Comments on: “Pushing Up Daisies” and Other Euphemisms for Death http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Liz Jones http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-35391 Liz Jones Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:03:20 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-35391 I love euphemisms like the farming/gardening euphemism for being dead: PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER or more poetic for dying like: BLESSED BY THE PALE PRIEST OF DREAMLESS SLEEP I love euphemisms like the farming/gardening euphemism for being dead: PICKING TURNIPS WITH A STEP LADDER
or more poetic for dying like: BLESSED BY THE PALE PRIEST OF DREAMLESS SLEEP

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-14011 Maeve Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:31:13 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-14011 JD, I really like "gathering the asphalt." I find it poetic. JD,
I really like “gathering the asphalt.” I find it poetic.

]]> By: JD http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-13990 JD Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:31:15 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-13990 I love euphenisms! One about death not included: the big nap (similiar to dirt nap). I work with ex-convicts and they have some interesting ones: Toes up parole, back-door parole, hitching a ride in the meat wagon, gathering the asphalt. I love euphenisms! One about death not included: the big nap (similiar to dirt nap). I work with ex-convicts and they have some interesting ones: Toes up parole, back-door parole, hitching a ride in the meat wagon, gathering the asphalt.

]]> By: El regreso de mi porta-planos http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-7151 El regreso de mi porta-planos Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:23:11 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-7151 [...] Cuando digo “al final”, pienso en el porta-planos, porque ha estado a punto de no lograrlo. Mi idea inicial era dejarlo en Bélgica, como mi pequeña contribución para con la [...] [...] Cuando digo “al final”, pienso en el porta-planos, porque ha estado a punto de no lograrlo. Mi idea inicial era dejarlo en Bélgica, como mi pequeña contribución para con la [...]

]]> By: Felix http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Felix Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:12:46 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/pushing-up-daisies-and-other-euphemisms-for-death/#comment-3118 Gone to sing with the choir invisible is my favourite. Thanks for clarifying the 'kicked the bucket' euphemism. Now I know why people give me weird looks when I use it. Gone to sing with the choir invisible is my favourite.

Thanks for clarifying the ‘kicked the bucket’ euphemism. Now I know why people give me weird looks when I use it.

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