h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How about the delightfully acceptible term that mr T crapper himself gave to us? or is that too taboo? I always go to tend to go with the more formal medical terms when talking to anyone remotely medicial/talking to anyone about it, in a ... profesional context as it were

I second that.

Sorry, 2Legs, I was agreeing with Post 20, not your post. But crap isn't that bad a term either.

Some great euphemisms here! I like whoopsies and plop!

My favourite euphemism for the act is 'go for a long sit down' and for the substance I say poo. Poop is wind in my family's vocabulary, rather than the US... er... solids

The most shocked by language I've ever been was while I was living in the dorm at college. Our dorm rooms had a connecting shower and toilet between pairs of rooms. I was... busy... in that room one day when my roommate entered our room and called out, "Hey! Rob!? Are you doing a 'duke'?"

I had heard "dookies" when I was a kid, but never "duke/dook"[sp?]. I definitely feel that any communication during that period of time is verboten, taboo, unacceptable. But to be introduced to a new euphemism somehow made it worse. That moment really put a rift in our relationship and I requested a room change the following semester. I worried that my roommate thought it was a racial issue, but I'd rather him think I'm a racist than embarrassed by that incident.



P.S. No one has mentioned dropping the kids off at the pool, yet.

There's also "ish."