foothead
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Mine is quandary.
I don't have a favourite word, but my favourite phrase is: What it be like?
Moist?
I always liked "syzygy" though.
You are not the first person to tell me this. Is there some connotation that I am missing?
That is an excellent word.
I suppose that I can ask a follow-up question, since two people have given phrases: Who has a favourite euphemism? I'm particularly interested in ones that have been independently coined. You can see mine by looking at my location in the left-hand bar.
Fave euphanism? Hmmm. I like and use several. I'm not going to buy a pig in a poke. I'm heading up the road a piece. There's more people in there than you could shake a stick at. He's as uptight as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
"Pig in a poke" is probably my favorite, though. It confuses the hell out of a lot of people.
Phrases such as "passed away" or "put to sleep" are examples of euphemisms. What you shared are idioms. I suppose that is fine as well, though it isn't exactly what I was asking.a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
They're adages.
a short, usually philosophical, but memorable saying which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long memetic use.