If you haven't seen this article by now, you should really
check out the euphemisms at
http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/choking.shtml
... Reed
> For all the talk of "bird," I don't think anyone
mentioned the (other?)
> hard-boiled meaning: in jail/prison, doing time,
stir. British, maybe.
> "You'll be doing bird," something like that. For
those collecting euphemisms
> for onanism, I'd add the infamous (beg everyone's
pardon, but mostly Bill's
> for drifting): "punish the archbishop."
Doug
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