Phrasing Criticism

Commenters debate and criticize oxymoronic, euphemistic, semantically dubious, or poorly chosen phrases and wordings in the article, highlighting doublespeak, clichés, and contradictions.

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wiktionary.org en.m JOMO NOT FOMO GOOD THING phrase baby sounds like throwing word terms sounds weasel salad dividing

Sample Comments

jrochkind1 Dec 13, 2021 View on HN

indeed, it's kind of an oxymoron!

steveeq1 Aug 31, 2020 View on HN

You're playing with semantics.

beamatronic Nov 11, 2020 View on HN

That's some serious doublespeak right there

randomhodler84 Jul 9, 2022 View on HN

You keep using that word “inconvenience”. It is a shibboleth.

omarelamri Oct 25, 2014 View on HN

This almost sounds like an oxymoron.

gataca Oct 23, 2023 View on HN

Thought-terminating cliché detected

pauldenton Sep 29, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like a contradiction in terms to me

chrisweekly Aug 16, 2024 View on HN

That's some opaque word choice there!

Danjoe4 Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

The euphemisms are insufferable

gtirloni Nov 16, 2021 View on HN

Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater.