Heard on my iTunes, a January 2000 Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! show with a quiz about a law under consideration in the Mississippi state senate (aimed against lap-dancing) barring “the showing of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state”. Much merriment from the panelists at “discernibly turgid” (as a way of getting around … Continue reading Data points: euphemisms 11/20/10