#euphemism

I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker. ↗

— Chelsea Handler

#humor #humor

Euphemism is a euphemism for lying. ↗

— Bobbie Gentry

#lying

Some kids get called 'bundles of joy' or 'slices of heaven' or 'dreams come true.' We got 'the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments.' Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive. ↗

— James Patterson

#euphemisms #humor #max #maximum-ride #maxride

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. ↗

— Patrick Cockburn

#conventional-thinking #euphemism #language #laziness #savagery

The only sea I saw Was the seesaw sea With you riding on it. Lie down, lie easy. Let me shipwreck in your thighs. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#love #naughty #poem #sex #shipwreck

"Women's fashion" is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#euphemism #fashion #men #women

Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#evil #humor #political-correctness #humor

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#inspirational #terminology #inspirational

When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted through the wallpaper. No, my mother did not pass away. She definitely died. ↗

— Steve Allen

#death #euphemism #humor #death

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. ↗

— George Schultz

#bargaining #capitulation #cast #euphemism #negotiations