart sack”, meet “ass hat”. 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/54 "2010-02-12T02:16:39Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Speaking over overdubs, I’ve always been partial to “Yippie-kay-yay, mister falcon” and “This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps.” “This is what happens when you feed a soldier scrambled eggs!” Also, Spike Lee used “melonfarmer” for “motherfucker” in at least one of his movies’ cable dubs. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/55 "2010-02-12T02:39:35Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Speaking over overdubs, I’ve always been partial to “Yippie-kay-yay, mister falcon” and “This is what happens when you meet a stranger in the Alps.” Got the first one, **SFG** , but if the second one was supposed to be, “… fuck a stranger in the ass”, then I think I could have done a LOT better overdubbing to something else!🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/56 "2010-02-19T20:42:39Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Got the first one, **SFG** , but if the second one was supposed to be, “… fuck a stranger in the ass”, then I think I could have done a LOT better overdubbing to something else!🙂 Yup! You nailed it. IIRC, they actually did the edited dubs on The Big Lebowski by just watching it and coming up with words that kind of fit the mouth movements. (I think I might have mis-rememberd: it may actually be “find a stranger,” not “meet a stranger.”) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/57 "2010-02-19T23:26:05Z")
Another from W.C. Fields, “Mother of Pearl!” Motor trucker Oedipus. Usually a fella will look blank for a second when you call him Oedipus. Jesus Ramirez Movers and shakers Flithering gheen Backtracker Maybe that politician had started to say something else when he said Macaca. Fox and hounds Some brands names make good expletives: Filter Queen Blodgett Square D switch plate If you can gather your wits, you can lean in close to say, “You’re a fine fellow, and your mother is proud of ya!” in a strong declaritive voice. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199/58 "2010-02-22T14:58:48Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Maybe that politician had started to say something else when he said Macaca. Maybe, but I hardly think calling a dark-skinned man a ‘monkey’ in any language can be rightly considered a euphemism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamn-euphemisms/527199.md?page=2)