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...

once considered euphemisms to now be considered dysphemisms. In American culture, words like "colored" were once considered euphemisms, but have since...

codification of its ideology. Abbeförderung ('dispatching', 'removal') – euphemism for killing. abgeräumt ('cleared away') – slang expression for "murdered"...

In American slang, baseball metaphors for sex are often used as euphemisms for the degree of physical intimacy achieved in sexual encounters or relationships...

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...

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...

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...

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?")...

term inner city has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer...

triumph of Francisco Franco, filete imperial ("imperial beef") became a euphemism for filete ruso ("Russian beef"), "ensaladilla nacional" ("national salad")...