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Euphemisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježd I've never heard of "dysphemism" before.Funny. I had thought I'd posted about (link) it here before.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Euphemisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofyI am of the opinion that much of language is euphemism and its opposite, dysphemism. Some words that used to be euphemisms are "dis-ease" and "enemy" (from "in-amicus").... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Euphemisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehI've never heard of "dysphemism" before. Indeed, it gets the squiggly red line when I post it. I actually thought the video was a little whitewashed. There are a lot of political dysphemisms out there too.... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Euphemisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježdEuphemism, and its flip-side, dysphemism, is a rather common linguistic phenomenon. Like the ... good book on the subject: Euphemism and Dysphemism: Language Used as a Shield and a Weapon, 1991, by ... call "dysphemism."How are euphemism and dysphemism to be defined? Is euphemism necessarily tied to... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Newspeak and prescriptivism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by goofyquote:Originally posted by BobHale:The purpose of a linguist isn't to consider meaning it's to consider structure.I disagree. Semantics is one branch of linguistics. And linguists study euphemisms, for instance Euphemism & Dysphemism: Language Used As Shield and Weapon by Allan Keith and Kate... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Dysphemisms (in Potpourri) by KallehA euphemism is an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive; so perhaps a "dysphemism" is an offensive expression that is substituted for one that is inoffensive?Anyway, in today's QT column in the Chicago Sun Times, he reported some interesting "medical... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri
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Euphemisms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by wordmaticwas: I had never heard of "dysphemism" either. Good thing I found you people when I did. Wordmatic... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Euphamisms for old farts (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoffquote:Originally posted by zmježd:Why is the dysphemism old fart preferable to the euphemism [senior citizen? ... Elders sounds a bit archaic. Maybe we could use Latin senex, pl. senes, 'person of advanced years'.While "old fart" is somewhat deprecating, it seems that more gastric problems occur in... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Newspeak and prescriptivism (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježddysphemism are a lot like metaphor. I'd find it hard to imagine language use without them. D. & p. are... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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A pop quiz for logophiles... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Kallehmeanings of two or more other words. dysphemism Both sentences are pangrams: they use every letter of... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Euphamisms for old farts (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježdWhy is the dysphemism old fart preferable to the euphemism [senior citizen? I think the latter developed because (at least in the States), senior by itself is a grade in high school and university, although I have seen senior citizen abbreviated to seniors sometimes on signage. It also alliterates... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words
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Nobody's business but the Turk's? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by zmježddysphemism. I saw something similar in the USSR, way back when, when tour guides in Leningrad would... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words | » Refine Search » New Search |
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