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Hermia46 Tue 04-Aug-15 13:59:50

Is it me, or is the use of the word 'passing' coming into vogue, to refer to the death of someone. What happened to 'passed away' ? It also sounds ungrammatical when used in a phrase:- he has passed.....

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annsixty Sun 09-Aug-15 11:44:13

Has anyone else come across the American expression "bought the farm"? Now that did take some working out.

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Alea Sun 09-Aug-15 11:47:47

Maybe you could "buy the farm" with the inheritance?
There were also the various euphemisms in wartime.
"Bought it", springs to mind, but I suspect that was more to do with morale than sensitivities.

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Joan Sun 09-Aug-15 12:55:34

Gone to glory (from the sally army)
Dropped off the tree
Popped his clogs
cashed in his chips

there must be loads more, other than 'passing'.

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annsixty Sun 09-Aug-15 14:11:08

Gone to the great (insert as appropriate) in the sky.

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Indinana Sun 09-Aug-15 14:22:33

Kick the bucket
Push up daisies
Brown bread (cockney rhyming slang)
Bite the dust
Meet one's maker
Turn up one's toes
Six feet under

Just a few that I can think of, and I'm sure there are hundreds.

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Gerente Sun 09-Aug-15 14:36:04

Casual acquaintance, "I hear you buried your wife last week, colonel."
Colonel, "Had to. Dead you know."

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