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Ahh, euphemisms, how fun they can be! That was today’s subject with my first year English majors. The listening comprehension was based on the American National Clean Hands Week, which took a survey of people who washed their hands after using the “Restroom” or “Freeing Willy.” So these types of euphemisms lead to other subjects as well for example: death, sex, drugs and alcohol. Long story short, I’m probably going to get fired! Lol.

It started with the class discussion, then after the lesson, I said “Okay, let’s talk about the other types of euphemisms.” And I picked a different general topic. So for death, I explained how one can say “she passed away” or “it was his time.” Or the more fun ones like “he’s six feet under” and she “kicked the bucket.” Of course explaining that the former two were more appropriate for people who were close to you or who just died, and the latter two were for those who had died a while ago, or for relatively unknown or disliked people. That went well.

Then came the fun subjects: drugs, alcohol and sex. Let’s see, today I went over: pot, dope, and weed. Then there was the varying degrees of being intoxicated: tipsy/buzzed, drunk and then
wasted/hammered/pissed/sloshed/gone etc. And of course the coup de gras: sex! We did the nice things like : make love, be intimate with someone, give oneself to another. And of course, the harder language: fuck, blowjobs, screw, tap, get in someone’s pants. It was a fun day…..Oh god, I’m gonna get fired! hahahah