Euphemism Explorers Gifts

'The birds and the bees' (American euphemism for sex)

Torturing the English Language

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

Road Forks in the Road: No Way and Yes Way.

'I don't like the sound of the engine.'

"Your imagination is running wild. That's not a tiny drone sent to spy on us. That's just a fly."

"Great coffee, Carole."

The Nanuit Have 2,027 Words For Snow, But, After Awhile, They Just Talk About Something Else...

" ... and if we finish pillaging early enough, we can still catch the evening Zumba class on the after deck."

'It's okay, they're with me.'

Conspiracy Theory Books

"What - you got As in Maths, Nature, Science and English? Son, haven't you watched the news or looked online - if you want to succeed nowadays you have to be dumb as dirt!"

"I told you it was a universal truth."

Children watching a horse show from under the tent

Switchback Playground.

The Curse of Rhadamanthus (For Pete's Sake)

Frenchman Speaking to Englishman

VOTE, 'I'll never lie to you, but I'll use a lot of euphemisms!'

"If they say 'Rubensesque' in their profile, they mean they're a Botero."

"I just attained enlightenment! - Gimme a high-five!"

'Malcolm is unswayed by post-foundationalist trendiness.'

"Deidre's right. 'Challenging current dynamics' sounds better than SNAFU."

"I hereby declare this planet for Oxymaxian territory"

'Trust me, kids. Everything tastes better at the ballpark.'

"It's Dr. Sadie. Go ahead, caller." "My son's expressing curiosity about... well... you know." "I'm worried that maybe it's time to have the talk. How do I tell him about... you know... without making it seem like a good thing? I don't want him to go out and... you know." "I just want him to know how the... you know... works with the... you know... without making him want to go out and... you know." "Maybe you should buy him a book and call it a day." "I don't know..."

At the end of the day everything on the table is low-hanging fruit.

'You can come in and play, but you have to make sure you use your indoor voice.'

"You can't beat Channel 5's sport coverage."

"You're gonna love this place."

"It's hard to strike just the right balance. I didn't have enough fire in the belly for politics, but I seem to have too much for market research."

'Mr Wilks, I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific than 'an unidentified item in the bagging area'.'

"The person who is certain he is right is certain to be wrong."

"She's not fat! She's Rubenesque!!"

"Oh that, that's our dealing room."

''Language' is a great invention, but I keep getting syntax errors.'