All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier.

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress.

'Bloody' has now become an important indicator of Australianness and of cultural values such as friendliness, informality, laid-backness, mateship - ….

Because of the way our society is structures, using sentences such as "I don't it" can put people at a disadvantage. And this is, of course, why teac….

A non-standard dialect is as valid communication system as the standard.

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive.