According to a recent survey from Preply.com, 94% of Americans surveyed use euphemisms, mostly to politely describe bodily functions or sex. We don’t say “I just farted,” we say “I just broke wind.” ...

Throughout history euphemisms have been exploited for insidious purposes. They've been used to mislead and deceive—that is, with hypocritical intent. And even when they've been employed to be ...

You may have heard people on social media platforms use terms like "unalive" when they mean "kill" or "Yahtzee" when they mean "Nazi". These are euphemisms for words that are related to sensitive ...

Previous posts explored the role of compassion in perinatal bereavement care and why it's better than empathy. This post looks at how to think compassionately about the words we use when talking to ...

Saying someone is 'of a certain age' used to be a polite way to suggest they may not be in the first flush of youth. But ...