The term became much more common in the 1990s, as the horrifying wave of murders and woundings and terror in poor Black ...
The mainstream press has been criticized for normalizing, or “sanewashing,” Donald Trump and his political allies. Having spent my career migrating back and forth between “straight news” and opinion ...
George ORWELL’s essay “Politics and the English Language”, published in 1946, took aim at the bureaucrats, academics and hacks who obfuscated their misdeeds in vague, jargon-packed writing.
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Historically, euphemism has been correlated to fear or superstition. For example, often times we hear death referred to as passing away; while death is inevitable, avoiding direct reference to it both ...
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O’Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Dysphemism is a useful word.