Discussion Favorite euphemisms for CTB?

[Sans]

Sometimes I just don't want to say a word such as "killing myself" or "suicide", even when in private, but especially in public for obvious reasons - sometimes I talk about it using a euphemism. "Catching the bus" is a euphemism itself, but do you have any other clever euphemisms for the act itself? I know there are ones like "buying the farm" or "kicking the bucket" but those are for any death - I sometimes refer to it as "doing the deed", are there any other ways you refer to it?

 

[Superdeterminist]

I always think of "quitting the game".

 

[esse_est_percipi]

check out.
self-expire.
pull one's plug.

 

[FallingFree]

Sometimes I just don't want to say a word such as "killing myself" or "suicide", even when in private, but especially in public for obvious reasons - sometimes I talk about it using a euphemism. "Catching the bus" is a euphemism itself, but do you have any other clever euphemisms for the act itself? I know there are ones like "buying the farm" or "kicking the bucket" but those are for any death - I sometimes refer to it as "doing the deed", are there any other ways you refer to it?

"The End"

 

[Thinking]

Un-alive myself
Aliven't

 

[EmptyTrashCan]

I like the idea of finishing a book. Refering life as a book you ended reading. No one suspects of it because of how normal reading is. Now, depending on the context you can say: "im close to finish reading my book" or "I'm thinking of end that one book i was reading" rephrasing the sentence but you get the point.

Un-alive myself
Aliven't

These are meme material

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

Tossing out the meat is past the expiration point.

Cross over to the next world.

Calling it a life.

Ending this story.

Releasing oneself ("The Giver" inspired).

 

[Giraffey]

I like to say that I will "fade away", or talk about "the world fading to black" (greyout), or if I'm being wordy "my consciousness [or soul] escaping from a dream and into the ether"

I like the idea of finishing a book. Refering life as a book you ended reading.

I like this, it conjures up an image of the "book of ages" recording everything that happens in our life, finally closing on the last page of the final chapter.

 

[SipSop]

Sometimes I just don't want to say a word such as "killing myself" or "suicide", even when in private, but especially in public for obvious reasons - sometimes I talk about it using a euphemism. "Catching the bus" is a euphemism itself, but do you have any other clever euphemisms for the act itself? I know there are ones like "buying the farm" or "kicking the bucket" but those are for any death - I sometimes refer to it as "doing the deed", are there any other ways you refer to it?

I like those ones: " time to go" or "time to leave".
I find it sounds simple and gentle.
Or "gotta go".

 

[LivingDeadGirl]

I'm a gamer so Endgame or Rage quit.

 

[not4us]

"Getting off the train" makes more sense to me than "catching the bus".

 

[esse_est_percipi]

let's see if 'gott'ing' catches on...

 

[262653]

Commit sudoku.

 

[placeholder]

self euthanasia.

 

[OnlyTheWind]

Overstay my welcome

 

[Amumu]

In the Walking Dead, I like the expression "opting out" put by the scientist in season one.

 

[MiserableBastard1995]

Couldn't agree more, OP. I just like to call it "Opting-out", as it really is opting out of a very raw deal. "Self Determination" is another good one.

 

[Birdie]

To leave this world.

 

[KiraLittleOwl]

There's a Russian slang for it: выпилиться, it means to cut yourself out.

 

[grungeCat]

Heh I recall I had a suicidal classmate who I rarely spoke to. We didn't get along well with each other but sometimes we discussed about suicide, depression, loneliness, you know casual teenager stuff. He was obsessed with the Netherlands, or their social politics to be exact. He liked the fact you smoke weed and liberal euthanasia law. He created a term 'train to Amsterdam', which I like and use even today.

 

[Birdie]

There's a Russian slang for it: выпилиться, it means to cut yourself out.

Off-topic but Russian is a beautiful language. I like the way the letters look. ^^

 

[Shinkansen]

spoiling the ending.

 

[voidman]

tapping out

 

[XYZ]

Network disabed, please call your internet provider.
(he he he I got a weird humour, nevermind me, folks)

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Not really favourites, but (bad) ideas for some euphemisms:

D/C'd (Disconnected).
Leaving the theatre.
Taking the train.
Taking the express elevator.
Left the party early.
Signing off.
Clocking out.
Sleeping on a slab.
Giving life the slip (or pinkslip?)
Kiss the bullet.

Euphemisms that already exist:

Commit neckrope.
Self-terminate.
Went to sleep - can sometimes refer to euthanasia.
Offing yourself - not sure if this is a euphemism or not?

 

[262653]

There's a Russian slang for it: выпилиться, it means to cut yourself out.

I love it too. I occasionally refer to suicide as выпил, which also can be literally translated to English as drank (past tense of "drink").

 

[Meditation guide]

Take a dirt nap.

 

[Mm80]

My favourites are.
Stroking the dog.
Changing the bulb.
Sitting on the dock of the bay.

 

[Dead beat dad]

Sometimes I just don't want to say a word such as "killing myself" or "suicide", even when in private, but especially in public for obvious reasons - sometimes I talk about it using a euphemism. "Catching the bus" is a euphemism itself, but do you have any other clever euphemisms for the act itself? I know there are ones like "buying the farm" or "kicking the bucket" but those are for any death - I sometimes refer to it as "doing the deed", are there any other ways you refer to it?

I like the expression 'buying the farm' and use it fairly frequently.

 

[DetachedDreamer97]

Opening up a Gensokyo Portal.