The editor replaced that notable word — the one the Star will probably fill with hyphens — with “talent.” Even the Daily Beast doesn’t want to get sweary online and carefully refers to “psy.” As for euphemisms, Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post suggested American readers at Thanksgiving dinner avoid fights with Trumpy relatives by changing conversational direction and saying “Oh boy, cranberries!” Oh boy, cranberries. “Comic Sans,” as in “Comic Sans Underwear. Comic Sans Career. Don’t say “drunk,” say “what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour.” Blame the era. Oh boy, cranberries.

Source: thestar December 01, 2017 22:18 UTC