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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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death in
alphabetical order.
While some of them are slang,
others euphemize the
unpleasantness of the subject, or are used in
formal contexts. Some...
- "In the 1930s and 1940s the
Zionist leadership found it
expedient to
euphemize,
using the term "transfer" or "ha‘avara" – the
Hebrew euphemism for ethnic...
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Journal of
Speech Communication, Fall 1991. "Dehumanizing
People and
Euphemizing War",
Christian Century,
December 5, 1984. "Haig
Bosmajian Obituary"...
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Buffalo Hump (Comanche Potsʉnakwahipʉ "Erection That Won't Go Down"
euphemized to "Buffalo Bull's Back" ) (born c. 1800 — died post 1861 / ante 1867) was...
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representing the
informal school motto "I Hate This ****ing Place" and
jocularly euphemized as "I Have
Truly Found Paradise", "Institute Has The
Finest Professors"...
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first attested in
Pindar (c. 475 BC), was
considered an ill omen and was
euphemized to its opposite, Εὔξεινος Πόντος Eúxeinos Póntos (Hospitable Sea), also...
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alcohol of her
ethnic identity as a Valkyrie; and the Grandmaster's
euphemizing of "slaves" as "prisoners with jobs". A
third sequel titled Thor: Love...
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Histoires ou
contes du
temps p****é.
Andrew Lang
included it,
somewhat euphemized, in The Grey
Fairy Book. It is
classed among folktales of Aarne-Thompson...
- cave near
Durness in north-west
Scotland ****, a
pejorative sometimes euphemized as shmo This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the title...
