1) Blankety-blank 2) British slang for the toilet 3) Egad 4) Expression 5) Locution 6) Saying 7) Softener of a kind 8) The Green Mile, literarily
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1) Darn 2) Heck
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A euphemism is a generally innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant. Some euphemisms are intended to amuse; while others use bland, inoffensive, and often misleading terms for things the user wishes to dissimulate or downplay. Euphemisms are used for dissimulation, to refer to ta...
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• (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
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a deliberate softening of a harsh truth. e.g. The old man passed away. (rather than 'died')
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Using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing, or painful one. For instance, saying
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the replacement of a strong/offensive word or phrase with an alternative word or phrase considered to be milder/inoffensive. Euphemisms are used widely and very wrongly by politicians and business people attempting to avoid responsibility and personal acknowledgment of mistakes, bad decisions and unjustifiable actions, etc. Euphemisms in such situa...
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Eu'phe·mism (ū'fe*mĭz'm)
noun [ Greek ... from ... to use word of a good omen;
e'y^ well + ... to speak: confer French
euphémisme . See
Fame .]
(Rhet.) A figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive...
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Technique in which more pleasant, more beautiful, more positive words are used than the probably more fitting descriptions, which would be unpleasant or embarrassing. Dt. Schönfärberei
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Euphemism is British slang for the toilet.
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substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant.
*When the final news came, there would be a ring at the front door -- a wife in this situation finds herself staring at the front door as if she no longer owns it or controls it--and outside the door would be a man... com...
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n] - an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
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A phrase used in place of something disagreeable or upsetting. For example passed out
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euphemism 1. An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive. 2. A word, or phrase, which is used in place of a term that might be considered too direct, too harsh, too unpleasant, or too offensive. 3. The use of a word, or phrase, that is more neutral, vague, or indirect to replace a direct, harsh, unpleasant, ...
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An innocuous, inoffensive or circumlocutory term or phrase for something unpleasant or obscene.
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A euphemism is a polite, mild phrase that we substitute for a harsher, blunter way of saying something uncomfortable.
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the use of a more palatable word or phrase in place of a more direct or crude one. [Contributor: Dr. Ismail S. Talib, National University of Singapore.]
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noun an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
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Figure of speech that substitutes a direct or offensive statement with one that is suitably mild or evasive. Thus, `he passed away` is used in place of `he died`; `sleep with someone` substitutes for `have sex with someone`; and `liquidate the opposition` has a softer impact than `kill ...
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. · the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”
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[SAT terms] an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
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an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
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