211 Euphemisms for Death and Dying

[headscratcher4]

http://phrontistery.50megs.com/longpig/dead.html


;)

[arcticpenguin]

Well that bites the big taco!

[QuarkChild]

"Promoted to Sub-terranean Truffle Inspector?"

[Yahweh]

If at my funeral, someone refers to my death as "fettucine al dead-o", I swear to Yahweh I'd climb out of my coffin and strangle that person.

[Voob]

They missed "He went tits up."

[mummymonkey]

The very first one that came into my head isn't listed.
He's popped his clogs.

[kookbreaker]

What? No "Shedding the Container?"

What a rip!

[QuarkDad]

Originally posted by QuarkChild
"Promoted to Sub-terranean Truffle Inspector?"

Did you make that one up?

[BTox]

The chef's euphemisms are hilarious... "baste the formaldehyde turkey".. "just add maggots".. "baste in worms and soil":D

[jj]

They left out

"Four paws to the moon"

and it's
"Roadkill on the information highway", too, not "information highway roadkill". Sheesh.

[Chupacabras]

And what about Flying South?

Popular MX expressions:

"Con los piés por delante" - feet forward.
"Chupar Faros" - suck Faros (smoke Faros, a very cheap and very old and widely known brand of cigarrettes).
"Colgar los tennis" - to hang the sneakers.
"Marchar" - to march.
"Se le congeló la sonrisa" - to get a frozen smile.


Edit to add: there are several other... more rude and vulgar expressions.

[fhios]

It's probably a little dated, but the Irish used to say "in clover" to mean dead. It probably became unpopular in the U.S. because here we already had a very different use for that phrase.

[fishbait]

Taking a dirt nap.

Attained room temperature.

[The Whether Man]

Hmmm, this person doesn't seem to know the dead parrot sketch. Where's 'off the twig' or 'joined the choir invisible' then?

[Checkmite]

The ancient Egyptian euphamism for death was to "go west".

[Soapy Sam]

My father used to refer to dead people "going west".
I never knew he was Egyptian.
I can't ask where he heard it...as he has handed in his spade & bucket and passed on to his reward.
(He had loads of them. Mostly army I think. World War II vintage humour).