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Euphemisms that also sound like strange tissue engineering projects

Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Posted on: August 15, 2006 9:16 AM, by David Ng

A list that first appeared here. I'm interested in hearing out other contributions.

Banjo On My Knee
Bleeding Heart
Foot In Mouth
Dick Head
Shit for Brains
Get this Monkey off my Back
He's a Leg Man
Space Between The Ears
Baby Snacks
White Meat Only
Biggest Asshole

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Comments

How about 'An eye for an eye'
or 'Putting ones nose in someone elses business'

Posted by: Ryan S. | August 15, 2006 1:27 PM

Hair raising

Posted by: Ryan S. | August 15, 2006 1:33 PM

Train of thought
Mind bending
Egghead
Beer belly
Cast iron stomach
Heart of gold
Lardass
Eyeballing
Built like a brick shithouse

And from the French idiom for a sound sleeper, "He sleeps on both ears."

Posted by: chezjake | August 15, 2006 2:26 PM

Four eyes
Cowboy

Posted by: jenjen | August 16, 2006 12:48 PM

Cowboy

Ha! That's a good one, jenjen. You know, if I can get 7 or so more from readers in general, I'll put it up as a piece at the Science Creative Quarterly. Maybe with the author being "by the World's Fair Consortium"

Posted by: David Ng | August 16, 2006 12:53 PM

gut wrenching
mind boggling
butterflies in your stomach
frog in your throat
blue blood
bundle of nerves
chip on your shoulder
joined at the hip
knee-slapper

Posted by: catherine | August 16, 2006 2:44 PM