- unpleasant. Some
euphemisms are
intended to amuse,
while others use bland,
inoffensive terms for
concepts that the user
wishes to downplay.
Euphemisms may be used...
- 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...
- of
describing the
Russian government's
actions negatively. The use of
euphemisms to
describe military activities was
common in the
Soviet Union and in...
-
listed as one of 76
entries in The
Contemporary Dictionary of ****ual
Euphemisms (2007), with its
literal definition and ****ual corollary. Oral **** Tate...
- activity, or
because of
unusual extenuating cir****stances.
There are
various euphemisms for
death during ****,
including "dying in the saddle" or the
French "la...
- Sam Hill is an
American English slang phrase, a
euphemism or
minced oath for "the devil" or "****"
personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?")...
-
euphemism for
Irish republicanism A
euphemism for
Confederate secession during the
American Civil War A
euphemism for
Loyalism in
Ireland A
euphemism...
-
medical license of an
abortion provider. The term was one of a
number of
euphemisms pertaining to ****, pregnancy, and childbirth. The
widespread criminalization...
-
Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語;
simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of
traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions...
-
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...
