Never underestimate the role pretension plays when it comes to creating euphemistic language.
George CarlinHeroin, forget it. In my neighborhood, I could see what heroin did firsthand and I was definitely afraid of that number.
George CarlinI suspect there really was more to my accident than bad luck. I think it was God's way of punishing my nose.
George CarlinI think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
George Carlin