And in many ways, this is nothing new. We've been euphemizing death as long as we've had language. The word "decease," for example, comes from Latin "decessus,"
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And in many ways, this is nothing new. We've been euphemizing death as long as we've had language. The word "decease," for example, comes from Latin "decessus,"
Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED