“Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.” — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
'Senior Citizen' and 'Silver Surfer' are the new euphemisms. Unless you're a female presenter on TV, in which case you're ready for… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The National Rate of Unemployment is one of the most vicious euphemisms ever coined.” — William Vickery, Canadian Nobel laureate, The Cult of Impotence, by Linda McQuaig 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
I'm trying to use euphemisms here, trying to avoid saying there was no television for black folks, which they knew was for… — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
“Progressives' don’t just redefine (and valorize) deviancy; they insist on renaming it, too.” — Kathy Shaidle 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
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being fat just a fact. It feels important to me to speak the truth about that, and to not use a euphemism.… — Lindy West 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
“Words like lucky and advantages we knew, even at our young age, were upscale euphemisms for not poor, not the son of… — Hannah Pittard Copy Share Image
It's often the case that when a critic uses an embarrassingly accurate term to describe what a wrong-doer is doing, the wrong-doer… — Steve Kangas Copy Share Image
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
I wrote 'Kamala and Maya's Big Idea' because I don't want my daughters to think in euphemisms. — Meena Harris Copy Share Image
Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they… — Freda Adler Copy Share Image
“She was appalled by West Egg’s raw vigour that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that eroded… — F. Scott Fitzgerald 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
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
