No slang name for Euro?

Orion Montoya gorion at GMAIL.COM
Wed Mar 16 22:26:39 UTC 2005


> that in the three years since the introduction of the Euro, no slang
> words for the unit of currency have appeared. Does anyone know if
> that's true outside of French?

My Milanese biker associates have used both "neuri"  and "pleuri" --
"nerves/nuthouses" and, uh, the pleural membrane (with some gender
reassignment).  A Google search for "5 neuri" and "5 pleuri" show at
least some currency, with 19 pleuri and 143 pleuri.

Currency!  I kill me.

O.



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