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02/19/2012 10:33:45 PM · #1 |
A euphemism is the substitution of a mild, inoffensive, relatively uncontroversial phrase, for a frank expression that might offend or otherwise suggest something unpleasant to the audience.
Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others are created to mislead or at least put a positive spin on events. Euphemisms can also be used in the place of words considered profane.
(from wikipedia)
should be fun given the international crowd here. |
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02/19/2012 10:35:02 PM · #2 |
| Shut the... front door. ;D |
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02/19/2012 10:38:35 PM · #3 |
| +1 : finally a chance to take a photo of a "device"... |
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02/19/2012 10:43:42 PM · #4 |
From the tv show Cheers:
Frazier: I'm going to the little boys room
Lillith: Why does a grown man feel the need to euphamize?
Woody: Well he did drink that beer awfully fast. |
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02/19/2012 10:55:56 PM · #5 |
| I may be too chronologically challenged to comprehend the codes of the young. //www.euphemismlist.com/ |
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02/19/2012 11:18:08 PM · #6 |
lol...anything can be euphemism if you want it to be.
"Buttering the lobster"
"Putting up the dry wall"
Jeez I sound like a pervert now. |
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02/19/2012 11:48:33 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
I may be too chronologically challenged to comprehend the codes of the young. //www.euphemismlist.com/ |
from the list:
Being In Abraham̢۪s Bosom
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02/19/2012 11:50:30 PM · #8 |
| actually.... looking at the list, this could be fun in expert editing |
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02/20/2012 12:01:55 AM · #9 |
A doctor frind of mine used to keep posted a list (with a pencil so you could add to it) of phrases referring to the process of removing semi-solid post-digestive materials from the body ... as I recall it was up to about 225 entries many years ago ...
Message edited by author 2012-02-20 00:02:27. |
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02/20/2012 07:59:31 AM · #10 |
| Great idea, this would be a lot of fun |
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02/20/2012 09:36:49 AM · #11 |
my feeling is that rather than showing somebody doing something bad and putting the euphemism up as the title, you would simply literally show what the phrase depicts.
so if your euphemism is "beating the bishop" rather than showing some obscene act, you'd rather show a literal depiction of someone beating up a bishop, in the comic acting sense.
but I suppose it would also be fun to see the actual bad things depicted and the euphemism as the title. |
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02/20/2012 10:31:47 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by blindjustice:
my feeling is that rather than showing somebody doing something bad and putting the euphemism up as the title, you would simply literally show what the phrase depicts.
so if your euphemism is "beating the bishop" rather than showing some obscene act, you'd rather show a literal depiction of someone beating up a bishop, in the comic acting sense.
but I suppose it would also be fun to see the actual bad things depicted and the euphemism as the title. |
I'm 100% for showing the euphemism itself: I'd rather see foot contacting a bucket than a dead body, in other words...
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02/20/2012 11:52:24 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
actually.... looking at the list, this could be fun in expert editing |
I would LOVE to see photos from a challenge like this... may even enter one like this!
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02/20/2012 12:32:20 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
I may be too chronologically challenged to comprehend the codes of the young. //www.euphemismlist.com/ |
I prefer "chronologically gifted." :-)
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02/20/2012 12:38:49 PM · #15 |
I've got to go see a man about a horse...
Means going to the restroom. |
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02/22/2012 10:52:02 AM · #16 |
Glad to see this was chosen as a challenge!
I'm seriously considering entering this... it could be FUN!
And I can't wait to see the photos created!!!
But since it requires advanced editing, I will have to wait until Saturday or Sunday to do editing (that's when I'll have my new computer).
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02/22/2012 11:03:21 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by dyridings:
But since it requires advanced editing, I will have to wait until Saturday or Sunday to do editing (that's when I'll have my new computer). |
its doesn't "require" advanced editing, you can basic edit the photo if you choose. same goes for expert editing challenges. you can enter an advanced or basic a editing image if you choose.
the advanced editing rule set allows more manipulation but you aren't required to actually do any of it if you dont feel the need to.
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02/22/2012 11:08:22 AM · #18 |
maybe "require advanced editing" is a euphemism.
"did you see Chuck's date last night"
"yeah, she required advanced editing"
"more like expert"
"word." |
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02/22/2012 11:09:21 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by dyridings:
But since it requires advanced editing, I will have to wait until Saturday or Sunday to do editing (that's when I'll have my new computer). |
its doesn't "require" advanced editing, you can basic edit the photo if you choose. same goes for expert editing challenges. you can enter an advanced or basic a editing image if you choose.
the advanced editing rule set allows more manipulation but you aren't required to actually do any of it if you dont feel the need to. |
wrong choice of words, it allows advanced editing, and that's what I would like to do. I love editing. Thanks for the info tho
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