back in the day, the euphemism was pass away. today it has become necessary to euphemise that.
the only place a person dies these days is in a formal obituary, and then not every time. everywhere else he passes on. if it were me, i would prefer to die. there is a dignity in unambiguously and accurately expiring.
for that matter, when did expiry date become expiration date? is it pure verbosity, or a cultural distaste for short and blunt?
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