Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O’Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Dysphemism is a useful word.

MODERN American speech, while not always clear or correct or turned with much style, is supposed to be uncommonly frank. Witness the current explosion of four-letter words and the explicit discussion ...

Putting a good spin on things, verbally, can be a habit, a necessary business skill, or a vocation unto itself. Take a look at euphemism, who it hurts and who it benefits, and how different cultures, ...

Every abortionist uses euphemisms to conceal the truth of what they support. The term abortion is a euphemism for murder. But before they can kill a baby, they have to dehumanize him or her. "It's not ...

In the United States, “aid-in-dying” as some advocates call it, is legal in New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Montana. But the conditions under which a physician can help someone die are ...