# Suggest a Humorous Euphemism (kid-friendly too, please!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861 "2015-04-16T20:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/47 "2015-04-18T14:40:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve taken to using ‘mugglesnuggler’/‘mugglesnuggling’ as my go-to non-swear. I’d have thought most Harry Potter fans would understand that to mean being unduly affectionate to rather boring people. > [@](#): > > Just pick some random words in German. As it happens, I’m reading a German crime story which is coming up with some interesting new words for me - how about \*Rotzlöffel \*(it actually means an annoyingly know-it-all young person who is still wet behind the ears; literally translates as “snot-spoon”) _Korinthenkacker_ (means someone who gets up everyone’s nose by being obsessed with nitpicking and irrelevant details, and gets in the way of whatever it is you’re trying to do - the kind of boss who times your visits to the loo and keeps a mental note of every minute of lateness; literally translates as “raisin-crapper”) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861)._