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stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

Now that we inhabit the P.C. era and are force-fed niceties by the mass media, euphemisms abound.

George Orwell (author of "The Politics of the English Language") must be shivering in his grave.

All that aside, what's your favorite euphemism, as in the one that makes you wince the most? What word has it replaced? What word do you prefer?

Here's my annoying-as-heck contribution:

issues

As in: "I don't know what's wrong with her but she has lots of issues."

Replacing: problems

Prefer: hangups

The Cosmic Hum · Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space

we're pregnant

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

"Never mind" as one word.

Delirium's Brother · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:50 am Post subject:

partner

As in: "Hey Delirium's Brother, come meet my partner, Jane." Or: "My partner and I are thinking about taking a ski vacation in New Zealand this year."

Replacing: spouse, wife, husband,

Prefer: wife, husband

Lover is only slightly less annoying than .partner.

Herbie · Joined: 08 Dec 2005

VanIslander · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:35 am Post subject:

"insurgents" Confused

is the new term for what is to be seen as bad bad resistance but since resistance to occupation used to seen as a good or at least noble and natural impulse...

stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

Delirium's Brother:

Yeah, good one, and becoming more prevalent in the West.

Partner is like the term of address Ms. in that both are a way to obfuscate. But since we don't have a similar term for bachelors I can accept the feminist argument.

Partner is code for "uncommitted" as in "we're committed to each other but we don't deny each other his or her freedom." Yeah, right.

rockstarsmooth · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Location: anyang, baybee!

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

Small/Little People

Replaces: midgets.

Call a spade a spade.

stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

rockstar:

And why should revealing a partner's identity, especially when it's the opposite sex, pose such a problem in the first place?

hanson:

Yeah, Slapshot. Great sports film.

swetepete · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Location: a limp little burg

"motivationally challenged" or whatever, replacing "crippled."
If I ever get crippled, I'm gonna be damn sure to say so.

What's next? "I'm not dead, I'm living-impaired."

blaseblasphemener · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:14 am Post subject:

African-American.

And have you noticed that the word "Black" is still used quite frequently? Why use both? It seems that "Black" is used when in a conversation it would be sort of cumbersome, but used when people in the news or on say, Oprah, want to sound serious. It's a sort of euphamism that has taken hold about 60%. So stupid to me that you can call someone white, but you can't call someone black.

I heard Jesse Jackson came up with it in the 70s, should have stayed there, with brown nylon pants.

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Yeah I hate the term african american, too. It's just ridiculous beyond measure.

What about the phrase, "Thinking outside the box." Come on guys, we need to think outside the box here!! Let's think of something BIG, like, like.. dancing girls and a mysterious looking plastic blob that floats around in the breeze!

If anyone actually uses that phrase, the chance of them having an ounce of creativty has not only hit zero, but fukced it and had a baby named Here's A Great Idea.

Bondrock · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Location: ^_^

"at this juncture in time"

now???