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How Not to Say What You Mean
The fine art of euphemism.
BY TUNKU VARADARAJAN
Friday, August 8, 2003
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Maria Conlon
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http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110003857
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How Not to Say What You Mean
The fine art of euphemism.
BY TUNKU VARADARAJAN
Friday, August 8, 2003
The first URL below is for the article. The second URL is for the Home Page of the Opinion Journal. You may have to register, but it's free. (I haven't paid for a registration yet. It's against my Personal Code of Conduct.)
Maria Conlon
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http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110003857
http://www.opinionjournal.com/
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[nq:1]... (I haven't paid for a registration yet. )[/nq] Euphemism for "frugal"?
- [nq:1]...
- (I haven't paid for a registration yet.
- )[/nq] Euphemism for "frugal"?
- But wait, is "frugal" euphen for "cheap"?
- Complex, no?
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[nq:1]... (I haven't paid for a registration yet. It's against my Personal Code of Conduct.)[/nq]
Euphemism for "frugal"? But wait, is "frugal" euphen for "cheap"?
Complex, no?
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com
Euphemism for "frugal"? But wait, is "frugal" euphen for "cheap"?
Complex, no?
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, in message (Email Removed), CyberCypher (Email Removed) writes
[nq:1]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]^^^
You keep using this. What does it mean?
Mark Browne
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[nq:1]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]^^^
You keep using this. What does it mean?
Mark Browne
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[nq:2]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]
^^^
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
"GOP" is a standard initialism nickname (probably mainly encountered in journalism and other text-rooted media (like Usenet)) for the Republican Party (US). It stands for "Grand Old Party", and was popularized in
^^^
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
"GOP" is a standard initialism nickname (probably mainly encountered in journalism and other text-rooted media (like Usenet)) for the Republican Party (US). It stands for "Grand Old Party", and was popularized in
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Thus spake Mark Browne:
[nq:2]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]
^^^
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
Even I know this. "Grand Old Party".
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:2]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]
^^^
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
Even I know this. "Grand Old Party".
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:2]the most superficial and insidious utilization of code words imaginable outside a GOP presidential campaign.[/nq]
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
Apparently you don't know the Alan Sherman song "Harvey and Sheila". It contains the lines
"Switched to the GOP,
That's the way things go."
(That's after they had married, moved to a better-class neighbourhood
[nq:1]You keep using this. What does it mean?[/nq]
Apparently you don't know the Alan Sherman song "Harvey and Sheila". It contains the lines
"Switched to the GOP,
That's the way things go."
(That's after they had married, moved to a better-class neighbourhood
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