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Honest Expressions Idioms tags: language communication honesty author: “Clarence Clearvoice” date: 2023-10-02 Not Mincing Words To mince words, or rather to not mince words, means to speak plainly, without dancing around the subject or cushioning the blow. This expression, also put as not mincing matters, dates back to Shakespeare’s time (used in Othello and Antony and Cleopatra) and intriguingly aligns the chopping up of meat into small, digestible pieces with softening one’s language.