Your Favourite Euphemisms

[J-dog42]

So I went and saw Red the other day. The movie with Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman about retired CIA agents. Anyway, it said in the end credits that it was based on a graphic novel. Now I know that technically there is a difference between a graphic novel and a comic book. But really they are the same thing. Which leads me to believe that graphic novel is simply a euphemism used to remove the stigma associated with comic books (nerdy, geeky etc).

For discussion:

Do you think that a graphic novel is sufficiently different to a comic book to warrant a different name?

What are some of your favourite euphemisms?

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

No not really. To be honest I think its just a title that academics and those of "higher breeding" use in order to avoid saying comic book. Personally I'm fine with either.

Favourite euphemism?....Bowshikawowow

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Actually, I think the term 'graphic novel' was coined by twenty- and thirty-something adults as a way of avoiding the fact that they were grown men and women who were still reading comics.

Favourite euphemism? Generally they come from the art world when people use words like 'provacative', 'challenging' and 'striking' when we all know they really mean 'sh*t'.

 

[drbarno]

The world today asciociates comic books with children and people who read them are usually regarded as childish.

Favourite euphemisms? Taking a duck into the echo chamber. (cookie for reference)

 

[Carbonic Penguin]

Anything said by Sho Minamimoto from TWEWY, great euphemisms! "You zetta sons of digits" and "What the factor took so long?" come to mind!

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

The world today asciociates comic books with children and people who read them are usually regarded as childish.

Favourite euphemisms? Taking a duck into the echo chamber. (cookie for reference)

Is it Mythbusters?

 

[drbarno]

The world today asciociates comic books with children and people who read them are usually regarded as childish.

Favourite euphemisms? Taking a duck into the echo chamber. (cookie for reference)

Is it Mythbusters?

It's not where I heard it.

 

[shadyh8er]

One time when I was watching Wedding Crashers on TV they censored out "JESUS CHRIST!" with "CHEESE AND RICE!"

Ah dammit! Now I'm hungry!

As for the comic book vs. graphic novel debate, I could really care less. I do think it's interesting that Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) actually hates the term "graphic novel."

 

[ciancon]

I always thought "The No Pants Dance" was a pretty fun one!
Also "Doing the Mile High Club thing, except....you know....on the ground."

 

[Latinidiot]

basically this:

 

[manythings]

It's a style thing. Sci-fi and Cyber punk novels could be classed the same way (it's not a great analogy but I think you get meaning) but one is Sci-Fi and the other is Cyber Punk. Tomatoes and belladonna are in the same family of plants but they aren't the same.

Also it has Novel in it as opposed to Comic which makes it ok for a grown up to read it.

Euphemism; He filled her out like an Argos form.

 

[MrPatience]

I do think that graphic novels are different enough to comics to warrant a different name.
It always seemed to me that, in comics, the words acompany the pictures, while in graphic novels the pictures accompany the words, for the most part.

As for my favorite euphamism, it's really, really late as I post this, and the only thing I can think of is; "I woulda' been your Daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!"
Which as far as I am aware at this stage, is pretty funny.