euphemism
Example Sentences
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It comes just weeks after Zhang was removed from his post, after he was accused of "serious violations of discipline and law" - typically a euphemism for corruption.
From BBC
He was accused of "serious violations of discipline and law" - typically a euphemism for corruption.
From BBC
At 19, I had “top surgery”—a euphemism for an elective double mastectomy.
Like others interviewed, Gudiño declined to offer any political views, especially “after what happened” — the common euphemism for the U.S. attack.
From Los Angeles Times
The Colombian film “A Poet” is, yes, about a poet, though that title takes on a revolving set of connotations—an aspiration, an occupation, a mocking epithet, a euphemism for “unemployed.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
