Words have meaning; words have power; words can hurt, but we seem to think that we can just soften words down until they lose meaning and power.
Nothing new - from Biblical times, people have used circumlocutions. It's often necessary to use a specialist interpretation in the Bible when a circumlocution substitutes for a sensitive subject, such as anatomy, or pagan gods.
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Words have meaning; words have power; words can hurt, but we seem to think that we can just soften words down until they lose meaning and power.
Nothing new - from Biblical times, people have used circumlocutions. It's often necessary to use a specialist interpretation in the Bible when a circumlocution substitutes for a sensitive subject, such as anatomy, or pagan gods.