Talk:Euphemism/Archive1

Euphorbia
Euphorbia!  ħ uman  16:28, 8 November 2008 (EST)
 * Hey, why did you delete my, er, "version" instead of simply overwriting it? Meanie...  ħ uman  19:59, 8 November 2008 (EST)

Create more negativephisms!

Err ... no ...
Excised as myth: (In fact, some Victorians were so uptight that they would dress their legged furniture -- pianos, lowboys, etc. -- with lace pant legs so that there wouldn't be even the slightest hint of impropriety in their households.)
 * The piano leg story seems to have originated in Captain Frederick Marryat's 1839 book, Diary in America, as a satirical comment on American prissiness. WP 09:28, 3 July 2010 (UTC) TerrySmall.png [[Image:Toast s.png|alt=Toast|text-bottom|20px|link=User talk:SusanG]]
 * But note: Americans eschew "titbit" in favour of "tidbit" - weirdos. 09:30, 3 July 2010 (UTC) TerrySmall.png [[Image:Toast s.png|alt=Toast|text-bottom|20px|link=User talk:SusanG]]

Pinhead
I think this should be removed. The two meanings of pinhead (a person with microcephaly, or a person who is perceived to have a small brain) are both fairly literal, neither is really a euphemism, & they're almost certainly unrelated to each other. 10:50, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Cuts
A lot of the new content added by the BON has nothing or virtually nothing to do with euphemisms, so I've cut most of it. A euphemism is a word or phrase used in place of another word or phrase for reasons of tact, not a way of way of writing a story or shooting a movie so that things are implied which aren't seen on the screen. & Not the use of gender-articles in European languages. 11:15, 3 July 2010 (UTC)