Helpful English to American translations

Tit = Chickadee
Cock = Rooster
Rapeseed oil = Canola oil

Don't forget fags and knickers.

bmarkey, is that a euphemism? I'm dying to know for what.

Hide the salami (self-evident)
Talking to Elvis (= rully drubnk)

Euphemisms may protect the faint of heart and low of mind, but "Euphemisms" protect so much more.

Anyway....
"Getting your side shaved" = Any form of contraception.

Dude - You're going over to hers? You better make sure that your sides are shaved before you go.

bmarkey, is that a euphemism? I'm dying to know for what.

No, sorry, I was just rounding out TheophileEscargot's list of Britishisms That Confuse Americans. Fags = cigarettes and knickers = underwear, as you probably know.

What prompted this post, aside from the wonderful quote from eth, was my search yesterday for Alice Cooper's song "Muscle of Love". It brought up several (quite long) lists of euphemisms for the penis. Many were of the garden variety that I assume we've all heard at one time or another, but there were a few that were sorta amusing. There's a variation (which I think is British in origin - please corect me if I'm wrong) which uses a Meat + Weapon construction - the "pork sword" or "mutton dagger" or "bacon assegai", which is fairly inventive. Personally, I've always liked the alliteration of "trouser trout".

I think my all-time fave euphemism, though, was from a hospital that didn't want to be so vulgar as to refer to patients dying; instead, they were referred to as "not fulfilling their wellness potential".

I knew it wasn't bmarkey, but I was hoping you'd make something up!

Oh dear, and I just woke up! Umm... "Fags & knickers" = a date that went very much better than expected.

I really wasn't sure if I had much in common with Cleo when we first met, but by the end of the night it was all fags & knickers. I didn't get home until Wednesday.

Or possibly "fags & knickers" = horribly bad food.

We had really high expectations about Les Deux Clochards because we'd seen so many good reviews. Sadly, all we got was surly service and a plate of fags & knickers.

There. How's that?

Excellent! I like the first one. It was all fags & knickers. Heh.