What to Expect:

Euphemisms have a significant place in cultures around the world, offering playful substitutions to mask otherwise offensive, uncomfortable, and dodgy terms. Why such alternatives are chosen by society will be discussed, and the positive or negative impact it may place in certain communities.  

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Links for Today:

1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/through-the-language-glass/201006/tell-me-who-your-euphemisms-are-and-i-ll-tell-you-who-you-are

2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201909/why-grieving-parents-detest-platitudes-euphemisms-jargon

3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201909/how-euphemisms-platitudes-jargon-push-away-the-bereaved

4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-freud/201604/therapeutic-euphemism-niceness-isnt-always-kind

5. https://www.slideshare.net/jeiAnnmorano/euphemism-37839303

6. https://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-types-of-euphemism/

7. https://image.slidesharecdn.com/euphemism-140810015055-phpapp01/95/euphemism-1-638.jpg?cb=1407635850

8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459766/

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