No worries if not? Why Brits need to start saying what they actually mean

Euphemisms and understatement are expressions that are used up to 14 times a day and are the essence of a culture that avoids confrontation

Word Games - The Use Of Orwellian Euphemisms To Socially Manipulate The Masses

By Paul A. Philips The vast gulf between what’s really happening in the world compared to what we’re getting told still unrelentingly persists. In relation to this, there’s the continued use of Orwellian euphemisms. Orwellian: The use of words as euphemisms, inoffensive synonyms, anodyne bureaucratic jargon and political correctness… serve to socially manipulate the masses into passivity. Terminology is a favourite for the world stage political …

No worries if not? Why Brits need to start saying what they actually mean

New research shows that British people are having conversations littered with ‘polite-isms’ to conceal the fact that they’re seething. Hannah Ewens thinks this could be solved by everyone having more arguments and confrontations