Don’t say Run away

Don’t say Run away
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Eg: We camped in line for the new iPhone all night, but finally absquatulated when the wolves came out.

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Don’t say Brag

Don’t say Brag
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Eg: “I’ve made a tremendous amount of money,” the businessman bloviated to the reporters. “Billions and billions of dollars.”

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Don’t call your friend Clumsy

Don’t call your friend Clumsy
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Eg: “Be careful where you point that musket, you blunderbuss!

Don’t say Umbrella

Don’t say Umbrella
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Eg: “You can stand under my bumbershoot,” Rihanna offered as the storm began. “Eh, eh, eh/ Under my bumbershoot.”

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Don’t Say Nonsense

Don’t Say Nonsense
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Eg: I try to watch cable news, but everything they say is a load of codswallop. (Also try: Flapdoodle)

Don’t say Brawl

Don’t say Brawl
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Eg: When the Sharks and the Jets accidentally booked the same dance studio, it was an all-out donnybrook. (Also try: Argle-Bargle)

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Don’t say Face paint

Don’t say Face paint
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Eg as a noun: Pass the fard, Claudette – I’m due onstage any minute!

Eg as a verb: It looks like someone farded all over that clown’s face.

Don’t call your friend Silly

Don’t call your friend Silly
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Eg: The nuns agreed that sister Maria – late for another mass while off twirling in the Alps – was a true flibbertigibbet.

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Don’t say Ogle

Don’t say Ogle
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Eg: Whenever Camilla the chicken passed Gonzo’s door, she felt sure she was being gonzoogled.

Don’t call a teenage boy Awkward

Don’t call a teenage boy Awkward
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Eg: As a young hobbledehoy, I failed to get a date until my wedding day.

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