Interesting Euphemisms

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exile · #31 Post by **exile** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 10:45 pm

Blaze wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:14 pm
exile wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:25 pm 4 sheets to the wind
We've always said 3 sheets !!! Depends on the boat

Or perhaps the amount of alcohol

Blaze · #32 Post by **Blaze** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:34 am

ajm · #33 Post by **ajm** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:16 am

French euphenism for cleavage : la route d'amour

Blaze · #34 Post by **Blaze** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:33 am

Mouvement social = industrial action => strike

Loup-garou · #35 Post by **Loup-garou** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:57 am

ajm,

a bit like something I was taught in my French conversation classes:-
"Il ya du monde au balcon".

RobertArthur · #36 Post by **RobertArthur** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:39 am

"Il n'est pas en pleine forme": he is (seriously) ill.

beejay · #37 Post by **beejay** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:10 pm

L Austin France wrote: ↑Tue Jan 13, 2026 6:49 pm
In our house it was 'up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire'

I'm a Bedfordshire lad and my mother used to say it at bedtime.

A Vera Lynn song from 1936.

Blaze · #38 Post by **Blaze** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:45 pm

Another French one : Contribution sociale = tax

Sparkle · #39 Post by **Sparkle** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 2:54 pm

Baps (boobies)

and to hold them.........an over the shoulder boulder holder

ajm · #40 Post by **ajm** » Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:16 pm

Not a euphemism but a bit of rhyming slang. This is how I feel at the moment : "I'm completely Kerry Packered" For those of you of a certain age.

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