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- denotation - the specific thing in the world that a word tells you about
- connotation - the other meanings a word has (especially whether it's positive or negative)
- attempted murder / failed murder - failure is bad, but it's good not to murder somebody
- completed murder / successful murder - success is good, but it's bad to murder somebody
- victim / survivor
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- stubborn / steadfast
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- toilet / bathroom / restroom = all of these are euphemisms
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- euphemism: a word or expression that is more polite, to talk about something that is rude or uncomfortable
- (dysphemism: a word that is intentionally less polite)
- toilet, bathroom, restroom, WC=water closet, lavatory, washroom, john, men's room/women's room
- shitter, crapper, pisser
- die: pass away, pass on, pass over, depart, leave, kick the bucket
- dead: in a better place, departed, deceased, gone, late, pushing daisies
- buried in a coffin or casket
- 1 disadvantaged senior citizen
- 2 disabled
- 3 retirement pension
- 4 garden plot
- 5 pass away
- 6 lower income bracket / economically disadvantaged
- 7 under the weather
- 8 low IQ
- 9 Department of Defense
- 10 have a dialog
- 11 companion animal
- death (above)
- bodily functions - going to the bathroom, vomiting, menstruation
- bathroom - go number 1/number 2, "powder my nose", bathroom tissue, "hygenic paper"
- vomit - throw up, be sick, lose one's lunch
- menstruation - that time of the month (for a woman), period, sanitary products, feminine (hygiene) products
- sex - sleep together, get busy, make love
- Homework: exercises 3 and 4 on p. 112 of the handout
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