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EUPHEMISMS: Lets Just Keep It Real.

EUPHEMISMS: Lets Just Keep It Real. Euphemism: A vague, mild expression that symbolizes something more blunt or harsh (Floyd, 2009). Why we use euphemisms. To Help: Acceptance Politically Correctness Hide from Reality To Mislead. Acceptance Death:

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EUPHEMISMS: Lets Just Keep It Real.

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  1. EUPHEMISMS:Lets Just Keep It Real.

  2. Euphemism: A vague, mild expression that symbolizes something more blunt or harsh (Floyd, 2009)

  3. Why we use euphemisms • To Help: • Acceptance • Politically Correctness • Hide from Reality • To Mislead

  4. Acceptance Death: Sleeping with Jesus Gone to a better place • To be politically correct Prisoner: Convict Detainee

  5. Hide from Reality Venereal Disease: Social Disease • To Mislead Unemployed: Between jobs Taking time off

  6. How euphemisms cause cultural complications in communication

  7. Euphemism Treadmill • The euphemism treadmill is a term coined • By Steven Pinker a linguist and professor • at Harvard University.

  8. Bad Euphemisms • Death penalty/ Capital punishment • Genocide/ Ethnic cleansing • Jail/ Secure facility • Killing of innocents/ Collateral damage • Police officer/ Peace officer

  9. Conclusion • Euphemisms cause problems in communication and desensitizes us to normal human emotions. Its okay to feel sad about a death and its okay to admit that you’re not in between jobs but just plain old unemployed. Sometimes the ugly truth is better than a pretty lie.

  10. Resources • Green, N (September 30, 2009) Bad Euphemisms, Political Correctness and Censorship. 500 Words on Words Retrieved February 2, 2011 from http://500wordsonwords.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/bad-euphemisms-political-correctness-and-censorship • Burk, D.( June 3, 2009) Damning Euphemisms, A commentary on theology, politics, and culture. Retrieved February 15, 2011 from http://www.dennyburk.com/damning-euphemisms/ • Alkire, S. (May 2002) Introducing Euphemisms to Language Learners. Retrieved February 10, 2011 from http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Alkire-Euphemisms.html • Floyd, K. (2009) Interpersonal Communication The Whole Story. Retrieved February 10, 2011 • Photobucket. Retrieved February 20, 2011 from http://photobucket.com

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