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  • Indeed,I wonder if Powell's "internet search" is a euphenism for checking one's emails?

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Last poster was most likely using the term 'little tent' as a euphenism for getting an erection or "morning wood".

    Michael R. Eades, M.D.: Ditch your NSAID meds 2006

  • Last poster was most likely using the term ‘little tent’ as a euphenism for getting an erection or “morning wood”.

    Ditch your NSAID meds | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • She wanted to taste my steak and that's not a sexual euphenism.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2005

  • In both my hometown and my adopted hometown, the 1980s were a decade of decay, or as the sports euphenism goes, “rebuilding years.”

    R.I.P. Ronald Reagan 2004

  • When I use the word, I am using it as a euphenism for "nag".

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • Most of this art was stolen from god knows how many cultures, and given to the church as a gift or tithe, euphenism for buying one's way into heaven.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Most of this art was stolen from god knows how many cultures, and given to the church as a gift or tithe, euphenism for buying one's way into heaven.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Most of this art was stolen from god knows how many cultures, and given to the church as a gift or tithe, euphenism for buying one's way into heaven.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Most of this art was stolen from god knows how many cultures, and given to the church as a gift or tithe, euphenism for buying one's way into heaven.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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