A small section of my new book, The Victorian Book of the Dead discusses the various names and euphemisms for death, dying, and the afterlife. I invite you to contribute your favorite expressions. Or to perform the Dead Parrot Sketch.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 21, 2014
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and tagged death euphemisms , death metaphors , death vocabulary , funeral euphemisms , mourning , personification of Death , Victorian death , words for death
Fearing the Reaper: A Fight with Death “I felt certain if that shade came on and touched me, I was a dead man.” A fight to the death–with Death.
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Chris Woodyard
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October 12, 2013
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Death , Fearing the Reaper: A Fight with Death , fighting death , Grim Reaper , personification of Death , Santa Muerte , skeleton with a scythe