So many people know what "tired and emotional" means that it's surely now unfit for its original libel-skirting purpose. But if someone is "hiking the Appalachian Trail" or taking a "wide stance", would you be in on the gig? [BBC]
Scandalous euphemisms
Why an ambulance ride can cost $12,873 – blame the hearse
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UK politician Ann Widdecombe beaten to death in own home
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Estonia beat fentanyl, then lost to stronger drugs
Estonia is the one country that can say it beat fentanyl. By 2018, its overdose deaths had fallen more than 70 percent after fifteen years of raids, new laws, and… READ THE REST
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