Some examples of Apostolic cussin':
Then OF COURSE there's the EL TORO AWARD ....
My favorite was ... PP"s ...
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We use euphemisms every day and they are a creative part of language ....
A
euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of
doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker.
Some are absolutely harmless ... for example the euphemisms we use for DEATH.
Wiki:
The English language contains numerous euphemisms related to dying,
death,
burial, and the people and places which deal with death. The practice of using euphemisms for death is likely to have originated with the "
magical belief that to speak the word "death" was to invite death; where to "draw Death's attention" is the ultimate bad fortune—a common theory holds that death is a taboo subject in most English-speaking cultures for precisely this reason. It may be said that one is not dying, but
fading quickly because
the end is near. People who have died are referred to as having
passed away or
passed or
departed.
Deceased is a euphemism for "dead," and sometimes the
deceased is said to have
gone to a better place, but this is used primarily among the religious with a concept of
Heaven.
Others include common euphemisms include...
- pre-owned vehicles for used cars
- A student being held back a grade level for having failed the grade level
- correctional facility for prison
- the big C for cancer (in addition, some people whisper the word when they say it in public, and doctors have euphemisms to use in front of patients, e.g. "c.a.")
- bathroom tissue, t.p., or bath tissue for toilet paper (Usually used by toilet paper manufacturers)
- custodian or caretaker for janitor (also originally a euphemism — in Latin, it means doorman.)
- sanitation worker (or, sarcastically, sanitation engineer) for "garbage man" (Also known as dustman in the UK)
However, is it OK for us to replace cuss words???