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ccc  ·  3363 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dealing with the euphemism treadmill?

Yeah, I'd love to see how this develops later on. But if I'm understanding right, these are words that were originally taboo and became milder with the loss of connection to the original taboo. Any thoughts on words that were originally the new polite form, then relegated to taboo to make way for the next one?