Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When we shrink from the sight of something, when we shroud it in euphemism, that is usually a sign of inner conflict,… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that whenever we're engaging in a cyber-warfare campaign, a cyber-espionage campaign in the United States, that we… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“He who was given the freedom to ask whatever should give the freedom to be answered however.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume… — Dale Dauten Copy Share Image
In many previously classified documents relating to activities at the base, the words 'Area 51' are conveniently blacked out. There's always a… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Although the term dialogue was really a euphemism for scientists trying to kill each other, this format worked very well. — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense. — Byron Dorgan Copy Share Image
A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
You are a manipulator. I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Once one understands that 'racial tensions' is a euphemism for a black animosity toward whites and a left-wing construct, one begins to… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
To call yourself 'plus size' is just a euphemism for being fat. Life is much easier when you're thinner. Big is not… — Katie Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Progressives' don’t just redefine (and valorize) deviancy; they insist on renaming it, too.” — Kathy Shaidle Copy Share Image
Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art, a euphemism, tamed wilderness. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
We have entered a period of intolerance which combines, as it sometimes does in America, with a sugary taste for euphemism. — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
[Madness] happened so frequently. I think what I was most maddest about - and it's in the book [Speaking Freely: A Memoir]… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The intangibles are a euphemism for we have no idea what we're looking for but we know it when we see it. — Brian Billick Copy Share Image
“Well, I'm not sure the New York Times was consciously trying to trivialise me, but the effect of it is to put… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed originally for "women and other minorities" but the phrase has become just another tortured euphemism. Female conscientiousness and… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb,… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
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