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The Euphemism of The Year That Shall Not Be Named


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Have you seen these movies? Explore how movie-inspired memes become firmly embedded in the English language.
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Breaking news! There's a late entry in the race for Euphemism of the Year, Drivel of the Decade, and Malarkey of the Millennium.
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Explore the differences between enhanced and the newer (by about 100 years) more general adjective improved. Is every imperfect thing subject to both improvement and enhancement?
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From nostalgia to fauxstalgia, from golden oldie to Before Time, here are some of the ways we talk about days gone by.
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Here are some euphemisms to help you get through the rest of this year's "human hibernation."
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Like many four-letter words, poll is versatile. Where did it come from, and how did it come to be associated with voting?
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