Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tagsconnotations, compensation, cognitive dissonance, A Few Good Men, 1984, definitions, Making Murder Respectable, words, word choice, vanilla words, Tom Cruise, The Economist, sensitivity, reality, phraseology, labels, Jack Nicholson, illusion, glass, George Orwell, food, euphemisms
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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
