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Originally Posted by Janszoon
"Passed" or "passed away". I really think this sucks as a euphemism for dying. There's something about it that sounds like it trivializes what death really is and that annoys the shit out of me.
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I totally agree here. I have no problem with the jocular euphemisms for dying like carking it, kicking the bucket and biting the dust but "passed away" really annoys me as a respectful euphemism. It's almost offensive in that it attempts to reduce the impact of something whose impact most certainly cannot be diminished by a couple of words. There's nothing respectful about trying to glaze over something that serious.
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