# Need euphemisms for "birthday" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399 "2008-08-27T09:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/1 "2008-08-27T09:01:52Z")
The wackier, the better. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/2 "2008-08-27T09:08:43Z")
“Annual return?” “Natal Anniversary?” Oh, you said wacky… I’ll leave that to the experts. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/3 "2008-08-27T10:24:06Z")
I always call it things like “oldness anniversary” or “age reminding ceremony.” I am such a hilarious guy. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/4 "2008-08-27T11:09:54Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I always call it things like “oldness anniversary” or “age reminding ceremony.” I am such a hilarious guy. [/QUOTE] I like “Oldness anniversary”. I approve of your hilarity, because it so closely aligns with mine. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/5 "2008-08-27T11:14:35Z")
Congratulations! You haven’t died in the last year! Happy Your mom’s body regeced you like a virus anniversary! Today is the anniversary of the first time you were spanked! Best I can do in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/6 "2008-08-27T11:22:15Z")
Hatching day ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/7 "2008-08-27T11:24:10Z")
A euphemism is a milder substitute for a potentially offensive term. That doesn’t seem to make sense in this context. What exactly are you asking for? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/8 "2008-08-27T11:31:05Z")
Celebration of getting one year closer to death. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/9 "2008-08-27T13:21:24Z")
I call mine “National Raymond Day”, Raymond being my actual name. To date, nobody else other than my close circle of friends have taken up celebrating it, but I keep trying. It’s December 16th, if you are so inclined. To be honest, the full title is “National Raymond Day, and Regionally Recognized Non-Denominational Justin-themed Holiday”, as my little brother and I share a birthday, but since I was first, the bigger holiday is mine. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/10 "2008-08-27T13:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Today is the anniversary of the first time you were spanked! [/QUOTE] Happy You-Flashed-Everybody-In-The-Room-Your-Goodies Day! ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/11 "2008-08-27T14:14:27Z")
You made it another trip around the sun! Another year not looking up at the daisies! No dirt nap for you, yet! The anniversary of the day you got pulled through your mother’s [vagina](http://xkcd.com/291/)! ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/12 "2008-08-27T14:29:40Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] A euphemism is a milder substitute for a potentially offensive term. That doesn’t seem to make sense in this context. What exactly are you asking for? [/QUOTE] Perhaps I should have used a different word. You’re right; a euphemism isn’t exactly what I had in mind. I know what the word means, but I’m looking for sarcastic/funny ways of describing a birthday, but that seems like a roundabout way of saying it. Does that clarify? All the answers I’ve got so far are exactly the sort of thing I’m looking for, though. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/13 "2008-08-27T16:03:03Z")
[Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Journey_Formation_Anniversary) ---
**Author:** ![takehomenanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@takehomenanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/takehomenanny)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/14 "2008-08-27T18:58:24Z")
[singsong voice]“Another Day Closer to Being Dead”[/singsong voice] ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/15 "2008-08-27T19:00:59Z")
Happy Pro-Choice Day! ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/16 "2008-08-27T19:14:18Z")
Merry Uterus Liberation Day? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/17 "2008-08-27T19:17:03Z")
The unmentioned day. ‘just another day’. Not my special day. I don’t celebrate my birthday. People who know that have used those ways to describe it. Not calling it my birthday doesn’t annoy me any less because you’re still drawing attention to it. Ok, I’ll quit ranting… ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/18 "2008-08-27T19:44:46Z")
“How was your trip around the Sun?” ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/19 "2008-08-27T19:54:23Z")
“Dirt Nap Anticipation Day” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399/20 "2008-08-27T20:04:00Z")
For some unknown reason in my family it’s called “Reaching Your Sell-By Date.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-euphemisms-for-birthday/461399.md?page=2)