George Carlin - Euphemisms
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A George Carlin stand-up bit on euphemisms, tracing how language gets softened, such as shell shock becoming PTSD, until it loses its emotional force.
Why HN recommends it: HN commenters reach for it whenever a thread involves corporate or political euphemism, using it mostly as a reference.
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