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kevin board | 17:35 Sun 24th Aug 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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what is the meaning of the saying, crying out loud
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The full expression is "for crying out loud". I have always understood it to be a way of saying "for Christ's sake" without actually saying it, in a world where such a phrase was unacceptable. In the same way some people say "Oh, shoot" instead of another word starting with "sh" and ending with "t".
21:45 Sun 24th Aug 2003
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Click http://www.wordwithyou.com/columns/2_16_99.gif for a web-page with this and similar religion-related euphemisms.
08:10 Mon 25th Aug 2003

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