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A euphemism (/ ˈ juː f ə m ɪ z əm / YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant. [1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay.
This is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the unpleasantness of the subject, or are used in formal contexts.
Prolixity is also used to obfuscate, confuse, or euphemize and is not necessarily redundant or pleonastic in such constructions, though it often is. "Post-traumatic stress disorder" (shell shock) and "pre-owned vehicle" are both tumid euphemisms but are not redundant. Redundant forms, however, are especially common in business, political, and ...
Callous as he is towards unhoused people, there’s something slyly subversive to Gillis’ suggestion that the harsh measures conservatives might euphemize as “cleaning up the streets” isn ...
Vice mentions how users "often" use code words to euphemize suicide, like "catching the bus", and that users are dissuaded from being "pro-life", ...
He never waters down a phrase, nor does he euphemize, but is able to recreate in words the substantiality of the world and the speech of the rustics he portrays. His diction is crisp and fresh, and - because of its authenticity - simple and dignified.
There is no need to euphemize out of existence all the phrases peculiar to wikipedia. Protonk 18:41, 11 October 2009 (UTC) You're sure that's all you have to say on the subject, right after Gruntler's comment, and given the various points I made? Rd232 talk 19:10, 11 October 2009 (UTC) Er. You want me to say more? Ok.
The Pickton Affair, to euphemize it a bit; using "affair" to refer more to what the real scandal was - the length to which the authorities (including the Crown, i.e. the Solicitor-General) avoided taking action on the rapidly growing roster of disappeared women from the Downtown Eastside.