A friend and I were giggling over Hera’s “marvelous ankles” in The Iliad and thought it would be fun to write our own euphemisms, so here we go :
Sleuth-eyed Brian,
man of many places.
Ruffian that he is.
He must be spanghew'd twice at dawn.
Off with my head!
Arrrgh!
If it helps Webster says this is what one is:
Usually I’m full of them, but now on the spot, I can’t come up with anything.
World Eater, eater of words, eater of worlds! Hero eater, eat your own words and regurgitate!
:smack:
How about the whole Biblical “He went unto her and he knew her” bit?
Knew her - heh heh…
This thread also reminds me of the Letterman Top 10 list of “Phrases that sound sexual, but aren’t.” Tried to find via Google, but couldn’t. The two I remember were “jumping the turnstile” and “tethering the blimp.”
hehe