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unusual facts about euphemism


Celle massacre

The Celle massacre (euphemistically called "Celler Hasenjagd", "hare chase of Celle") was a massacre of concentration camp inmates


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Capsicum chacoense

The latter is a euphemism related to its heat, often causing people to swear when eating it.

Crash Goes the Hash

The parrot's "Jeepers creepers! What a night!" exclamation combines the 1930s slang euphemism from "Jesus Christ" (made into the Johnny Mercer 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers?") and the parrot's "What a night!' from the Stooges' 1936 entry Disorder in the Court.

Crazy on the Outside

Due to her heart condition, Tommy keeps up the story leading to a euphemism where France means "prison" (Vicky's husband asks Tommy if he thinks he'll go "back to France" soon).

Dean Street

The Royal Ear Hospital occupied number 10, an early maternity hospital was also located here and the Lock Hospital too had its base in Dean Street, Lock being a euphemism for venereal disease.

E ticket

In the Early late 1980's and 1990's emerging rave culture the phrase "E-Ticket Ride" was a euphemism for a really good dose of Ecstasy or an exceptional rave event where one had a very good time while on MDMA

Janet and John

The radio and television broadcaster Terry Wogan regularly satirised the series on his BBC Radio 2 show Wake Up To Wogan by reading out stories clearly based on the premise of the original Janet and John books, but deriving humour through euphemism and innuendo.

Kate Burridge

Burridge's work has mainly focused on Pennsylvania German-speaking communities in Canada, grammatical change in Germanic languages, the nature of euphemism and dysphemism, linguistic taboo, and on English grammatical structure in general.

Landing on water

Water landing, any landing on water, also a euphemism for crash-landing into water in an aircraft

Leigh French

Her segment of the show was called "Share a Little Tea with Goldie." At the time, "sharing tea" was a popular euphemism for getting high on marijuana.

Metsatöll

-- Do you mean that Garmana, etc., influenced Metsatöll? or that Garmana, etc., have been influenced by the same sources that Metsatöll have?>The band has been influenced by many musical groups along with folk units Garmana, Stille Volk and Estonian folk/classical music composer Veljo Tormis.<-->The name "Metsatöll" is an ancient Estonian euphemism for wolf, which is reflected in the harshness of their lyrics.

Protective custody

In Nazi Germany, the German equivalent term, 'Schutzhaft', was used as a euphemism for the extra- or para-legal rounding-up of political opponents and especially Jews, sometimes officially defended as being necessary to protect them from the 'righteous' wrath of the German population.

Sprachregelung

Also, euphemisms of Nazi Germany, like "final solution" for what is today known as the Holocaust, have been regarded as a case of Sprachregelung as recounted in Hannah Arendt's coverage of the trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem.

Sweet Fanny Adams

Fanny Adams (1859–1867), murdered by Frederick Baker, from whom comes the euphemism "Sweet Fanny Adams" meaning "nothing at all"

The Balloon Goes Up

The title refers to the 'balloon going up', a popular euphemism for an anticipated German invasion of Britain during the Second World War.

The Beggar's Benison

The full title of the club is "The Most Ancient and Most Puissant Order of the Beggar's Benison and Merryland, Anstruther", where the word 'Merryland' is a euphemism for the female body - used often in contemporary erotic literature.


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