LondontlifeWhat does that mean anyway? We ask the experts. #ldnont #election #euphemisms
https://samupress.ca/what-does-that-mean-anyway/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Kathy Brysona lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195
#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.
Mikko
Strong LanguageNela Tshuma on her research into euphemisms for the vulva, and why they matter for women's sexual and reproductive health care in Zimbabwe:
https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/euphemisms-for-the-vulva-why-words-matter-for-womens-sexual-and-reproductive-health-care-in-zimbabwe/
via @karenyin's Conscious Language Newsletter
#euphemisms #SexualHealth #healthcare #Zimbabwe #words #gender #development
Big Blu GnuProbably the best juxtaposition I have come across so far this year:
#DonaldTrump #euphemisms #Iran #juxtaposition #meme #memes #propaganda #satire #Ukraine #VladimirPutin #war
CBC Top StoriesThe 'crisis'? The 'pinnacle'? For Bridgerton, the word orgasm wouldn't quite do
Bridgerton's creators speak of the interesting euphemisms they went through to give their characters' dialogue a ring of truth.
#Bridgerton #dialogue #euphemisms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bridgerton-hannah-dodd-9.7108045?cmp=rss
Bridgerton's creators speak of the interesting euphemisms they went through to give their characters' dialogue a ring of truth.
#Bridgerton #dialogue #euphemisms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bridgerton-hannah-dodd-9.7108045?cmp=rss
CBC Arts EnterainmentThe 'crisis'? The 'pinnacle'? For Bridgerton, the word orgasm wouldn't quite do
Bridgerton's creators speak of the interesting euphemisms they went through to give their characters' dialogue a ring of truth.
#Bridgerton #dialogue #euphemisms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bridgerton-hannah-dodd-9.7108045?cmp=rss
Bridgerton's creators speak of the interesting euphemisms they went through to give their characters' dialogue a ring of truth.
#Bridgerton #dialogue #euphemisms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bridgerton-hannah-dodd-9.7108045?cmp=rss
Lorraine Has MovedSaw this earlier in my travels on the interwebs:
Slicker than a gob of snot on a glass door knob.
A southerner reaction to all the ice we're supposed to get.
Can you freaking believe that "freaking" is almost 100 years old? @stancarey salutes a popular euphemism:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/another-freaking-f-word/
#swearing #slang #euphemisms #freaking #language #linguistics #intensifiers
Stan CareyAnother freaking f-word. New post for @stronglang about "freaking" as a euphemistic intensifier:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/another-freaking-f-word/
#language #swearing #euphemisms #slang #freaking #linguistics #StrongLanguage