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[truffle]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

Who cares, it all means the same thing, they are gone.

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I agree.Talking about people who are gone, during times of immense sadness it was harder to say to non members of the family that someone died or is dead. Somehow, it was just a little bit easier to get the words out whenever someone asked by saying they passed away. 

[ValuSkr]

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@truffle wrote:

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

Who cares, it all means the same thing, they are gone.

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I agree.Talking about people who are gone, during times of immense sadness it was harder to say to non members of the family that someone died or is dead. Somehow, it was just a little bit easier to get the words out whenever someone asked by saying they passed away. 

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I guess the same thing would apply to plants.  Easier to say your plants from Cottage Farms passed away, than to say they died.

[Spurt]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

 That is what   David the host said instead of DEAD BUGS.  I  have never heard anyone say the term expire  for killing bugs.....   So funny.   I always liked the line IT KILLS BUGS DEAD!

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@SeaMaiden

I guess times have really changed....even how people have viewed dead bugs......

Back in the day Raid offered playing cards with deceased insects pictured..........

And coffee mugs....although that is a little gross to think of a dead bug while drinking a beverage.......

LOL!!!

While there are beneficial insects----bees, ladybugs etc etc.....But anytime I see one of those big dead outside roaches here in TX, I think the only good roach is a dead one........ ...UGGGHH!!!!

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[x Hedge]

@Moonchilde, I mostly hear so-and-so has 'passed away' and 'passed over' used by people from families of regular church goers.
I think the concept of 'passing over' (usually into Heaven) comes from popular hymns that contain (now) old language.

I heard died/dead at home. But at the age of 25 I was told people expire, plants die. Nobody mentioned bugs.

[mistriTsquirrel]

Companies have always used euphemisms and mysterious blue liquids to avoid evoking bad feelings or turning people off.  I think this is just the latest incarnation of that.

[mistriTsquirrel]

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I have heard people, here on the boards, say that their plants "passed away."  

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@ValuSkr  LoL  Once you've named your plants it's easy to get attached.

I had a head of iceberg named "Kevin."  There was no salad that night.