Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tagsword choice, words, vanilla words, Tom Cruise, The Economist, sensitivity, reality, phraseology, Making Murder Respectable, labels, Jack Nicholson, illusion, glass, George Orwell, food, euphemisms, definitions, connotations, compensation, cognitive dissonance, A Few Good Men, 1984
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
