# Sounds like a euphamism, but isn't **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006 "2003-03-13T02:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/1 "2003-03-13T02:21:16Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![bjohn13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@bjohn13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bjohn13)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/2 "2003-03-13T02:35:26Z")
“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. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/3 "2003-03-13T02:58:06Z")
Fish tacos. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/4 "2003-03-13T06:44:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/5 "2003-03-13T06:57:12Z")
I don’t have anything to add, I just want to be the first poster in this thread to spell **euphemism** correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/6 "2003-03-13T07:20:18Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/7 "2003-03-13T07:44:25Z")
Cleveland Steamer, depending on who you talk to. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/8 "2003-03-13T08:18:12Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/9 "2003-03-13T10:17:44Z")
“Palm Pilot.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/10 "2003-03-13T11:53:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fighting ignorant \* > \*\*Anyone else have examples? \*\* [These guys](http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/~jstacey/facepyjama/whatisfp.html) seem to have made something of a hobby out of this. Beware, they are very strange and very English. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/11 "2003-03-13T14:03:32Z")
one of the face pyjamas was “recreational voltage” huh? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/12 "2003-03-13T17:47:48Z")
anything is a euphemism, if followed by “if you know what I mean…” It sounds worse, if you add, “And I think you do!” ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/13 "2003-03-13T18:23:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wonko The Sane \* > \*\*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!” ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/14 "2003-03-13T18:37:37Z")
[Joey Tribiani] Grandma’s chicken salad. [/Joey Tribiani] ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/15 "2003-03-13T18:40:53Z")
Well, I suppose I should have just posted my comments here instead of trying to hijack [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168159), but “sticky date pudding” sounds like a fine ending to a romantic evening–if you know what I mean. And I think you do. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/16 "2003-03-13T18:55:35Z")
Face Pyjamas!! Fantastic! I feel like I’ve met my soulmates. Now, for a little “Dutch Fiction” ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/17 "2003-03-13T19:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*“Palm Pilot.” \*\* Does it grow hair if you download porn? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/18 "2003-03-13T19:19:38Z")
“Dual Action Formula.” If you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/19 "2003-03-13T19:23:09Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006/20 "2003-03-13T19:34:36Z")
Glazed carrot\* \*This was actually said in our kitchen while vegetables were cooking: “You can glaze my carrot anytime.” If you kn… never mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-like-a-euphamism-but-isnt/161006.md?page=2)