Words similar to privy

Example sentences for: privy

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The word privy is one of the earliest euphemisms used in England; an anonymous writer at the turn of the fifteenth century advised whanne he sitteth at privy he schal not streyne him-silf to harde.
The WP adds that Lewis was privy to Lewinsky's taped account of her relationship with Clinton, and that her reaction to her daughter's attempt to conceal it from outsiders was, "What's the big deal?
Privy and closet are examples of euphemism by metonymy, which is the substitution of the name of an attribute of a thing for the thing itself: a toilet is a private place, therefore a privy.
In its editorial advocating that the DOJ and FBI abandon their current policy against the use of computer encryption technology the feds are not at least indirectly privy to, the NYT explains President Clinton's failure to oppose this law enforcement stance thusly: "[S]ince Attorney General Janet Reno has protected Mr. Clinton from an independent counsel on campaign finance, the White House is said to be loath to oppose either her or Louis Freeh, the F.B.I.
The foregoing reflects enthusiasm, intelligence, and resourcefulness but it is badly written, is riddled with the kind of jargon that frightens away anybody not privy to the secret language of software, and, consequently, makes the rest of its content suspect.