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| | Euphemism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In this case, the euphemism is being used as a type of innuendo. | | | In legal usage, execution can still refer to the carrying out of other types of orders; for example, in U.S. legal usage, a writ of execution is a direction to enforce a civil money judgment by seizing property. | | | There is some disagreement over whether certain terms are or are not euphemisms. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism
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| | Euphmism - 19 types of constitution of euphemism. | | | Positive euphemisms include imposing job titles adopted to bolster one's self-image or impress one's friends and acquaintances. | | | List of Euphemisms - This is a list of euphemisms.All kinds of euphemisms Religious,Excretory,Sexual,Military,Political,Law enforcement,Social,Sports |
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| | Category:Euphemism - Wiktionary |
| | This category contains euphemisms — terms used to indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial. | | | AOL users can access Wiktionary here after accepting the CACERT certificate. | | | This page was last modified 19:02, 5 April 2005. |
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Euphemism
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| | Metaphors typically fill these gaps by extending the name of a specific salient member of this category to name the general category. | | | Euphemisms were used to describe the distasteful stimuli more frequently among participants who believed their identities would be disclosed to the recipient. | | | Some participants were led to believe they would meet the recipient at the experiment’s conclusion, while others believed they would not meet and therefore remain anonymous to the recipient. |
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http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~mcglonem/euphemism.htm
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| | Lingua Franca - 18/10/2003: The Euphemism... |
| | In the United States at the moment the term of choice is 'Native Americans', although obviously in some company other euphemisms would spring more readily to the lips. | | | In this case the euphemism works to make the act seem trivial, or in accordance with club rules, and in that sense less unpleasant, less of a disruption to the natural order of things. | | | In most countries colonised by Europeans, as well as in the colonising countries themselves these days, the search has been on for a long while for a term to describe, in the public arena, the original inhabitants and their descendants, which keeps the peace. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/stories/s969403.htm
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| | Euphemism Watch: "fact witness." By Timothy Noah |
| | You may not say, "We don't want the president to misspeak" or "We don't want an inoperative statement in the State of the Union," even when describing a theoretical circumstance. | | | Sadly, though, in the Bush era even these starchy euphemisms will no longer serve. | | | During the Nixon era, the lies flew so fast and furious that it became necessary to say that the president or an aide "misspoke" or, in a more Orwellian vein, that a statement was "inoperative." |
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http://www.slate.com/id/2086536
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| | Are You a One-Hit Wonder? The Brunching Shuttlecocks |
| | With the following handy quiz, you can tell instantly whether you should be investing your royalties in a Camero or a Certificate of Deposit. | | | Do three out of four lines from the chorus of your hit song contain a heretofore undiscovered euphemism for the sex act? | | | Do the lyrics contain the name of your band? |
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http://www.brunching.com/features/onehit.html
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| | Euphemisms - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com |
| | Browse the following links to other content related to 'Euphemisms' from the 'Vocabulary' grammar category: | | | When talking or writing about subjects that we find embarrassing or unpleasant, we often use euphemisms; rather than say that somebody has died, we might say that they 'have passed away'. | | | A Euphemism is when you substitute language that is less direct and vague for another that is considered to be harsh, blunt, or offensive. |
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http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/euphemism.html
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| | otherwordsforstuff.com - Rate funny euphemisms and submit your own. |
| | Please select a rating to see the next one: | | | Updated in real time, we list the top 5 rated euphemisms in each category, all day, every day. | | | Confused about exactly what a euphemism is? Check out euphemism history, acquire some knowledge, and impress your friends or co-workers. |
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http://www.otherwordsforstuff.com
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| | What is a euphemism? |
| | In Acts 2:39 and Ephesians 2:13, 17 of the Bible, the expression those that are afar off is used in place of a term of direct reference to the Gentiles. | | | A euphemism is a metaphorical or metonymic use of an expression in place of another expression that is disagreeable or offensive. | | | This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. |
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http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAEuphemism.htm
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| | Government by Euphemism by Sheldon Richman -The Price of Liberty |
