Recently I’ve noticed a trend in my life: hearing or reading certain phrases and having them strike me as sounding like they should be a dirty euphamism, but in fact they are not.
eg:
“Hungarian wine tasting”
Anyone else have examples?
“chunky butter”
It came from trying to say “chunky peanut butter” quickly and was quite an embarassment to yell down a supermarket aisle. I’m not exactly sure why, either.
Fish tacos.
If I learned anything in elementary school, it’s that anything can be a euphamism for something dirty. All you have to do is giggle at it. Of course, you don’t actually have to know what it means, sometimes it’s implied, or sometimes it can mean pretty much anything.
I don’t have anything to add, I just want to be the first poster in this thread to spell euphemism correctly.
There was a Letterman Top 10 list years ago on this subject - “Top 10 Phrases that sound dirty but aren’t”
The only one I remember was “I’ll tether your blimp.”
Cleveland Steamer, depending on who you talk to.
My roommate once told me he wanted to mount my hard drive because mine was bigger. We used to finger each other too. (Yes, we both had Linux on our PCs.)
“Palm Pilot.”
These guys seem to have made something of a hobby out of this.
Beware, they are very strange and very English.
one of the face pyjamas was “recreational voltage”
huh?
anything is a euphemism, if followed by “if you know what I mean…”
It sounds worse, if you add, “And I think you do!”
“Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more!”
[Joey Tribiani]
Grandma’s chicken salad.
[/Joey Tribiani]
Well, I suppose I should have just posted my comments here instead of trying to hijack another thread, but “sticky date pudding” sounds like a fine ending to a romantic evening–if you know what I mean.
And I think you do.
Face Pyjamas!! Fantastic! I feel like I’ve met my soulmates.
Now, for a little “Dutch Fiction”
Does it grow hair if you download porn?
“Dual Action Formula.” If you know what I mean.
In certain stores, you can buy packages clearly labeled “Mexican Oregano” . Real cheap, too.
(By ‘certain stores’ I mean ‘almost any grocery store or supermarket’ … if you know what I mean.)
I think “Swedish T-shirt” should mean something else.
Glazed carrot*
*This was actually said in our kitchen while vegetables were cooking: “You can glaze my carrot anytime.” If you kn… never mind.