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In Standard Italian there are no less than forty congeners of _son of a bitch_, and each and every one of them is more opprobrious, more brilliant, more … quotes/65

But the Englishman will innocently use many words and phrases that have indecent significances in the United States, quite lacking in England, _e.g._, … quotes/64

The list of such euphemisms is long, especially for women's rooms. In the high days of euphemy in the United States they were not called anything at … quotes/63

In 1833 Noah Webster actually undertook to bowdlerize the Bible. His version substituted _breast_ for _teat_, _in embryo_ for _in the belly_, _peculiar … quotes/62

The appearance of horse meat for human consumption in 1943 started a search for euphemisms to designate it. One reader of _Life_ submitted a list of … quotes/61

Since _engineer_ became a title of prestige in America, it has been assumed by a wide spectrum of charlatans. For a number of years the _Engineering … quotes/60

The forced resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, following her suggestion that masturbation was "part of something that perhaps should be taught," … quotes/8