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Why was it that some Americans now avoid the sensible expression, passed away, and say the less sensible, passed, to mean someone died?
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- ?Lv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
I do not know, but agree that I have noticed the same phenomenon in American English regarding these words/this expression . ... Sometimes euphemisms are added to already existing euphemisms ...
Source(s): native AmE
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