A substitute word or phrase that, while constructed to be socially more acceptable, drastically subtracts from the legitimate intent and purpose of the original.
So, how do we go from 'shell-shock' to 'battle-fatigue', from 'old dude' to 'senior citizen', from 'rape victim' to 'unconsenting intimacy participant'? Because our culture thrives on caustic euphemism: The dumbed-down, homogenized, neutralized language of the mindless majority who want it that way...
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Your testicles turn into "raisin" looking objects with age and when they rech the full raisin-ness they are referred to as crusticles.
by Here Comes Mikee Bitch July 1, 2008
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"I went to this caustic party downtown, but then someone got stabbed"
"Sally is pretty caustic, when she's not hanging out with that pilgrim Luke"
"I went to this caustic party downtown, but then someone got stabbed"
"Sally is pretty caustic, when she's not hanging out with that pilgrim Luke"
by CapriceFidelity August 2, 2004
Get the Caustic mug.A filthy, stinking person who does not believe in using soap and water and becomes hostile when people do not give them money when they are panhandling. The core word, crust, is derived from layers of matter affixed to certain areas of the crusticle's body, which emits a foul odor.
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“Lets push him”-wraith
“No, thats a bad idea its camped out we will die from gas” -bloodhound
Wraith: “Whatever I’ll go alone(phases into building and caustic sprays her with the r-99)”
Bloodhound:Ok I’m coming now(enters building and gets pummelled by caustic’s PK and dies)
Wraith:OMG!!! Caustic is so overpowered his gas actually did damage and slowed me down!! *goes onto twitter and complains to a dev about caustic*
Dev:*sighs
“Lets push him”-wraith
“No, thats a bad idea its camped out we will die from gas” -bloodhound
Wraith: “Whatever I’ll go alone(phases into building and caustic sprays her with the r-99)”
Bloodhound:Ok I’m coming now(enters building and gets pummelled by caustic’s PK and dies)
Wraith:OMG!!! Caustic is so overpowered his gas actually did damage and slowed me down!! *goes onto twitter and complains to a dev about caustic*
Dev:*sighs
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