traditionally a genteel way of not mentioning unpalatable realities, euphemism has become a means of systematically distorting the truth.
traditionally a genteel way of not mentioning unpalatable realities, euphemism has become a means of systematically distorting the truth.
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When banks engage in a swindle it's called "mis-selling". Forms are issued requesting one states one's "gender" rather than sex. When officials are found guilty of bullying and others of downright hooliganism, it is described as "inappropriate behaviour".
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Language of truth is being eroded
traditionally a genteel way of not mentioning unpalatable realities, euphemism has become a means of systematically distorting the truth.
When banks engage in a swindle it's called "mis-selling". Forms are issued requesting one states one's "gender" rather than sex. When officials are found guilty of bullying and others of downright hooliganism, it is described as "inappropriate behaviour".
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