Blogs about: Euphemistic Language

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Specificity killed the cat

MJ wrote 11 months ago: The Climate & Development Knowledge Network innovation fund has opened to a second round of appl … more →

Tags: Donors, Innovation, grant funding, competitive funding for NGOs, aid jargon

An unfortunate euphemism19 comments

Boggleton Drive wrote 1 year ago:          … more →

Tags: Other Comics, boggleton drive, Grammar Humor, euphemism, English mistakes, Poor choice of words, idiom

Congratulations! It’s a word!2 comments

scribblerjeff wrote 1 year ago: I recently created a word and submitted it to the editors at www.urbandictionary.com (SPOILER… … more →

Tags: Different kinds of words, Jargon, euphemism, Onomatopoeia, Cognate, Creation, Invention, dictionary, published

The use of euphemism and excuses for failure12 comments

MJ wrote 2 years ago: In amidst all the usual jargon, international development includes some truly excellent / excruciati … more →

Tags: view from the bottom, Donors, Conservation & Development Planning, capacity building, rants, results-based management, Project Failure

Mako Nakagawa To Keynote 42nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage8 comments

Gann Matsuda wrote 2 years ago: Follow @manzanarcomm PILGRIMAGE: Bus Transportation Available From Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — M … more →

Tags: News, Manzanar At Dusk, Manzanar Pilgrimage, Manzanar Committee, Manzanar, Manzanar National Historic Site, Bruce Embrey, Kyodo Taiko, japanese american

Words Can Lie Or Clarify Criticizes Euphemistic Language Used To Describe WWII Camps Used To Imprison Japanese Americans13 comments

Gann Matsuda wrote 3 years ago: Follow @manzanarcomm Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, was seventeen years old when she was imprisoned at Manza … more →

Tags: Commentary, Aiko Herzig, Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, Aiko Yoshinaga-Herzig, amache, Civil Rights, concentration camp, Gila River, Granada

Words Do Matter: A Note on Inappropriate Terminology and the Incarceration of the Japanese Americans1 comment

Gann Matsuda wrote 3 years ago: Follow @manzanarcomm Since the discussion about euphemistic language used to describe America’ … more →

Tags: Other, Civil Rights, Discover Nikkei, discovernikkei.org, japanese american, Japanese American internment, Manzanar, Roger Daniels

The Power Of Words3 comments

Gann Matsuda wrote 3 years ago: Follow @manzanarcomm Over the last year or so, the issue of the use of euphemistic language to descr … more →

Tags: Commentary, Manzanar, japanese american, Nichibei Times, Japanese American internment, Civil Rights, Mako Nakagawa


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