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Exit Strategy

A list of 78 words by bilby.

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Euphemisms for the curiously common human pastime of dying.

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  • yarb commented on the list exit-strategy

    As so often, Phrontistery seems to have the definitive list. But they don't have "cark it".

    November 22, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    Great spot, I'll work my way through it.

    November 22, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list exit-strategy

    Bilby, might you have read the doubt-sowing page before starting this? ;-)

    How about plain old perish and fancy sow the Elysian fields?

    November 22, 2007

  • sonofgroucho commented on the list exit-strategy

    A list to die for! ;-)

    November 22, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    Actually saw the doubt-sowing page afterwards. Euphemisms have been on my mind a bit lately. 'Taboo' subjects like death, sex, etc tend to be awash with the blighters so I thought I'd give it a birl.

    November 22, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list exit-strategy

    Really? What a coincidence. It must have spread to the rest of us. :-)

    November 22, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the list exit-strategy

    What about cheese it?

    November 22, 2007

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    Never heard cheese it. Besides, I'm a vegan :-P

    November 22, 2007

  • madmouth commented on the list exit-strategy

    is there a list for synonyms of "murdered" (e.g. done in, bumped off, rubbed out)?

    June 21, 2009

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    I can't recall one. Do you have murderous intent?

    June 21, 2009

  • madmouth commented on the list exit-strategy

    grisly though it is; there was a missing category.

    June 22, 2009

  • madmouth commented on the list exit-strategy

    variant on "bite the dust" found in Gray's "The Fatal Sisters: An Ode"--

    Low the dauntless earl is laid

    Gor'd with many a gaping wound

    Fate demands a nobler head

    Soon a king shall bite the ground

    August 25, 2010

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    Thanks Gray, 'mouth.

    August 25, 2010

  • frogapplause commented on the list exit-strategy

    the last roundup

    October 1, 2010

  • Lonorising commented on the list exit-strategy

    Came across this post through Mental Floss' "9 colorful words and phrases from Breaking Bad's Final Season" and thought I might throw my two cents in.

    "Pull the pin" and "drag up" are two euphemisms we use in construction for quitting a job and thus are often used as double-entendres for committing suicide.

    September 29, 2013

  • bilby commented on the list exit-strategy

    Thank you.

    September 30, 2013

  • kalayzich commented on the list exit-strategy

    variant pushing daisies chuck a seven  flatline  go west  kiss the dust  pass in one's marble  toss in the alley   cash in one's chips  farting dust


    August 26, 2015