George Carlin on Euphemisms and Soft Language
Rob Logan · Comedy · YouTube title: George Carlin on soft language
Why it's here
HN reaches for this clip whenever a thread involves euphemism or corporate and sanitized phrasing.
What it covers
A clip from George Carlin's 1990 special 'Doin' It Again' in which he describes how American English has been sterilized with euphemisms, using examples such as shell shock becoming PTSD.