Topic : Word OriginsEvasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newFrench Hugging Citizen Scientists in Unscripted Times August 7, 2020 By Mark Peters
Whether you're living in uncertain times or unscripted times — we have a euphemism to distract you from all the uncertainties life has to offer.
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"Plantation"--a word with a complicated history in the US--appears in many brand and community names. Is it time to abandon it?
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newDreaming of Warm Lines and Patriot Pay July 9, 2020 By Mark Peters
Need help getting through 2020? Here's a euphemism or two to distract you from reality.
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You don't need much imagination to guess why people who work in the dictionary world would be interested in new words, but the research methods for finding them are much more wide-ranging and intensive than you might imagine.
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How important is a slogan during a global health crisis like the one we're experiencing with COVID-19? More important than you might think.
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Article Topics:Evasive ManeuversEuphemisms old and newFinding Distraction in the Historical Dictionary of American Slang June 10, 2020 By Mark Peters
Finding comfort and distractions in euphemisms from the letter H.
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The stay-at-home orders of recent months have meant a lot more time to deep-dive into etymologies, and this has led me to reflect on a thing I hadn't noticed as much before: English has a surfeit of expressions for the idea 1 + 1.
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June 18, 2020