Sentences with phrase «euphemisms from»

Californication, Season 7: See a supercut of some of the best sexual euphemisms from Californication.

Not exact matches

Some are shortcuts and euphemisms that serve only to shield people's true thoughts and keep them from voicing their opinions.

«If there's one takeaway from Ford ditching Fields,» Wired concludes, «it's that in our current transportation environment, «mobility» isn't so much a strategy as it is a euphemism for «we have no idea what's happening next.

«Saving the economy» has become a euphemism for the policy of keeping bad debts on the books and saving high finance from writing them down to reflect the realistic ability to pay.

Hours earlier, Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta said in a press conference broadcast on state - run Iraqiya TV that 15 «Arabs» - in Iraq, a euphemism indicating they came from outside the country - were responsible for three deadly attacks in Baghdad in recent months, including a bloody church siege.

Many of the comments were from people who were outraged at the suggestion that God's Holy Bible contained sexual innuendoes and euphemisms.

I should add that the word translated «stones» in the KJV is often literally translated as «thigh,» but that is merely a well known Hebrew euphemism for «penis,» per the oath - taking examples I mentioned from the Bible, «put your hand under my thigh and take an oath.»

Which is why it's a shame that your knowledge of Hitler and stalin stems from what someone who heard it from someone else and possibly half asleep in school and not from a homeschool teacher who used the term «home schooling» as an unintended euphemism.

I would offer only one friendly amendment: The problem is not with psychology per se, but with the reductionist psychology which says man is just stuff and conscience is just a euphemism for inhibitions pumped in from outside.

The schools are good there, they said, which is true, and also a euphemism for an incalculable range of social and cultural benefits that flow from being raised in the upper middle class.

But you can throw all the clichés and euphemisms you like at the Monaco Grand Prix, it doesn't stop it from being... well, underwhelming.

Nowadays that's usually a euphemism for retirement (we're still waiting for Mika Hakkinen to come back from his sabbatical!)

You might want to stay away from euphemisms for death such as «going to sleep.»

The word reproduction is «at best a euphemism,» as Andrew Solomon says in his new book, «Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.»

It is clearly from lobbying, a term he much prefers to mealy - mouthed euphemisms such as public affairs, that Lionel gets his kicks.

In addition to a probable lack of information the reason is twofold and points to Israel: Gazans have been living in an open air prison since 2006 where Israel unilaterally locked them up; Gazans suffer constant shortages, a blockade on all kinds of goods monitored at checkpoints such as Kerem Shalom and are barred from accessing their own maritime enclave; frustration is a euphemism for six years of deprivation and economic meltdown.

Naturally, the word «ziti» — the euphemism borrowed from The Sopranos to describe the alleged bribes to Percoco as payments to his wife for what prosecutors say was a «low - show» job — was tossed around in court on Tuesday.

A 2009 audit report revealed that up to 60 billion Cedis of the tax payer's money taken from the TOR debt recovery levy, the HIPC etc. was used to fund a so called communication strategy which was only a euphemism for a conduit used to siphon state funds into the NPP campaign.

Shorn of all euphemism, it is the principle that sees the national economic space as a frontiers space with economic cowboys shooting from the hip to achieve the highest value and profit.

Coffey also suggested that Howe and Percoco's use of «ziti» as a euphemism for the allegedly illicit payments — a term that Percoco picked up from the HBO crime drama «The Sopranos,» according to Howe — could have referred to the campaign contributions the men sought to benefit Cuomo's re-election efforts.

The euphemisms used to describe this process make me laugh: librarians weed books from their collections or deselect them.

Making an effort to do so from birth will serve as reinforcement for your child that the body is normal and doesn't need euphemisms.

Taking its name from the New York Times obituary page's euphemism for the partners of the dead, it covers the whole decade, structured around well - heeled couple Sean (Mark Lamos) and David (Bruce Davison) and their friends and family (played by the likes of Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney and Mary - Louise Parker).

College educated, Barbara speaks with a soft sense of classist euphemism that's far removed from Mavis's guttural speech.

The film finds ways to keep us glued to the mundane work of reporting and builds tension as we watch the team poring over newly discovered documents late into the night, decoding them for the various euphemisms used to disguise misconduct as «sick» priests «on leave» were being transferred from parish to parish.

These range from horror films, such as the House of Wax (2005) remake, which has Paris Hilton hilariously impaled by a metal pole (no, that's not a euphemism) to Orphan (2009), a gloriously silly and overstated horror film involving a killer child.

Newly sprung from jail and looking for trouble, Sin - Dee is the sort of person others might describe as a «force of nature,» which is often a euphemism for «impossible»: she's a relentless motor - mouth and her preferred form of conversation is to berate the other party into agreement or silence — not that Alex is intimidated.

you made the perfect euphemism on the subject, people buy an A / C Unit (car) and they use it every day to cool their home (drive said car to and from places) and they can do things such as not replace the A / C air filter (car maintenance) and they come home one day to a house with the A / C not working and its 100 degrees inside (they break down on the side of the road) Pretty cleaver eh?

Do not confuse euphuism with euphemism, which both derive from the same Greek source but have different meanings.

Italian archives contain the guest registers listing the arrival and departure times of these «Fascist visitors,» the preferred euphemism for the often nameless lovers and contain confirmation of the trysts in written statements from Mussolini's long - time valet Quinto Navarra.

Trap - and - Remove In their book, Lebbin et al. point out, with obvious pride, that, «By 2004, feral cats had been successfully removed from at least 48 islands worldwide» (there's another euphemism: removed).

You have the right to be informed of the dogs actual breed or breed mix, and if not known, to receive the best guess from a shelter professional, with no euphemisms or avoiding breeds that conjure up public fear (e.g. Pit Bull, Chow, etc..)

Chris is joined by Simon Marshall and Gavin Spence from GlesGames to discuss Scotland's best gaming event, as well as Labo, Xbox Game Pass and euphemisms about sex in a shed.

When Dr. Hansen came unglued a teeny bit and called for the criminal prosecution of energy company executives, my first thought was «he's REALLY frustrated from dealing with the Bush Administration», followed quickly by «Holy [expletive] cow, he's really worried; we're in [expletive] deep [euphemism: excrement]» as the significance sank in.

Political correctness is the reluctance to speak the truth for fear of causing offence, in other words it is, as Zeman says, a euphemism for cowardice, and it is slowly destroying our society from within.

Other examples from law of euphemism, evasion and doublespeak: «tort reform,» «death taxes,» «faith - based initiatives,» «Clear Skies Initiative» and «Healthy Forests Restoration Act.»

This isn't a euphemism for anything — the insurer actually wants to know your general lifestyle, specifically whether you are inclined to participate in activities that statistically affect the chance that you'll die from anything other than old age.

But continuing the euphemisms, I ended up Doorknocking and Double Ending a house just three doors down from this one... with the same clients.

To make the transition from being a real estate salesperson to becoming a «selling partner» easier, a smart Realtor uses euphemisms: the Listing Contract is merely the Realtor's authority to place the house on the market.