Jane Rosenberg LaForge · @JaneRLaForge
435 followers · 941 posts · Server mstdn.social
The term ( or #phrase or #language) “sex work” / “sex worker” whitewashes economic constraints, family ruptures and sordid circumstances. A discussion about #euphemisms for prostitution and human trafficking. #linguistics #rhetoric https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/opinion/prostitution-sex-work.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#rhetoric #linguistics #euphemisms #language #phrase
Strong Language · @stronglang
536 followers · 48 posts · Server lingo.lol
The Delicacy of Captain Grose: Jonathon Green on the excised notes of a slang lexicographer
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/the-delicacy-of-captain-grose/
#slang #lexicography #euphemisms #francisgrose
! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
128 followers · 718 posts · Server toot.io17th century slang expressions for sex included ‘play at rumpscuttle and clapperdepouch’, ‘play at pork and fish’, ‘feed the ugly pony a fat carrot’, ‘enjoy a game of low archery’, and ‘introduce Lady Wyedon to the charcuterie board’.
#english #language #slang #euphemisms #history #17thcentury #sex #QI #notQI
#english #language #slang #euphemisms #history #17thcentury #sex #qi #notqi
! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
107 followers · 680 posts · Server toot.ioLATCHKEY INCONTINENCE is the sudden need to urinate as soon as you get home.
LATCHKEY EJACULATION is the hurried orgasm achieved upon hearing your partner’s key in the door sooner than anticipated.
#phrases #words #slang #euphemisms #latchkey #doors #locks #urgent #urgency
#phrases #words #slang #euphemisms #latchkey #doors #locks #urgent #urgency
Sir Hendrick ⚔️ · @SirHendrick
438 followers · 7376 posts · Server noagendasocial.com
! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
51 followers · 509 posts · Server toot.ioWord of the Day: SWING-SWANG (19th century) — a pendulous appendage; a baby’s arm; a flesh baguette; a long John Thomas; the baker’s emergency rolling-pin; the right honourable member for Crotch & Knee; a great big cock.
#wordoftheday #dictionary #slang #euphemisms #meatpendulum
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1028 followers · 620 posts · Server mastodon.ie
" 'Doodly-squat' might seem like a mild topic for Strong Language, but there's a lot going on under the surface of that frivolous-sounding word."
@bgzimmer on the origins of a scatological euphemism: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2023/04/29/your-gal-aint-doodly-squat/
#language #slang #lyrics #euphemisms #linguistics #AAVE #BillyEmerson #BoDiddley
#language #slang #lyrics #euphemisms #linguistics #aave #billyemerson #BoDiddley
Mignon Fogarty · @grammargirl
7537 followers · 2262 posts · Server zirk.usIn many languages, the word for "bear" is descriptive because people were superstitious about saying the actual name. Translations:
Welsh: honey-pig
Irish: the good calf
Lithuanian: the licker
Russian: one who leads to honey
Germanic: the brown one
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/b/Bear.htm
#etymology #linguistics #bears #euphemisms #superstition
Christopher-J 🇨🇦 he/him/his · @ChrJCarlson
243 followers · 3463 posts · Server mas.to#Twitch #Streamer Immediately Denied From #Bank After Accidentally Applying As An #AdultEntertainer — Variety streamer #Poopernoodle learned about #euphemisms the hard way
https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-poopernoodle-bank-denied-justchatting-1850372987
#euphemisms #poopernoodle #adultentertainer #bank #streamer #Twitch
DogButlerPoet · @DogButlerPoet
91 followers · 92 posts · Server mstdn.socialrapid unscheduled
disassembly- her cat thought
as the tulips fell
(sorry)
#bloweduprealgood #Cats #euphemisms #Haiku
Daniel MacPhee 🥼🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦 · @dmacphee
448 followers · 3241 posts · Server mas.to
Euphemisms and the English language.
#Canada #language #Saskatchewan #Euphemisms
#euphemisms #saskatchewan #language #Canada
Leftist Lawyer · @LeftistLawyer
858 followers · 205 posts · Server kolektiva.socialThe terms #advertising & #commercial are really just #euphemisms for #CapitalistPropaganda. You’ve literally been #programmed over the years to think you have rights without duties, and by extension, that the elite have rights without duties as well. But, you don’t really have the same “rights” as #billionaires. Do you? And #capitalism is founded on #social #contract. We give the elite the “right” to accumulate #fortunes that allow for #production at #scale. In return, they do their “duty” and ensure that #productivity is #invested in a manner that benefits the masses giving them the right to be rich. Otherwise: #guillotines. Right?
6/8
#advertising #commercial #euphemisms #CapitalistPropaganda #programmed #billionaires #capitalism #social #contract #fortunes #production #scale #productivity #invested #guillotines
Edde Beket · @edde
756 followers · 1716 posts · Server mastodon.nl
🔞Autumn Rainn🔞 · @autumnrainn
423 followers · 2259 posts · Server mstdn.social
"George Carlin on Euphemisms" - YouTube
#GeorgeCarlin #Euphemisms #StandupComedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvISFZ7bQcE
#standupcomedy #euphemisms #georgecarlin
Ian D. Richardson · @idrmedia
2 followers · 16 posts · Server newsie.social#mortality #death | An update of my blog article examining the use of #euphemisms to avoid saying that a person had died: https://richmedfilmbooks.blogspot.com/2021/04/do-you-die-or-pass-on-update.html
demï7en 🎗 · @demi7en
22 followers · 612 posts · Server infosec.exchangeJust a note on the widespread use of #euphemisms in media messaging:
When #dictatorships talk about "security forces" or "national security" it is invariably about the regime's own need to secure its hold on power by keeping the subjects down.
I'm not sure I understand why they're so popular. Out of politeness to the dictators? To avoid harming... business links?
#euphemisms #dictatorships #iran #china #burma #authoritarianism
Fajjie · @fajjie
31 followers · 343 posts · Server mastodon.lolPlease don't overuse #euphemisms, because they bypass people's #filters.
Example: I no longer care about #Twitter, so I'm #blocking twitter and adding as many euphemisms as I can think of without causing collateral damage to my feed.
#euphemisms #filters #twitter #blocking #etiquette
Ian D. Richardson · @idrmedia
2 followers · 8 posts · Server newsie.social#mortality #euphemisms How to describe a #death: https://richmedfilmbooks.blogspot.com/2021/04/do-you-die-or-pass-on-update.html
Sir Hendrick ⚔️ · @SirHendrick
423 followers · 6931 posts · Server noagendasocial.comLearn #euphemisms for #pedophilia. They're not all #nepiophiles, you know?
🚼 #MAP
https://youtu.be/Hg49x9NvOeI
#euphemisms #pedophilia #nepiophiles #map
Sir Hendrick ⚔️ · @SirHendrick
423 followers · 6931 posts · Server noagendasocial.comLast episode we heard a doctor call the appropriate body part a 'dick'. Adam did not like it. Doctors should not say this. He prefers the word 'penis'. What is your viewpoint? Are euphemisms better? Is Latin a more suitable language than English? #language #euphemisms