“Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women. — Andrea Dworkin 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
Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent. — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. — Anonymous 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
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
There should be a new, more honest euphemism. Like, I'm leaving office because I plan to solicit more anonymous sex in bathrooms. — Tina Fey 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
“If you so much as hurt one hair on her head or leave one tiny crack in her heart, I will destroy… — Lauren Landish Copy Share Image
It is time to stop the mealy-mouthed euphemisms: 'Nationalists', 'Loyalists', 'Communities', 'Ethnic Groups', 'Cultures', 'Civilizations'. Religions is the word you need. Religions… — Richard Dawkins 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
Euphemisms, vague terminology or calls for discussions with Turkey to get at the truth are just some of the dodges Congress and… — Adam Schiff 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
“A lot of nonsense is spoken at funerals, especially when the deceased had not been well liked in life. Many euphemisms are… — G.M. Malliet Copy Share Image
Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Medicinal Spirit, Inside Mirror Therapy becomes a harmony, and that harmony is built on levels, No one knows how to upscale another,… — John Shelton Jones 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
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
There's a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Kate, perhaps you need to explain to your significant other that he is in no position to give me orders. Last time… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
We have entered a period of intolerance which combines, as it sometimes does in America, with a sugary taste for euphemism. This… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
“To this day the f-word turns my stomach. Because 'fine' is a euphemism for everything you're scared of saying.” — Amy Molloy Copy Share Image
Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art, a euphemism, tamed wilderness. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
Cloud computing is a great euphemism for centralization of computer services under one server. — Evgeny Morozov 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
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Then, as on the night before, we lay down together and I proved how great our friendship had become.” — Henry M. Christman Copy Share Image