| | Political euphemisms don’t issue just from politicians and candidates. | | | Government by Euphemism by Sheldon Richman -The Price of Liberty | | | Another popular euphemism is "the right to medical care." This is particularly seductive because, since everyone will need medical care at some point, people like to believe there is such a right. |
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http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/04/07/06/fffoundation.htm
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Copyleft |
| | Sometimes, "weak copyleft" is no more than a euphemism indicating that the work has no real enforceable copyleft. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/C/CO/COP/Copyleft
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| | Technorati Tag: euphemism |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Quick tip 方便：Aside from the common meaning, convenient, 方便 is also often used as a euphemism （婉辞）： 1. | | | For some reason the euphemism 'wardrobe malfunction' became lodged in my mind sometime during the past month or so, and I have been unable to remove... |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/euphemism
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| | euphemism - definition of euphemism by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive: "Euphemisms such as 'slumber room'. | | | collateral damage - (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/euphemism
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| | Euphemisms |
| | Typical of many recently-coined euphemisms are the words and expressions that try to avoid giving offence to various minority groups or unfortunate individuals. | | | The non-native speaker not only has to make sense of the euphemisms he hears, he also has to learn which euphemisms are appropriate in any particular situation. | | | The intention of this euphemism is to stress that the blind person is a person - who happens to have a visual disability. |
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http://esl.fis.edu/parents/easy/euphem.htm
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| | P-I Focus: Reproductive health is not a euphemism for abortion |
| | In fact, the administration has gone so far as to argue vigorously in international forums for the removal of the terms "reproductive health services" and "reproductive rights" from international agreements because they contend they are euphemisms for abortion. | | | Let's be perfectly clear: "Reproductive health services" and "reproductive rights" are not euphemisms for abortion. | | | Although it has been illegal for U.S. foreign aid dollars to fund overseas abortions for nearly 30 years, President Bush gave us a clear signal that ideology would take precedence over public health realities during his administration. |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/100733_focus21.shtml
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| | The UVic Writer's Guide: Euphemism |
| | Euphemism is the use of roundabout language to replace colloquial terms that are considered too blunt or unpleasant. | | | Some common subjects which attract euphemisms are God (when oaths are modified, as when "God damn!" becomes "darn!"); death ("passed away" replaces "died"); sex (as in the Elizabethan use of "French velvet" for "prostitute"); and bodily functions (as in Gulliver's "natural Necessities" in Swift's Gulliver's Travels). | | | Shoot, you can provide your own flipping list. |
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http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LTEuphemism.html
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| | 'Security' Tops the Plastic Heap of War's Euphemism Surplus |
| | If even sludge can be made to seem so fetching, there really are no limits to the power of euphemisms -- and to the gullibility of a public that eats them up. | | | The four men who got killed and dismembered in Fallujah were soldiers of fortune who died gruesome deaths as soldiers, and have provoked the most gruesome acts of American revenge to date. | | | And that may be the greatest achievement of this war. |
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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0427-08.htm
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| | MooT - Is the word euphemism a euphemism? |
| | death) remains nasty and, eventually, the euphemism becomes as offensive as the word it replaced - and a new one must be found. | | | The drawback of euphemism is that no matter what you call the nasty thing, the thing (e.g. | | | According to George Orwell, the reason for this is: "
political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible... |
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http://www.mootgame.com/articles/Is_the_word_euph_a_euph.html
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| | The Always Amusing Euphemism Generator |
| | The Euphemism Generator can create up to 240,133,588 unique phrases! | | | Send your real or made-up euphemisms to "euphemisms [squiggly thing] walkingdead.net" right now! |
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| | Glossary: Euphemism |
| | A word or phrase chosen because it is more polite or less shocking. | | | Current Western diplomatic and military speech is full of euphemisms. |
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http://www.bible.gen.nz/amos/glossary/euphemism.htm
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| | No Euphemism for Singles Ministry |
| | I travel the country widely as a speaker on these topics and (though there may perhaps be some) I’m not aware of any one person in America drawing a full-time salary for ministering specifically to Catholic singles — this in spite of the fact that there will soon be 100 million singles in America. | | | For these tens of millions of singles the attempted euphemism of Young Adult Ministry serves only to explicitly exclude them from all of the programs offered in their area which could meet their needs. | | | It leaves out nearly half of the people, and it very purposefully intends not to identify the specific charisms and needs of those in the single life. |
