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Euphanisms

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BlueBelle Tue 06-Mar-18 08:44:45

This should probably go in the Are you being unreasonable column but as I know I am I have no need to ask that question, and of course it’s each to his own but....
I hate euphuism I have just read of a friend whose friend has switched of the light and reached to the other side I read of fur babies ( blooming fur babies they re dogs and cats) running over the rainbow bridge
Am I alone in hating floweryness.?

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MawBroon Wed 07-Mar-18 22:43:50

As an aside: I wonder how the OP got the word 'euphuism' into her post. I remembered the word from my schooldays but only had a vague memory of its meaning. Dictionary definition: 'an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.' I think Euphues was a character in an Elizabethan romance. I imagine that our teacher was telling us not to confuse the word with 'euphemism

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Jalima1108 Wed 07-Mar-18 22:53:29

We had the silent mouthing when I was growing up, a conversation would be going on and suddenly the words would be mouthed rather than spoken.

felice I remember that and it was portrayed so brilliantly by Cissie and Ada (Roy Barraclough and Les Dawson)!

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Jalima1108 Wed 07-Mar-18 22:58:53

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjVQOjBPJ_o

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Teetime Thu 08-Mar-18 09:00:15

Mirandas mum (Patricia Hodge) does that too and gets her emphasis muddled up so she shouts the word she is supposed to be mouthing.

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Jalima1108 Thu 08-Mar-18 19:47:34

'It's what I call being discreet' grin

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