A euphemism (/ˈjuːfəmɪzəm/ YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant...
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Dysphemism (section Move from euphemism to dysphemism)
once considered euphemisms to now be considered dysphemisms. In American culture, words like "colored" were once considered euphemisms, but have since...
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death. Most of them are idioms. The "Dead Parrot sketch" contains several euphemisms for death ("is no more", "has ceased to be", "bereft of life, it rests...
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Baseball metaphors for sex (redirect from Baseball euphemisms)
In American slang, baseball metaphors for sex are often used as euphemisms for the degree of physical intimacy achieved in sexual encounters or relationships...
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Glossary of Nazi Germany (redirect from Nazi euphemism)
codification of its ideology. Abbeförderung ('dispatching', 'removal') – euphemism for killing. abgeräumt ('cleared away') – slang expression for "murdered"...
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This is a list of euphemisms for death and dying in the English language. A euphemism is a common word or phrase intended to soften the harshness of a...
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Victorian morality (redirect from Victorian euphemism)
Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of the middle class in 19th-century Britain, the Victorian era. Victorian values emerged in all...
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Special military operation (category Euphemisms)
denote the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is widely considered to be a euphemism created to minimize and obfuscate the true nature of the full-fledged...
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Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?")...
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Carnal knowledge (category Euphemisms)
Carnal knowledge is an archaic or legal euphemism for sexual intercourse. In modern statutes, the term "sexual penetration" is widely used, though with...
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