In a message dated 8/15/2002 6:15:02 AM Mountain Daylight Time, baralier at optusnet.com.au writes: > Wack also started out as a euphemism for murder. Um, no. You're getting it confused with a homophone - whack. Whack was a slang (I don't think I'd call it a euphenism, really) term for killing/murdering someone.