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http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=92&art_id=29261
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| | 01/14/02 - The Ultimate Euphemism for "Illegal Alien" by Steve Sailer |
| | The euphemism is also showing up in the mouths of the nation's highest elected officials. | | | In recent months, a new euphemism for "illegal alien" has begun to emerge. | | | Bush spoke out in favor of the immigrants, 'Remember, we've got hardworking citizens who are willing to walk 400 miles of desert in blistering heat to find work," he said. |
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http://www.vdare.com/sailer/ultimate_euphemism.htm
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| | EUPHEMISM - LoveToKnow Article on EUPHEMISM |
| | To properly cite this EUPHEMISM article in your work, copy the complete reference below: | | | A euphemism has sometimes a metaphorical sense, as in the substitution of the word sleep for death. |
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http://52.1911encyclopedia.org/E/EU/EUPHEMISM.htm
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| | Best Practices - A Euphemism |
| | Like all euphemisms, the term "best practices" substitutes a vague and ambiguous term for those which are specific. | | | However, in the UK, doing so would result in a head-on collision. | | | Perhaps we would be a lot better off dropping the term from our vocabulary and labelling it the glib, disinforming notion that it is. |
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http://www.cmcrossroads.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Number=27865
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Old Testament |
| | The vowels of the expression to be read are attached to the written word of the text, whilst the consonants are noted on the margin. | | | When later the Massoretes speak only of four or five instances, we must say with Ginsburg that these are merely recorded as typical. | | | Cases are not rare when consideration for religious or moral feeling has led to the substitution of a more harmless euphemism for an ill-sounding word. |
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| | Bloglanta: The Parking Deck Euphemism |
| | Posted by Joe at May 5, 2005 11:18 AM | | | It's all a Faustian bargain for a euphemism. | | | In other words, the parking deck is a euphemism, and this is why it should be built. |
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| | euphemism, euphuism. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993 |
| | Euphemisms are words substituted for others because they are thought to be less offensive, distasteful, crude, or ugly than the originals. | | | Although they both have to do with diction and therefore with style, there is little reason for confusion of these words. | | | Euphuism was the extremely artificial, pretentious, and high-flown style espoused in sixteenth-century Britain by the novelist John Lyly and his imitators. |
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| | Martha’s collegiate euphemism for prison - REALITY TV , 'IDOL' - MSNBC.com |
| | NEW YORK - Martha Stewart’s euphemism for prison was to call it “Yale.” | | | Martha’s collegiate euphemism for prison - REALITY TV, 'IDOL' - MSNBC.com | | | She explained her coping mechanism in an appearance Monday on David Letterman’s “Late Show” to promote her two new TV shows. |
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| | andrewcoyne.com: False sensitivity |
| | Like all euphemisms and some prophylactics, it will eventually wear out, requiring the substitution of some new euphemism in its place. | | | This is a euphemism, a kind of linguistic prophylactic intended to shield the speaker, no less than the listener, from the harsh reality to which it refers. | | | In time, "living with mental illness" will be seen as a grievous insult, much as "coloured people" is to people of colour. |
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http://andrewcoyne.com/2005/05/false-sensitivity.php
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| | -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE) euphemism (YOO-fuh-miz-em) noun Use of a mild, neutral, evasive, or vague term in place of one considered taboo, offensive, blunt, or unpleasant. | | | As a result, more than 110,000 Japanese, virtually all the Japanese-Americans on the mainland, were `evacuated to concentration camps' in remote parts of America's mountain states. | | | The words were his, though they were soon replaced in official parlance by the euphemism, `reception centres'." Books And Arts: The Consequences of Terror; Japanese Internment in America (book review), The Economist (London), Sep 22, 2001. |
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http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/archives/0102
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| | Eye - I'm having my euphemism - 04.20 |
| | Respond to this article: Write a letter to the editor | | | Many of my friends, mostly male, are fond of Egyptian-inspired euphemisms to describe this monthly event. | | | Over the years, my friends (my human friends -- not, you know, my friend who only visits me once a month unless I'm on the pill) and I have come up with quite a few euphemisms for what, as you grow older, becomes a celebrated monthly event. |
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| | Reform as Euphemism for Stagnation |
| | Unless some serious reconstruction of priorities and an emergence of an Arab civil society that is capable and willing to take charge of its own destiny arise, such a gloomy end will prevail. | | | Then, no matter what it’s called, the “Greater’ Middle East” will remain a euphemism for greater political stagnation, injustice and imperial designs. |
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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=46590&d=11&m=6&y=2004
