euphemisms

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Sweat or perspiration

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 25 Jul 19

Euphemisms. They are so much fun. Do you sweat or perspire? Maybe when you go to the gym you sweat but at work you perspire? Maybe if you are a guy you sweat and a woman you perspire? There is a famous drink in Japan called...

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Language has gotten ridiculous

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 7 Dec 16

I was thinking today about how we've twisted our language here in the U.S. It's hard to know what people mean to say when some words are replaced with others. For instance, it has always disturbed me that the word “problem” has...

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Sometimes I can't keep up with all the new words and phrasing

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 7 Dec 16

and it can be confusing. Like a commercial for United Way in which a lady says something like "we help families put aside their past and explore new ways to grow." So it leaves me wondering who she works with and what she does!...

unclear messages

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politically correct.... lighter moments

manong05 @manong05 (5027) • Philippines 9 Oct 09

Son: mom, you see that ball-legged man? Mom: son, that's rude, say it in an artistic way? Son: mom, "what manner of man is that?" "he wears his pants in parenthesis" Do you see the need for lighter moments? They...

lighter moments

politically correct

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Fun With Euphemisms

AngryKittyMSV @AngryKittyMSV (4317) • United States 12 Mar 09

Euphemisms are little phrases we use to make things sound not as bad or embarrassing as they really are. Some of my favorites include: I am not fat, I am famine resistant. I am not short, I am vertically challenged. He's...

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Are you offended by the term "mental retardation"?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 26 Aug 08

My state is going to remove that designation from the name of a state agency that helps people with that affliction, saying it offends people. Several advocate groups have demanded the change, saying it's demeaning and insulting...

mentally challenged

mentally retarded

political correctness

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Aunt Flo - who is she

Debs_place @Debs_place (10520) • United States 18 May 08

Ok, I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer and read a question about Aunt Flo coming to visit and I wondered why she would cause cravings. then I connected the dots ...duh! So what are some of the names that...

easily confused

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Polite Expressions!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 27 Mar 08

When you are in public and you want to express disgust or disappointment, what is your favorite polite way to do so? Mine is "Cottonpickin'!"

polite expressions

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Do you make up cute lil names for body parts?

kynni204 @kynni204 (2031) • United States 6 Apr 07

When talking to your children, do you call their body parts what they are or do you do things like call breast "butter cups" or "ta ta's"

names for body parts

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