Mary Joplin (@2rista.bsky.social)

"When I die, please say just that: that I died. Please do not say that I have “passed”, or “passed away”, or “passed on”, for if you do I will be very cross and come back to haunt you for such infuriating flabbiness of expression," writes Melanie Reid. https://bit.ly/3Xa7cMX

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Euphemisms for death just kill me | The Observer Language matters. When I’m dead, don’t you dare say I’ve – horror of horrors – become ‘unalive’ https://bit.ly/3Xa7cMX