Quote Originally Posted by DRKoftheAzure View Post
I did something better by playing GNB and I actually felt a lot better after that. Also how stupid are you when you can't even know the difference between euphemism and literal(I'm talking about the holding of the breathe in this instance)... but seriously I was literally getting physically sick of playing Dark Knight...
You should probably not call someone stupid while using the wrong word in the reasoning for why you are calling them such.

A euphemism is when someone replaces something that is seen as negative or offensive with something less so, for example saying someone "passed on" instead of saying that they died is a common euphemism or "dropping the kids off at the pool" instead of using the toilet.

The phrase "hold your breathe" is an idiom. Euphemisms are idioms, but not all idioms are euphemisms. Euphemisms are a specific type and adhere to the criteria given above. "Hold your breathe" doesn't match the criteria, hence just an idiom and not a euphemism.

That and the likeliness that they took you literally and responded literally are probably quite low.