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How many different ways can you think of saying “to have sex”?
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What are some euphemisms for having sex? -Make love -Be intimate -Sleep with -Get with -Get to home base -Score -Screw
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Euphemism An word or expression that feels more comfortable to say than another word or expression that is usually related to a taboo topic
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Language in Society 1. When is the use of euphemisms good? When is it bad?
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Sex Scandal
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What do these euphemisms mean? 1. pass on/away, kick the bucket 2. to be let go 3. big-boned 4. correctional facility 5. inner city 6. civilian casualties 7. under the weather 8. to commit suicide 9. working class 10. retirement/rest/nursing home 11. golden years 12. do someone in, finish someone off 13. to go postal 14. a tall tale 15. pass wind
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What do you think these euphemisms mean? 1....When Nature is calling, plain speaking is out, When ladies, God bless 'em, are milling about, You make water, wee-wee, or empty the glass; You can powder your nose; "Excuse me" may pass; Shake the dew off the lily; see a man 'bout a dog; Or when everyone's soused, it's condensing the fog, But be pleased to consider and remember just this - That only in Shakespeare do characters ____________! 2. Animal Farm “For the time being,” he explains, “it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations.” 3. To Kill a Mockingbird “disturbance between the North and the South” Scout frequently says, "What in the sam hill?“ 4. The Nation “During one of many anti-austerity protests last summer, more than 1,000 people rallied to oppose Philadelphia’s plans to ‘transform schools…´
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Language in Society 1. When is the use of euphemisms good? When is it bad?
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