I was asked about the word Chalfonts after a recent blog post, my reply being cockney rhyming slang - Chalfont St. Giles geddit? It set me thinking about how much we use euphemisms in our everyday life so heres a list of the same for Piles/Haemmeroids:
Adrians - Adrian Chiles
Asteroids
Badmintons - Badminton Horse Trials
Ceramics - Ceramic Tiles
Emmas - Emma Freuds
Farmers -Farmer Giles
Grapes
Metric Miles
Nobbies - Nobby Stiles
Nurembergs - Nurenberg Trials
Rockfords - The Rockford Files
I seem to remember that there was also a cartoon character in VIZ who was a slave to this condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobby's_Piles
Any more you can think of bloggers give us a shout
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