euphemism treadmill
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释义与例句
n.
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The process by which euphemisms fall into disuse and are replaced by new ones, as the old ones become socially unacceptable over time.
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词源
Coined by Steven Pinker in 1994, but preceded by Sharon Henderson Taylor's 1974 "euphemism cycle."
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