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Asbury Park Press (NJ)

January 14, 2011 //  by David Keyes

FIRST READ

Once upon a time, there was a body part we couldn’t mention. Instead, we used words such as dagger, lance, stake and sword. There were other make-nice substitutes (which we also can’t print here), but it all comes down to our trying to make the unmentionable mentionable. Even when it’s done with a wink or a leer. It’s the world of euphemisms, and this is a fairly interesting thought poem on the subject.

Thought poem?

Another euphemism, natch.

– Anne Berdheim

Category: press-euphemania

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