40 Quotes About Euphemism
- Author Jenny Lawson
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It was nice to call my parents and proudly tell them, "My lady garden is going viral." In hindsight, that may have been a poor choice of phrasing.
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- Author Ernest Bramah
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However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal importance?
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- Author John Green
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It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.
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- Author Stephen Arnott
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Moss covered grotto
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- Author G.M. Malliet
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A lot of nonsense is spoken at funerals, especially when the deceased had not been well liked in life. Many euphemisms are called into play: "vital," "energetic," and (repetitively) "full of life".
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- Author Kathy Shaidle
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Progressives' don’t just redefine (and valorize) deviancy; they insist on renaming it, too.
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- Author Patrick Cockburn
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Users of clichés frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War produces many euphemisms, downplaying or giving verbal respectability to savagery and slaughter.
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- Author Eliezer Yudkowsky
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World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.
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- Author Becca Fitzpatrick
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You're a psychopath.""I prefer creative.
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