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explanation re: euphemisms
::My goodness, that's bizarre. It took me a moment to see what you were referring to. But that's a good example of immature usage of swearing, intended purely to shock. Clearly, he thought of the name first and that spectacularly weak backronym is the best he could come up with. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 18:02, 4 June 2008 (EDT)
::My goodness, that's bizarre. It took me a moment to see what you were referring to. But that's a good example of immature usage of swearing, intended purely to shock. Clearly, he thought of the name first and that spectacularly weak backronym is the best he could come up with. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 18:02, 4 June 2008 (EDT)
==Not euphemisms==
I reverted one edit which had changed "mock swear words" to "euphamisms" [sic], because the words are not quite euphemisms. A euphemism is a word or expression which is used in place of a less acceptable synonym. For example, "restroom" instead of "toilet". In the case of a mock swear word like ''dang'' or ''gosh'' (replacing ''damn'' and ''God'', respectively), the new words don't actually mean the same thing as the ones they replace. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 20:23, 10 June 2008 (EDT)