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How many different ways can you think of saying “to have sex”?

How many different ways can you think of saying “to have sex”?. What are some euphemisms for having sex? M ake love Be intimate S leep with G et with Get to home base S core S crew . Euphemism.

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How many different ways can you think of saying “to have sex”?

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  1. How many different ways can you think of saying “to have sex”?

  2. What are some euphemisms for having sex? • Make love • Be intimate • Sleep with • Get with • Getto home base • Score • Screw

  3. Euphemism • An word or expression that feels more comfortable to say than another word or expression that is usually related to a taboo topic

  4. Language in Society 1. When is the use of euphemisms good? When is it bad?

  5. Sex Scandal

  6. What do these euphemisms mean? 1. passon/away, kickthebucket 2. to be let go 3. big-boned 4. correctional facility 5. inner city 6. civilian casualties 7. undertheweather 8. tocommit suicide 9. working class 10. retirement/rest/nursing home 11. golden years 12. do someone in, finish someone off 13. togo postal 14. a tall tale 15. pass wind

  7. What do you think these euphemisms mean? 1. ...When Nature is calling, plain speaking is out,When ladies, God bless 'em, are milling about,You make water, wee-wee, or empty the glass;You can powder your nose; "Excuse me" may pass;Shake the dew off the lily; see a man 'bout a dog;Or when everyone's soused, it's condensing the fog,But be pleased to consider and remember just this -That only in Shakespeare do characters ____________! 2. Animal Farm “For the time being,” he explains, “it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations.” 3. To Kill a Mockingbird “disturbance between the North and the South” Scout frequently says, "What in the sam hill?“ 4. The Nation “During one of many anti-austerity protests last summer, more than 1,000 people rallied to oppose Philadelphia’s plans to ‘transform schools…´

  8. Language in Society 1. When is the use of euphemisms good? When is it bad?

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