early euphemism of the year candidate--"artificial calamari"

[Joel S. Berson]

There was much discussion here in Oct. 2011 and Jan. 2012 of
"imitation", "counterfeit", or what? and probably "artificial" also.

Joel

At 1/23/2013 09:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I'd prefer "imitation" myself, but I just fell into line.
>
>Come to think of it (but only come to think of it), this is an odd use of
>"artificial," which implies to me something synthetic.
>
>Of course, "counterfeit" would work fine in this case, except that, as I
>said, the very name says it's fake.
>
>AJL
>
>JL
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>On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
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> > > Date:    Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:51:54 -0500
> > > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > Subject: Re: early euphemism of the year candidate--"artificial calamari"
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> > > I agree. "Artificial calamari" says it's fake right there in the name.
> > >
> > > What kind of euphemism is that?
> > >
> > > JL
> > I heard that This American Life segment as well. And I have to say that
> > where you all (and those on the show) are saying "artificial," I would
> > be using "imitation" (as in "imitation crab," "imitation vanilla extract").
> >
> > Is it a "euphemism" along the lines of "sweetbread" (thymus or pancreas)
> > or "head cheese" (a sausage or "jellied mass" [gotta love that W3 def:
> > yum!] made from meat from the pig's head, feet, tongue, and heart)?
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