MODERN American speech, while not always clear or correct or turned with much style, is supposed to be uncommonly frank. Witness the current explosion of four-letter words and the explicit discussion ...

Coded language trend: Euphemisms such as “when it finally happens” are widely used to reference Trump without naming him, blending humor with political tension. Algorithms and speech: The rise of ...

The Trump administration takes pleasure in deploying dysphemism to describe the killing of Iranians On 23 March, Donald Trump said that if things didn’t go to his liking in Iran, “we just keep bombing ...

Historically, euphemism has been correlated to fear or superstition. For example, often times we hear death referred to as passing away; while death is inevitable, avoiding direct reference to it both ...

This week’s column deals with a three-part query sent in by a reader: Sir, the title of your column last week was Eve-teasing is a euphemism used only in India (Dec 8). Is it correct to use the ...

Thanks to marketing, we now express ourselves with euphemisms: words or expressions that are substituted in order to make a blunt or unpleasant truth seem less harsh. Putting a good spin on things, ...

From "passed away" to "Chilean sea bass," euphemisms are a way to avoid unpleasant terms or phrases. But in Euphemania, Ralph Keyes argues that using them isn't necessarily lazy or evasive; it can ...