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“He never married” It’s rare to that euphemism used in modern writing. I’m guessing the author might have just read it in research and copied it.
by SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
“He never married”
It’s rare to that euphemism used in modern writing. I’m guessing the author might have just read it in research and copied it.
- tasuki 8y agoHow is that a euphemism?
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoIt's a very classic way to say "he's queer" before it was at all socially acceptable to talk about it.
- tasuki 8y agoInteresting! How would one say that... he never married?
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoStraight and never married? IDK, ladies man, or committed to his work, or never settled down? It would be arguing the “social” he never married vs the literal. It’s been reasonable acceptable to say gay since I was a kid so I only know about the phase from reading.
- jwilk 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_never_married https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_never_married But I suppose the author meant that "he never married" in the literal sense.