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| | euphemism |
| | “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.” |
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http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/euphemism
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| | The Literary Encyclopedia |
| | Bad writing usually results from the writer thinking they need to sound like someone in authority and, as a general rule, it is wrong to try to sound like something one is not. | | | The following sounds like a government service euphemism: Those women who recognise their need for a masculine presence within their existence | | | The following might 'sound good' to some, they do not disclose their hearts in shared confidences but does it tell us more than they do not share confidences? |
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http://www.literaryencyclopedia.com/stylebook/stylebook.php
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| | African American - Free Encyclopedia |
| | The term "colored" seemed for a time to refer only to mulattoes, especially lighter ones, but later it became an euphemism for darker Blacks, even including unmixed Blacks. | | | With widespread racial mixture, "Black" or "Negro" came to mean any slave or descendant of a slave, no matter how much mixed. | | | Someone who has three-fourths Black (the progeny of a mulatto and a pure African, ideally) was traditionally called a "griffe". |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/a/af/african_american.html
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| | The Origin of "Bulgarian" as a Euphemism for Gays |
| | The Origin of "Bulgarian" as a Euphemism for Sexual Minorities | | | I believe the title of the book reflects the need that playwrites had to find euphemisms to hide their gay and lesbian characters. | | | The Origin of "Bulgarian" as a Euphemism for Gays |
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http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/title/title.html
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| | EUPHEMISM help |
| | Like idioms EUPHEMISMS are often thought of as "sayings". |
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http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/rdg/euphemismhelp.html
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| | B - definition of B in Encyclopedia |
| | In English slang, B is a euphemism for bastard or bitch. | | | In financial securities, B is the stock symbol for Barnes Group Inc.. | | | B is the symbol for susceptance, the inverse of reactance. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/B
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| | Ling. 50 - Euphemism, dysphemism and persuasion |
| | The only time I can recall the term 'bug' coming from Redmond is when discussing the competition - of course the main target currently is Netscape - but it can be used for any company that is in Microsoft's target cross-hairs. | | | This results in a bewildering array of euphemisms in a desperate effort to call a spade anything but a spade! | | | Some, braver, 'softies will say bug warily and risk complaints from on high. |
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http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/cumming/ling50/euphdata.htm
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| | Is that a euphemism? |
| | Below is a key of what all the icons mean and which aspects of the layout they change. | | | Is that a euphemism?, has many personalition features for you, the reader. |
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http://isthataeuphemism.com
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| | The Holy Observer: Christian Mom Thinks 'Blog' is a Euphemism for Sex |
| | The term, which Harrington's daughter Brittany has used several times during the last month, recently landed the 15-year old in her room for two weeks. | | | Sue Harrington is troubled by her daughter's frequent use of the word "blog," an Internet-era term she thinks is a euphemism for sex. | | | Christian Mom Thinks "Blog" is a Euphemism for Sex |
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http://www.holyobserver.com/detail.php?isu=v01i10&art=blog
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| | The Top 15 Euphemisms for "Getting Your Period" |
| | Absolutely no publishing or reprinting without prior consent. | | | and the Number 1 Euphemism for "Getting Your Period"... | | | The Top 15 Euphemisms for "Getting Your Period" |
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http://www.topfive.com/arcs/t5040300.shtml
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| | SWEET ARE THE USES OF EUPHEMISM |
| | When an odometer has been reset, and a formerly owned vehicle is advertised for its "low mileage," we have a weasel at work. | | | The authors lose credibility when they tell us that the actual meaning of "mortality rate" is "death toll." Maybe that definition was writ sarkastic. | | | By extension, a true "weasel word" is a lie, not a mere euphemism. |
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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=11738
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| | A euphemism for killing |
| | In a story about the deaths, the New York Times writes: "Federal drug regulators have not approved this regimen, but it is not unusual for doctors to use drugs differently from how they are officially approved. | | | Studies indicate that this regimen is effective, requires a lower dose of misoprostol, and allows women to undergo the most emotional and painful part of the procedure at home." (emphasis mine.) What is this "emotional and painful part," and why the euphemism? | | | Posted by Susan Olasky at November 23, 2005 07:59 AM |
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http://www.worldmagblog.com/blog/archives/020588.html
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