sorry was not looking for explanations of why these words exist & are annoying (I know why they exist & are annoying) specifically, when ppl say talking like this is avoiding & minimising a subject, does it actually do that, or is it just a way of talking abt a subject, openly, in tiktok dialect

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do small euphemisms like unalive, grape etc actually do something to soften the impact of the concept they refer to or do they just connect to the same set of internal references & images in the reader's brain as eg kill, rape etc. but in a slightly sillier way. I assume there are studies on this

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A progressive thinktank, of course, but it's becoming increasingly obvious to the man sat in bed on his phone that the oil industry is a racket and we need a way out.

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I don't know you're kind of convincing me that she's connected enough to be a problem but also not threatening enough that you can just get your way with her if need be. Sounds like the evil you know is probably better in this instance!

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When you realize how bad Worf was at his job...in almost every episode.

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