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12 de jul. de 2008 · 13.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 227K. 11M views 15 years ago. One of my favorite George Carlin bits in which he describes the sterilization of the American language. From the 1990 special...
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18 de feb. de 2021 · George Carlin: Politically Correct Language. February 18, 2021. George Carlin's critical thinking on pc language, still relevant today. I know I’m a little late with this, but I’d like to get a few licks on this totally bogus topic before it completely disappears from everyone’s consciences.
24 de abr. de 2016 · In the age when torture has become "enhanced interrogation techniques"; when the rich are "job creators"; when murdered children are "collateral damage"; it ...
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"Sometime during my life toilet paper became bathroom tissue. . . . Sneakers became running shoes. False teeth became dental appliances. Medicine became medication. Information became directory ass..."When a company is 'levering up,' it often means, in regular language, that it is spending money it doesn’t have. When it is 'right-sizing' or finding 'synergies,' it may well be firing people. Whe..."Here’s an example. There’s a condition in combat that occurs when a soldier is completely stressed out and is on the verge of a nervous collapse. In World War I it was called 'shell shock.' Simple...
"I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me deprived was a bad...
"Poor people used to live in slums. Now 'the economically disadvantaged' occupy 'substandard housing' in the 'inner cities.' And a lot of them are broke. They don't have 'negative cash flow.' They'...
"It is perhaps only a sign of the times that one business appoints a new executive, a chief information officer, to 'monitor the life cycle of documents'--that is, to take charge of the shredder."...
"Today, the real damage isn't done by the euphemisms and circumlocutions that we're likely to describe as Orwellian. Ethnic cleansing, revenue enhancement, voluntary regulation, tree-density reduct...
"Goatish creatures with human faces, horny-browed, lightly bearded and grey as india-rubber. The malice of evil glittered in their hard eyes, as they moved hither and thither, trailing their long t...
22 de ago. de 2019 · George Carlin: Politically Correct Language George Carlin’s critical thinking on pc language, still relevant today. George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2006) – Transcript
28 de ene. de 2012 · George Carlin speaks about society's habit of softening language and disguising things with multiple syllables.
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4 de jul. de 2008 · Playlist. Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the life and language of the late comedian George Carlin, who died last month. (Read Nunberg's full essay.) In the 1970s, Carlin observed: "There...
