Showing posts with label Euphemisms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euphemisms. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2022

For the benefit of us dummies, Jonathan Turley draws 
a line between actual or literal 'peonage' and figurative 
'publicity stunt'.

Saturday, July 02, 2022

In Texas, don't say 'Slave Ship', 
say 'Involuntary Relocation Ship'.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

It's useful to revise history every now and then.

Friday, December 11, 2020

Rich Euphemistic Atheist's Vanity Plate

Monday, June 08, 2020

While Minneapolis cops were strategically deflating
tires, COVID-19 was strategically deflating the
economy.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

The Impotentate of Pennsylvania Avenue

Friday, March 15, 2019

'National Defense' is the best euphemism
for 'Perpetual War' ever invented.

Monday, June 04, 2018

Euphemism for Trump's Cabinet

Monday, August 07, 2017

This week, Orrin Hatch, Professor of Idioms, Euphemisms,
 and Etymologies, will give a one-hour lecture on the phrase, 
'shot their wad'.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Don't call it 'lying'. Call it 'inadvertently
briefing with incomplete information'.

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Don't Call a Spade a Horticultural Implement

Monday, May 18, 2015

The asterisk must be one of the naughtiest characters in
 the world because you always find it in the middle of
 words like f*ck and sh*t.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Does anyone know if FU*K is pronounced the same as
F*CK?

Friday, May 10, 2013

'Benghazi' Overtaking 'Wazoo' in Popularity
 as Euphemism for 'Anal Orifice'

Friday, February 01, 2013

Most countries in the world have 'Departments of Defense'.
Why don't they also have 'Departments of Attack'?

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

"You know, kids have good instincts. They look at the 
other guy and say, 'Well, that’s a bullsh***er, I can tell, 
because I know what letters those asterisks stand for.'" 

Monday, August 01, 2011

"If you ask me, 'Beaver Cleaver' was just
a euphemism for 'penis', a dirty joke
slipped into an otherwise wholesome
 family comedy of the 1950s."

Sunday, April 17, 2011

“I am much bigger than Mitt Romney and have a much,
much bigger net worth. I mean my net worth is many,
many, many times bigger than his.” [His friends say
 'net worth' is the euphemism Trump prefers when
referring to his penis.] 

Friday, April 15, 2011

"I look very much forward to showing my
financials, because they are huge. Far bigger
than anyone knows. Far bigger than anyone
would understand."  [His friends say 
'financials' is the euphemism Trump
prefers when referring to his balls.]

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Unexpurgated Bible #54
"Of the making many euphemisms for 'penis' there is
no end."