contributorMark Peters Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newDeinstitutionalizing Policy Time and Other Mischaracterizations  December 7, 2018
It was recently revealed that the daily agenda of the most powerful person in the world included policy time (in addition to executive time). It's my policy to crank out a new roundup of euphemisms each month. Around these here parts, it's always malarkey time.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newWork-Life Malarkey in the Entrepreneurial Economy November 7, 2018
The well of drivel will never run dry, so let's amble through the latest and worst euphemisms I've collected during the first month of my second decade as a euphemism columnist.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconBy the Light of the Moonmoon: The Joy of Reduplication October 31, 2018 By Mark Peters
These days we need all the levity, lunar or otherwise, that we can get. This lexical lunacy is a flimsy excuse for me to write about my favorite type of word: the reduplication. From ack-ack to zip-zap, reduplicative words are silly, childish, catchy, animalistic, nonsensical, and awesome.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newA Decade of Drivel: Happy Column-versary to Me October 10, 2018
In the spirit of my tenth anniversary, here's a look back at 10 euphemisms from previous columns that I particularly love—I mean, loathe! Loathe, obviously.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newOver Time, Euphemisms Develop September 12, 2018
Whatever name you go by in plea agreements and apocalyptic prophecies, I'm sure you appreciate discretion. In that spirit, here's my latest roundup of terms that beat around the bush so many times they could give George Orwell vertigo.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconThe Lexical Constitution of "Constitution" September 10, 2018 By Mark Peters
As long as there's a literal Constitution to amend and a metaphorical constitution to defend, constitution will remain an important word. Here's a look at this versatile word, just in time for September 17th — Constitution Day.
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Article Topics:Dog EaredBooks we loveThe Evasion-English Dictionary: A Smart Bomb Aimed at Sneaky, Self-deluded Language August 31, 2018 By Mark Peters
Turns out evasion can take the form of a Trojan horsepucky so subtle and tiny most would not recognize it as evasive at all. This expanded edition of The Evasion-English Dictionary shows how small, everyday, nothing-to-see-here words can hide as much hokum as the longest and vaguest jargon.
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