CommonFreddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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When I really have to go wee...... I'll say "My teeth are floating." If I need a poo "I'm going to shit my pants."
Works wonders at family holiday dinners and the like.
"Pardon me; my teeth are floating." or "Excuse me as I am going to shit my pants."
Goes over rather well at Christmas, Easter, Funerals, Weddings - the lot.
(, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 19:42, 1 reply)
are you ..french?
j'ai des dents du fond qui baigne is a common french colloquialism about floating (strictly, 'bathing') teeth, used for fullness.
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 11:50, closed)
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