# Juvenile delinquent taught at a university

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 7, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154 "2014-01-07T18:58:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154/281 "2014-01-25T03:13:05Z")

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> [@Don\_Simus](#):
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> I can.

You can think less of yourself? Well, that’s no surprise. But why can’t you pilot an airplane?

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juvenile-delinquent-taught-at-a-university/678154/282 "2014-01-25T05:45:37Z")

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> [@Don\_Simus](#):
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> Again a euphemism. Don’t we have an English word for it?

> [@Don\_Simus](#):
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> Exactly. The very first post used the euphemism “afraid of heights” and I asked to use the right word. Instead the posters started replacing Saxon words with Greek ones. Why not use a simple English word?

> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> Holy smokes, you don’t even really know what “euphemism” means, do you?!?!
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> “Afraid of heights” is not a euphemism, it is a direct, unambiguous description. **There is no blank to fill, no dots to connect.**

> [@Don\_Simus](#):
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> That’s you don’t know what euphemism means

This topic has gone so far off the wall and is pretty much nonsensical at this point, so I’m shutting it down.

**Don Simus** , if you wish to debate everyone on something please 1. Make it clear what the debate is and clear what side you fall on it and 2. Make it either in the Pit or Great Debates.

_Do not open another topic in this forum_ (which asks for opinions) if you’re just going to spend it arguing with everyone without really making it clear what you’re even arguing for/against. In fact, do not open another topic _in this forum_ about this subject at all.

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