A substitute art teacher at Harper Creek Middle School in Battle Creek, Michigan, was asked not to return after she used the word “vagina” in a “productive” discussion about Georgia O’Keeffe’s famous ...
According to a recent survey from Preply.com, 94% of Americans surveyed use euphemisms, mostly to politely describe bodily functions or sex. We don’t say “I just farted,” we say “I just broke wind.” ...
SHORT sharp terms make big points clear. But people often prefer to soften their speech with euphemism: a mixture of abstraction, metaphor, slang and understatement that offers protection against the ...
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