5.Used euphemistically in combination with the initial letter of a term that is considered offensive or taboo or that one does not want to utter:"Although economists here will not call it a recession yet, the dreaded 'R' word is beginning to pop up in the media"(Francine S. Kiefer). ...
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The criticisms made against SJWs are subjective to say the least, but the term undoubtedlystarted out as a compliment. The first documented appearance came in 1991 when it was used to describe a popular Quebecois union activist. The term wasn't considered a pejorative until the mid-2010s whe...
“Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division. Polarization means that we are tending toward the extremes rather than toward the center… It’s used by both sides [Democrats and Republicans], and in a little bit ironic twist to the word, it’s something that ...
“defining deviancy down,” to describe a process in which we change the meaning of moral to fit what we are doing anyway. I wish to add a third voice to the mix, that of the late historian Arnold Toynbee, who would find our recent history no mystery at all: We are witnessing the ...
They remind me of when I first started coming to the city and when I moved here for school. And they are little places of refuge, the only place I feel really at home now that the developers and OMB have turned my town into a high class Borg collective. Phooey. ...
That said, opposition to allowing trans girls and trans women to compete with cis girls and women has grown to include some Jewish, Muslim and other faith communities, as well as liberals and Democrats and even gays and lesbians who find themselves allied on this single issue with groups with...
Both of these books and movies are still read and watched today, and will be for a long time into the future. If one were to look online at the reviews of these movies today, one will see that everyone gives these timeless movies at least 4.5 or 5 stars. Many of the online critics...
All of that could be corrected, said Ashlee. But what happens if a new owner decides to enlarge it or tear it down to make way for a new, bigger place? “You know, I would be very concerned about the future of that house, because if you’ve noticed, in Plymouth, people are tackin...