#euphemism

Karel 'Clock' K.clock@f.cz
2026-03-10

@ginaintheburg @thejfreakinc It is my opinion that it is not illegal arrest but abduction.

And it is my opinion that you are whitewashing, bagatelizing and euphemizing their behaviour by calling it "illegally arresting" and "detained" instead of "abducting", and helping the perpetrators, siding with them and standing on their side and betraying the victim by doing so.

Would you say that a rapist abductor murderer "illegally arrested" and "detained" a woman or would you say that he "abducted" her?

#whitewashing #abduction #bagatelizing #bagatelization #euphemizing #euphemism #abductor

Philosophicsmicroglyphics
2026-02-19

I analyse language policing demanded in a video that crossed my feed.🧐
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/02/19/h
This woman calls out corporate media for soft-pedalling charges against alleged culprits and victims, or as she insists, rapists and children. Her request is not neutral.

skuaskua
2026-01-23

@UberZeitgeist

I can see that.

Not sure I'm meant to see that but I can anyway.

It's a bit more subtle than, "Baby can I park my red hot rocket in your love garage" a la Surrey Hills 1985 but still blatant.

Wolfgang Müller (DE:er/EN:he)muellerwhh@sueden.social
2026-01-21

Nein, HARTE EINWANDERUNGSPOLITIK beschreibt nicht, was in USA abgeht, lieber Spiegel @spiegel

"Sagen was ist", ist Euer Leitspruch, oder? Dann macht mal, büdde! #euphemism

2026-01-15
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞspacemagick
2025-12-19

@g7izu
Everybody from now on should start using "kinetic anomaly" for pretty much every unexpected event.

"You're late.
Sorry, the bus experienced a kinetic anomaly."

"And then, suddenly, 66 million years ago, all the dinosaurs experienced a kinetic anomaly."

Strong Languagestronglang@lingo.lol
2025-11-29

"Don’t give a f#@&" – give an...e.l.f.? A new ad slogan plays on a popular sweary idiom. @Fritinancy takes a look: stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/

#swearing #profanity #euphemism #branding

Strong Languagestronglang@lingo.lol
2025-11-13
2025-11-13

@ObsidianUrbex This is what they call ‘blooming countryside’ is Germany. #euphemism

WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-11-12

A quotation from George Carlin

The fanatics have another name for fetuses. They call them the pre-born. Now we’re getting creative. If you accept pre-born, I think you would have to say that, at the moment of birth, we go instantly from being pre-born to being pre-dead. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Technically, we’re all pre-dead.

George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Book (2004), When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, “Euphemisms: Political-Interest Groups,” “A Bunny in the Oven?”

More about this quote: wist.info/carlin-george/80339/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgecarlin #death #euphemism #fetus #mortality #pregnancy #terminology

Gigi 🍄‍🟫Gigi@kolektiva.social
2025-10-06

@DrSprockets @crockett

Uh huh.

You are DEFINITELY a fitting "Friend of Caryma."

#euphemism

David August ❌👑davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-10-03

Yes, refineries do need repairs after Ukraine blows them up.

But they don’t want to admit that. ⛽️💥

🤦‍♂️😝

source (in russian): kommersant.ru/doc/7971552

#RUpol #russia #gasoline #war #Ukraine #euphemism #refinery

"Despite the fact that Russia produces fuel in large volumes, its delivery to remote regions, especially to the south, Siberia, the Far East, remains difficult due to the shortage of specialized rolling stock. Also, the reduction of supply in the domestic market is associated with repairs at several large Russian oil refineries at once," explains Pavel Karpus, a partner of S+Consulting.
2025-10-03

Yes, refineries do need repairs after Ukraine blows them up. But they don’t want to admit that. ⛽️💥 🤦‍♂️😝 source (in russian): www.kommersant.ru/doc/7971552 #RUpol #russia #gasoline #war #Ukraine #euphemism #refinery

"Despite the fact that Russia produces fuel in large volumes, its delivery to remote regions, especially to the south, Siberia, the Far East, remains difficult due to the shortage of specialized rolling stock. Also, the reduction of supply in the domestic market is associated with repairs at several large Russian oil refineries at once," explains Pavel Karpus, a partner of S+Consulting.
Jonathan Emmesedijemmesedi@c.im
2025-09-30

"Exciting changes are coming" = "This site is about to be paywalled".

#Internet #WorldWideWeb #Euphemism #Paywall

2025-09-10

The Alt-Right Playbook: The Death of a Euphemism

tbh.co-shaoghal.net/w/vUMhhZgg

2025-08-21

Telefon-OH: "Der Kollege ist gerade nicht verfügbar, da steht "Kurzfristige Stromwartung"

#euphemism

2025-08-01

New #euphemism:

"X strikes a #deal with #Trump (administration)".

Translation:
X totally submits to Krasnov's ridiculous demands while gaining absolutely nothing in return (as if any guarantee made by #Krasnov ever had meant anything in the first place).

Examples:
"Ukraine strikes weapons deal with Trump."
"Ursula von der Leyen strikes tariff deal with Trump."

Today's #euphemism: "running errands" for "going home to take a nap".

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