The Guillotine Had A NickName?

Many people thought that calling it the guillotine was bad and that in the end they would have there own head chopped off, so they came up with a nickname for it. The name that was most used was "Madame la Guillotine". A lot of people would say "You have a date with Madame la Guillotine". That was not very nice, that was saying that ladies killed people. Even though the guillotine also killed many woman and children.