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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 02:54 PM
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what's your favorite euphemism
currently mine is "intuitively counter productive" aka stupid
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 10:02 AM
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1. another would be the "one finger salute" instead of the finger
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 10:08 AM
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2. Testicular fortitude.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 10:25 AM
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3. President of the United States
n/t
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 10:46 AM
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4. yes I would have to say the president of the United States is
intuitively counterproductive
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 10:51 AM
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5. Not a fave, but a clever one, the ID-10-T list
Seems a fairly common term in the computer geeks service industry.
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 11:01 AM
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6. "Production Value"
When referring to gratuitous images of women in movies and music videos. From the movie "Tape Heads" where one character tells another "Only one thing adds real production value to a music video; tits and ass".
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:44 PM
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9. I LOVE TAPEHEADS !!!
Let's Get Into Trouble, Baby! :evilgrin:
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 04:32 PM
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10. Another Tape Heads Quote:
Josh: You're full of shit.

Ivan: Yea but there are a lot of people who are full of shit making a lot of money and I don't want to be the exception.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 04:49 PM
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11. josh: We're sinking really low.
ivan: That's where you have to go to catch the big fish.

:D
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 11:10 AM
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7. retired euphemism
I used to say "I'm going to pollute myself" as short hand for I'm going to smoke a cigarette. I stopped doing it when I learned that's also slang for a different solitary pleasurable activity
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 11:13 AM
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8. Well, this is actually my LEAST favorite right now:
"Insurgent".

They are so terrified of calling them 'rebels'. As long as you call them 'insurgents', you can make them sound evil, nasty and despicable. As soon as you call them 'rebels', they become brave, patriotic people defending their country against a monstrous, unjustified invasion and occupation.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 04:53 PM
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12. technicolor yawn
and many, many others heard on pelagic trips.
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nashbridges Donating Member (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 05:47 PM
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13. I dated a girl with a severely autistic brother
And he would occasionally stop whatever he was doing and gently rock back and forth until someone made a loud noise.

Her family called it "stuck in park." As in, "Roger's stuck in park again." I'm sure it had an actual medical name, but I liked that they had a sense of humor about it.

And my brother uses "Bushed one out" interchangeably for a boneheaded move.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 05:47 PM
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14. bushwhacked
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Dark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 05:53 PM
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15. "Sanitary Engineer"
I don't think there are a lot of garbage collectors who know calculus.
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