Legal & Finance: We're so Obsessed with Euphemisms That We're Speaking in Tongues

Birmingham Post › April 07, 2006

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Why do we live our lives so euphemistically? How is it that we can't bring ourselves to call a spade a spade?

It seems to me as everyday life becomes increasingly complicated, we make it more so by fiddling with a perfectly straightforward language so that it baffles even the most intelligent amongst us. If we're not careful, we'll tie ourselves in knots by using ridiculous turns of phrases that not even we fully understand.

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Legal & Finance: We're so Obsessed with Euphemisms That We're Speaking in Tongues

Here is a very basic example: a few days ago I visited a "rest room" in an international airport. Yes, it was a room, but did I have a "res...

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