---

• n  euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• As the afternoon wore on, quietus got an "o," badinage became batonage, and a youngster blurted g-y-r-o-c .
• Wisconsin had fired the first shot against Texas when the Wisconsin Real Estate Board put a quietus on some Texans who were hawking Rio Grande valley land through the Wisconsin .
• Not far out, however, his reveries of picturesque quietus were interrupted by a slight sting on his shoulder.

• rest
• eternal rest
• sleep
• eternal sleep

News & Articles

---

• Listen: David Lynch: "Are You Sure"
  Photo by Dean Hurley David Lynch 's second solo LP, The Big Dream , is due July 15 in Europe via Sunday Best and July 16 in the U.S. via Sacred Bones . We've already seen the video for his collaboration with Lykke Li , "I'm Waiting Here" , and heard single "Star Dream Girl" . The Quietus has now premiered the flip-side to that AA-single, "Are You Sure": listen below. The Big Dream follows 2011's ...
  June 26, 2013 - Pitchfork