lost
no, not the t.v show, but when people say they've lost someone.
"oh yes, i lost my husband last year".
no, he died. losing implies that you might find him again. you won't. he's not shoved down the back of the sofa cushions or rammed in a kitchen drawer, he's dead.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 14:06, 10 replies)

Hurrah! I'm not alone!
I loathe euphemisms for "died", too.

I'm always tempted to ask "Where?" whenever someone tells me she "lost" someone close to her.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 14:42, closed)

same here!
having to bite your tongue at times like that is difficult
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 14:46, closed)

Similarly
'passed away'. Irritating.
(Waspard has your wank bank account details, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 18:56, closed)

very

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 19:54, closed)

To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 3 Apr 2011, 15:57, closed)

heheheheh

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 16:14, closed)

that's just reminded me of a Billy Connoley routine where he was talking about what people have on gravestones
'asleep'

"No! Dead!!"
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Sun 3 Apr 2011, 22:28, closed)

hahaha!
haven't watched any of his stuff in ages! loved him doing the poem about the tay bridge
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 22:57, closed)

You've never lost your cool?
Something that you once had and have no longer has become lost to you. It doesn't mean the same as misplaced (although a misplaced item has become lost). You can't misplace your cool or your temper and a knife cannot misplace its edge.

You can lose a loved one.
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 11:06, closed)

still doesn't mean i don't find it annoying
irrational, remember?
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 15:45, closed)