Irreverent ways to say "dead"?

[ohioboy]

Your number is up.

 

[dobielvr]

Bit the dust....

Gone to meet his maker.

 

[Llynn]

I'm surprised no one has offered "kicked the bucket" yet.

 

[Fyrefox]

Don’t disturb the Maestro. He’s decomposing...

 

[timoc]

Fell off his perch.
Chewed his last chewee.
Kicked his toes up
Gone to annoy God

 

[Warrigal]

He's cactus (dead, or as good as)

 

[AnnieA]

A friend told me his father had "expired". Do you suppose his father's due date was past?

Actually when my grandmother died the doctor called and said she had expired. I've heard it before too.

I guess it's better to say a person has "expired" than to say that a carton of milk is dead.

Expired (meaning breathed one's last breath) is commonly used medical lingo. It's generally what you'll hear staff say and will see charted in a healthcare setting.

 

[Sunny]

Bought the farm

 

[JonDouglas]

So many ways that I don't know. What I do know is when you die, people cry and beg for you to come back. But when you do, there's all that feinting, running and screaming.

 

[chic]

So many ways that I don't know. What I do know is when you die, people cry and beg for you to come back. But when you do, there's all that feinting, running and screaming.

 

[oldiebutgoody]

Croak

Being originally from Brooklyn, NY that is the most common term we used. A dead person being referred to as a "croaker" or a "stiff".

 

[JonDouglas]

Has anyone mentioned shuffle off or leave that moral coil?

 

[chic]

Somebody moved this??? You just bought it. That's another way.

 

[Manatee]

Wheezed out.

 

[horseless carriage]

Brown Bread! (cockney rhyming slang.)

 

[Ronni]

Is you live in the South, then your loved one has passed. Bless his/her heart.

I have NO idea when it became a faux pas to say that he/she died.

 

[Murrmurr]

Is you live in the South, then your loved one has passed. Bless his/her heart.

I have NO idea when it became a faux pas to say that he/she died.

It isn't a faux pas. I almost always get to the point and say dead or died. But both those terms have raised eyebrows so I guess a lot of people prefer flowery terms, like Over the Rainbow, Gone to Heaven, etc.

That said, the thread is asking for "irreverent ways" to say Dead, like tits-up, permanently immobilized, dust in the wind, etc.
So, have at it, Ronni

 

[RubyK]

After reading all of the posts, I remember my mother used to say, "He passed away."

When a pet dies, some people say, "He/she went to the rainbow bridge."

 

[Pepper]

I don't like when referring to the death of a pet as 'going to sleep.' Very bad, makes children fear actual sleep. Just wrong, IMO.

 

[Pappy]

Sleeping with the fishes.
Pushing up daisies.
Six feet under.
Taking a dirt nap.

 

[Mike]

When I was very young and still in Scotland, we would
say, "He/She woke up dead", for somebody who died
in their sleep.

Mike.

 

[Furryanimal]

Popped his/her clogs.

no idea where that comes from.

 

[Becky1951]

What happened to great uncle Urkle?
Well let's just say rigor mortus has set in..

 

[FastTrax]

Most FDNY-EMS folks say he or she is: DOA "Dead on Arrival"

Most pre merger NYC-EMS folks said he or she is: DRT "Dead right There"

Well that's what I heard leastways.

 

[squatting dog]

Worm food.