• Okay, this is a bit much…

    by  • July 20, 2005 • WTF

    An article posted in the Ars Lounge yesterday:

    Teaching group to consider banning word "fail" - Yahoo! News

    I can understand not wanting to demoralize kids, but really, that's taking it a little bit too far.

    On the other hand, this presents some amazing possibilities for amusing euphemisms. I am not, for example, deaf. No, I'm just experiencing deferred hearing! (Deferred until my next life, presumably...)

    What else can you come up with? I rather like "he's not dead, he's deferred breathing."

    XaiaX's comment about "deferred employment" is great, too.

    2 Responses to Okay, this is a bit much…

    1. Thav
      July 20, 2005 at 11:58 pm

      *BrassMUNK stabs everyone
      I’m not bleeding, I’ve deferred coagulation.

    2. david
      July 21, 2005 at 12:07 pm

      Another two suggestions:

      “It’s not slacking, it’s deferred productivity.”

      “I wasn’t asleep, I just deferred consciousness.”