When my mother passed away several years ago - well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb, ‘to pass away’ always sounds to me as if someone just drifted through the wallpaper. No, my mother did not pass away. She definitely died.
Death, Humor, Euphemism
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
Society
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