What is Shiitake Mushrooms?
1.
Commonly used to avoid saying the word "shit," the origins come from the children's movie "Spy Kids," where the female lead character, upon noticing the amount of enemies ahead, says the word "shit," but in order not to swear in front of her parents, proceeds to say "talking mushrooms," to create the illusion of saying "shitalking mushrooms." Nowadays, is commonly shortened to shiitake mushrooms, modeled after the Japanese word for mushroom.
shiitake mushrooms= mushroom mushrooms in japanese.
Shh...talking mushrooms!
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2.
When you accidently say the word "shit" in front of your parents, teachers, etc. you can just cover it up by saying -ake mushrooms!
*George drops his books*
George: "Shit!"
Teacher: "What did you just say young man?"
George: "You didn't let me finish! I was going to say shiitake mushrooms is what I want for dinner!"
Teacher: "Really? Me too."
Or...
*George drops his books*
George: "Shit--ake mushrooms are yummy!"
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