Please Help Euphemisms?
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Euphemisms? Could you help?
Could you match with correct euphemisms>>>> 1. Kickback a.strategic withdrawal of services 2.recession b. negative growth 3.retreat c. accommodation payment 4. gases that don't kill but impair d. benevolent incapacitators
What euphemism needs to be abolished? Why?
I really dislike the phrase “to sleep together” as a euphemism for sex. First, it’s irritating when people are willing to mention something, but too cowardly to use the real words. To that end, all euphemisms, except the humorous ones, should be abolished.But the bigger problem with “to sleep together” is that it robs us of the ability to talk about two humans slumbering side by side in a bed they share in plain language without our listeners immediately thinking we’re talking about sex.There are many situations where a bed is shared without any sexual activity or feelings, but this stupid, overused euphemism makes it sound creepy to say something like, “He slept with his sister last night.”Out of context, that sentence sounds like it’s about incest, when it’s really only describing two siblings sleeping in the same bed.The second worst euphemism for sex, at a distant second, is “making love.” No one makes love. Love can’t be made, and shoving your genitals against someone else’s isn’t going to magically generate love.
Euphemisms for john Mccain or obama!!!!!!HELP?
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Help with Euphemism (English Homework)?
1) Less attractive (in other terms I suppose you could say that she's not as pretty) 4) Lunch detention 5) Janitor 7) I'm assuming it's jail. 8) Unemployed 10) Not a very good driver 5 Euphemisms: 1) The BIG-BONED man took up much space in the seat next to me. (Portly; large; fat) 2) Aunt Carolina is WITH THE ANGELS now. (dead) 3) The young boy was born DIFFERENTLY ABLED. (disabled; handicapped) 4) The news blared about the FENDER-BENDER on the road near my house. (auto-accident) 5) The Australian Shepard was PUT TO SLEEP to put her out of pain and misery. (euthanasia; put to death)
Is There a Word or Phrase for X?: What are some euphemisms for welfare?
Addingpoor reliefjob-seekers' allowancethe dolestate/federal/government aidunemployment compensationWords of Welfare: The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty (http://www.amazon.com/Words-Welf...) has some interesting notes on euphemisms for welfare (as well as for "family planning" and "homeless"), not to mention one of the cleverest titles ever.
Are there any euphemisms in The Things They Carried?
There are, I remember one on page 18 and another on page 19. The one on page 18 said: "They would repair the leaks in their eyes", which is a euphemism for wiping away tears. On page 19, in italics, "Greased they'd say. Offed, lit up, zapped while zipping.", all euphemisms for death.
What is a good euphemism for knife?
I need it for my book... Like, This is the sentence leading up to it: She sat there trembling, as Jay laid out the supplies. He set down a small foldaway table, a roll of gauze, scissors, and a large, rusty knife that glinted, even in this dim light. Evelyn gulped. The thought of this, this So, a euphemism, a cool way of describing it...? Help plz! :)
Please help - similar word to euphemism??
euphemism Part of Speech: noun Definition: nice talk Synonyms: delicacy, floridness, grandiloquence, inflation, nice Nelly, ornateness, pomposity, pretense, purism Antonyms: crass term, crude term, dysphemism Notes: dysphemism is the substitution of a disagreeable word or phrase for a neutral or positive one (also a word or phrase so substituted); it is the opposite of euphemism