The U.S. Commercial Real Estate Finance Council joins the list of organizations adopting wordy euphemisms to replace sustainability, green, ESG and/or DEI ...

Is Motiveless Political Violence Really on the Rise? A Lesson from Elinor An Art History Primer on Drawings, Courtesy of Master Drawings Week A journalist who obscures the truth is hardly a journalist ...

Euphemisms—tactful words and phrases used in place of less pleasant ones—have been employed as rhetorical and literary devices for centuries. (The word is derived from the Greek for “good-speaking.”) ...

We woke in Boston before daybreak as usual, and Hammy — my beagle, who was once a lab dog used in research — stretched, a squeak escaping from his yawn. I prepared my oatmeal and served him breakfast, ...

MODERN American speech, while not always clear or correct or turned with much style, is supposed to be uncommonly frank. Witness the current explosion of four-letter words and the explicit discussion ...

Okay, I will admit it: I enjoy studying euphemisms. Euphemisms are those words we use as a substitute for a word that may be unpleasant or offensive. Many years ago, for instance, a proper farm wife ...

Saying someone is 'of a certain age' used to be a polite way to suggest they may not be in the first flush of youth. But lightly humorous euphemisms like 'over the hill' or 'golden years' are no ...

Shortly after his swearing in, President Donald Trump reinstated his ban on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the federal government. The move was a much-needed correction to former President ...

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington. Shortly after his swearing in, President Donald ...