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Even in horrible times, you can always count on euphemisms. Evasive language never takes a day off.
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Do the profound insights made by J. L. Austin and Paul Grice have any application to "conversations" in which the traffic in words is by definition all or nearly all one-way?
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newFiercely Real Humanism and Other Hooey in the Physical Distancing Age April 8, 2020 By Mark Peters
Are you physical distancing or social distancing? Either way, there's a euphemism to distract you during these unprecedented times.
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Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconNew Virus, New Words March 30, 2020 By Nancy Friedman
Caremongering? Quarantini? Zoom-bombing? The COVID-19 pandemic has already inspired its own lexicon of coined words.
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Article Topics:CandlepowerAd and marketing creativesDoes It Matter What We Call a Disease? March 23, 2020 By Nancy Friedman
From cholera to Spanish flu to "Wuhan virus," what we call a disease reveals our fears and prejudices.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversI've Been Working on the Railroad March 9, 2020 By Orin Hargraves
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the merger of four railroads in the United States to create the longest railroad in the world by number of miles served. I note the anniversary as an item of linguistic curiosity, in light of the many ways that railroads and trains have made their way into popular and figurative English.
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