Euphemisms (35)

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DATE : Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:00:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2005-11-05 17:00:00
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Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd talk about euphemisms--nice ways of saying things. (Mom taught us that if we couldn't say anything nice, we shouldn't say anything at all.) (1:52)

• Excretory euphemisms (4:17)
• Sexual euphemisms, along with a very unfortunate slip of the tongue by John Roberts of CBS News; see also Woody's World of Penis Euphemisms (8:50)
• Euphemisms for death (14:04)
• "Politically correct" euphemisms: euphemism as obfuscation (15:36)

Rude word of the week: "vomit," and several euphemisms for it (21:57)

Song: "In Words," by Instant Winner (24:48)

Dysphemism, euphemism's evil twin--less pleasant ways of saying things (This idea is clearly explained by Dr. Susanna Cumming of the University of California/Santa Barbara.) (28:12)

Music courtesy of GarageBand.com

Theme music by Kick the Cat

time: 32:28
size: 14.9 Mb

rating: R (Our discussion of sexual euphemisms is pretty frank, especially of John Roberts's press-gaggle gaff.)

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