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		ks2048 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The surprising geography of American left-handedne... Interesting. I knew Spanish izquierda (left) came from Basque, but I didn't realize it was to avoid a taboo word like sinister.

card_zero 6 months ago [–]

These are euphemisms to avoid another euphemism, as the other poster says, sinister itself starting out as positive. The ancient euphemism treadmill.

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