Your New Favorite Word
Episode 1.16
In this episode, Tessa investigates euphemisms for death and dying in English and other languages. [Our dialog here is fairly lighthearted; if you’ve recently lost someone close to you, you might want to skip this section.] Jamis takes a Proto Indo-European root and runs wild with it, exploring all its pointy, poignant, and pugnacious descendants.
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Highlights
- 01:08 — Euphemisms
- 03:57 — Euphemisms for toilet
- 06:49 — Euphemisms for death (in English)
- 09:39 — Euphemisms for death (in other languages)
- 17:08 — PIE root for “to prick”
Show Notes
- Article comparing bathroom euphemisms
- Article listing English euphemisms for death (Wikipedia)
- Forum discussion on euphemisms for death in various languages
- Another forum discussion on the same topic
- Pungent Pugilist with Poignantly Punctual Punch Impugns Repugnant Poniard’s Point