A couple of euphemisms from my childhood
Apr. 8th, 2011 10:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovWhen I was a kid, I'd sometimes hear a person described as "full of soup" as though it was a bad thing, and I couldn't figure it out because what could be bad about being full of soup.
Much later, I deduced that it was a euphemism for "full of shit", though I think the tone was milder than it would be for the original phrase.
There was also mention of an "effing knife" in a Max Shulman novel (a satirist from generations ago, pretty much forgotten, I think). I thought it was some technical sort of a knife, but eventually, it occurred me that it was another euphemism.
The modern taste for actually using curse words has removed a cause for minor ingenuity.
Much later, I deduced that it was a euphemism for "full of shit", though I think the tone was milder than it would be for the original phrase.
There was also mention of an "effing knife" in a Max Shulman novel (a satirist from generations ago, pretty much forgotten, I think). I thought it was some technical sort of a knife, but eventually, it occurred me that it was another euphemism.
The modern taste for actually using curse words has removed a cause for minor ingenuity.
