George Carlin – Euphemistic Language
Sunday, February 12th, 2012 at
6:04 pm
Amateur linguists will recognize the phenomenon Carlin describes as the “euphemism treadmill,” in which new words are invented to avoid the negative connotations that the old ones have taken on. George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 — June 22, 2008)… may he rest in peace.
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His videos should be played for educational purposes to kids!
Psychology deals with human mental processes and behavior. If there’s one person who truly understood other humans, it was George. Psychologist and these so called “experts” didn’t need to change the words with other fancy terminology, they only did that to look smarter and to further increase their self importance.
“..and its need for precise terminology” Do you really think that changing simple words for some scientific jargon is going to make things more precise?
Someone doesn’t understand psychology (and its need for precise terminology)…
…it’s George Carlin.
I can’t be the only one to feel like I’m listening to a history lesson.
@brian81877 he has become God when he died. In his own little world now he can give no shit about his people!
@simplyReed :,D Well played, sir.
@mikeyanagita1 Racism is not illegal if you live in Zimbabwe and if you do please don’t bring that crap to the civilized world.
@brian81877 You know what, I bet George is down there, screaming up at us.
“Unwilling sperm recipient” LOL wtf
@cinamonrocknroll1
racism is not illegal you dolt.
@rserevan no…its puke not wet dream
@brian81877 god needed some advise
this guy speaks the fucking truth! !
I’ve never had a problem telling people that I am an old cripple. It’s true and it directly describes my condition. Went to a new doctor the other day. He asked me if I had always been crippled (I had never used the term in his presents). Right off I thought, I like this guy.
Greedy assholes are now “job creators”
he’s not dead, he’s bzzzt!, gone away. it was the only euphemism he allowed himself.
“involuntary personal protein spill” — AKA a wet dream
@ilikehairbands
Well stated.
10 idiots just don’t get it.
@ilikehairbands, Sometimes those around you (e.g., neighbors) can SEEM worse than other people because you know them better, warts and all. This is why they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. But a wise person keeps things in perspective. As for Carlin, I didn’t notice the dried-out old cynic living anywhere but America. And with his money, he certainly could have been his old miserable self anywhere he wanted.
@ilikehairbands, Not at all. And this is where you have to consider your own prejudices, as they influence people to interpret things the way they do. If I say you shouldn’t slam a person, that’s not synonymous with saying that you should be a cheerleader for him. A person who slams America is foolish and childish. It simply means that he doesn’t really know what life is like elsewhere. It’s the same phenomenon as when a person is harder on those around him than on strangers.
@EternalAnachronism With your annoyance at him “slamming” America you seem to have implied it pretty well.
@ilikehairbands, When did I say anything about nationalism?
@EternalAnachronism I’m not trying to be a flamer or anything like that, but why should be proud of America. Nationalism is nonsense and can be used as a tool to control people. There’s no reason to be proud of the place you were born.
Ahh George Carlin. You are the only Human I can Relate Too in Thinking…You are greatly missed.