Euphemisms for the ages...

[vt_maverick]

Here's a few I've picked up working with the military:

"Volun-told" - EXAMPLE: "We're doing our monthly <insert volunteer project here> this weekend, and I expect you all to be there."

"Tell the story right" - TRANSLATION: We need to justify our funding for the next fiscal year, and since our efforts to-date have largely failed, we're going to invent a best-case scenario story and practice telling it until we're sure the general will believe it.

And some that my wife likes to use:

"Maybe" - TRANSLATION: I don't want to say "no" so I'm just not going to say yes and hope you forget to ask again.

"Are you sure you don't want to do <insert thing I don't want to do here>?" - TRANSLATION: I'm giving you a chance to agree before I get mad for having to tell you to do it.

"Me: Is something wrong? Her: No" - TRANSLATION - YES, and you better figure it out because if you're too dumb to know then I'm going to be even more mad.

[JAMAS]

Husbands/Boyfriends will know about these....

The "Honey-do" list. (our list of stuff to do)

"We" (Example: "You know WE should hang those pictures today while I am at work")

[tom4bren]

""We" (Example: "You know WE should hang those pictures today while I am at work")"

Warning: Last time that line was used, I responded without thinking "What's this 'we' crap". With therapy, I learned to walk again.

[JAMAS]

""We" (Example: "You know WE should hang those pictures today while I am at work")"

Warning: Last time that line was used, I responded without thinking "What's this 'we' crap". With therapy, I learned to walk again.

I usually reply with "Well we are <whatever I am doing at the moment> so we'll have to do that when we are finished"....

its kinda a long running joke, so I don't get hit

[JGeorge264]

There is no "I" in we.. as in when I tell them "we" need to get a certain project completed.

[VX KAT]

I like this one...even saw it used once in an AutoWeek article...

"goes like stink!"....meaning, it goes really fast

[Ldub]

Dumb as a box of rocks

Not the sharpest tack in the pack

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer

A couple cans shy of a six pack

Goes like a scalded dog (thanks for jogging my brain into gear Kat)

Needs a checkup from the neck up

Fell out the ugly tree, & hit every branch on the way down


We're just gettin' started here...

[don moore]

"WHOLY CRAP".. it means "OH MY GOD"....or "NO WAY"...or "WHAT".. or "YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING"..


"WOW"..means "SICK"... or "TIGHT"..or"WAY OUT"..or"GROVY".. or "KEEN"