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Shu and I were in Dubuque, Iowa, this weekend, and there was an interesting editorial in their local newspaper. Apparently there has been an increase in crime in Dubuque, and
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Some longtime residents readily blame newcomers to the community, particularly those arriving "from Chicago and Milwaukee" -- essentially, code words for African-American -- for all these problems.
Code words? Have you heard that terminology before? Is there another word for it? At first I wondered if euphemism were the correct term for it, but clearly it is a different concept.
 
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Yes, I've often seen that use.


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Yes - it's not rare hereabouts.
 
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Yes, the term and its use .


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Well, it's easy to figure out what they mean, but neither Shu nor I had heard it used that way.
 
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"Euphemism" does not have the same pejorative connotation as the conspiratorial "code word."

It's a political conjugation, similar to:

"Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow."

or

"I'm resolute, you're stubborn, he's a pig-headed fool."


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It's when the person you're talking to said "...and it's THOSE people who did it..." and you know without asking just which ethnic group he's referring to.
 
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