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Euphemisms are also used to mitigate, soften or downplay the gravity of large-scale injustices, war crimes, or other events that warrant a pattern of avoidance in official statements or documents. For instance, one reason for the comparative scarcity of written evidence documenting the exterminations
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is used as a euphemism for the medical procedure of abortion, often employed for political reasons. Many pro-abortion institutions now advocate using the term "abortion" instead of relying on euphemisms in order to earn greater social acceptance of the
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he report ... cuts through the ocean of euphemism, the EITs, enhanced interrogation techniques, and all that. It gets to straight language. Torture – it's obviously torture. ... the metaphor and the euphemism is designed to dull the moral
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or suggests something 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 to mask profanity or refer to
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In modern times, various social and political movements have introduced euphemisms, from affirmative action to political correctness to international conflicts, which are linguistically and culturally driven.
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Pleasant, positive, worthy, neutral, or nondescript terms are often substituted for explicit or unpleasant ones, with many substituted terms deliberately coined by sociopolitical movements,
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Reasons for using euphemisms vary by context and intent. Commonly, euphemisms are used to avoid directly addressing subjects that might be deemed negative or embarrassing, such as
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Phonetic euphemism is used to replace profanities and blasphemies, diminishing their intensity. To alter the pronunciation or spelling of a taboo word (such as a
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Let's stop resorting to euphemisms and call "enhanced interrogation techniques" — including but not limited to waterboarding — what they actually are: torture.
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such as mental or physical disability, sexual intercourse, bodily excretions, pain, violence, illness, or death in a polite way.
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2098:"How pro-Palestinians are using 'Algospeak' to dodge social media scrutiny and disseminate hateful rhetoric"
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284:. Euphemisms which emerge as dominant social euphemisms are often created to serve progressive causes. The
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McGlone, M. S.; Beck, G.; Pfiester, R. A. (2006). "Contamination and camouflage in euphemisms".
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The use of a term with a softer connotation, though it shares the same meaning. For instance,
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1976:"'Mascara,' 'Unalive,' 'Corn': What Common Social Media Algospeak Words Actually Mean"
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The Honest Jakes or Privy has graduated via
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Using a euphemism can in itself be controversial, as in the following examples:
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Nash, Chris; Hawkins, Ann; Kawchuk, Janet; Shea, Sarah E. (17 February 2012).
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1661:"Affirmative Action: A Euphemism for Racial Profiling by Government"
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1386:"Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, φήμη"
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1709:"The Supreme Court tangles over euphemisms for affirmative action"
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A Journalist's Guide to Live Direct and
Unbiased News Translation
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Raza, M. Ali; Janell
Anderson, A.; Custred, Harry Glynn (1999).
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Henderson Taylor, Sharon (1974). "Terms for Low
Intelligence".
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for 'slaughterhouse' (avoids entirely the subject of killing);
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Euphemism & Dysphemism: Language Used as Shield and Weapon
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disability-related euphemisms that have negative connotations
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2243:. New York: Metropolitan / Owl Book / Henry Holt and Co.
2028:"How Algorithm Awareness Impacts Algospeak Use on TikTok"
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Language
Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew
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How Not to Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of
Euphemisms
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and elsewhere an effort to "dull the moral sensibility".
1110:(a place where one applies facial cosmetics). The form
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2273:. Vol. I. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 6.
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and the medical industry at large. There are numerous
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Klug, Daniel; Steen, Ella; Yurechko, Kathryn (2023).
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Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023
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1852:"Transcript of interview with CIA director Panetta"
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The Ups and Downs of Affirmative Action Preferences
1443:"How strategic lingo swallowed progressive thought"
1076:, which in turn replaced the even older euphemisms
915:is used as a euphemism for their problematic words
492:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
425:is a euphemism for torture. For example, columnist
339:(literally 'beatings (of the heart)'), rather than
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102:drugstore using common euphemisms for (from top):
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2827:A Dictionary of Euphemism & Other Doublespeak
2800:. ISSN: 0363-3659. LCCN: 77649633. OCLC: 3188018.
2740:Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
2472:"Why We Have So Many Terms for 'People of Color'"
2025:
1881:"America must atone for the torture it inflicted"
1659:Custred, Glynn & Campbell, Tom (2 May 2001).
1607:Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts
1136:, from which it was derived, meant 'to cut off'.
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2798:: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression
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1084:. In the 20th century, where the old euphemisms
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1060:" in 1974, also frequently referred to as the "
869:was sometimes used instead of the English word
803:for 'defecation' and 'urination', respectively)
745:may serve the same purpose: to call a person a
367:was thus used as a euphemism for 'withdrawal'.
963:frequently spawn euphemisms intentionally, as
749:sounds less offensive than to call a person a
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2325:"Wannsee Conference and the 'Final Solution'"
1850:Williams, Brian; Panetta, Leon (3 May 2011).
1177:replaced the term "mental retardation" with "
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429:called the use of this term for practices at
245:), meaning 'prophetic speech; rumour, talk'.
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1775:. Writescope Publishers. 2010. p. 195.
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2778:Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
2688:(in French). Vol. 1. pp. 308–314.
2187:"HANDICAP in French - Cambridge Dictionary"
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587:Shortening or "clipping" the term, such as
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2535:"The Rise and Fall of 'Mentally Retarded'"
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2444:From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
1999:Levine, Alexandra S. (19 September 2022).
1743:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 75.
379:, in which case its goal is to change the
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552:Learn how and when to remove this message
446:The use of euphemism online is known as "
80:Learn how and when to remove this message
1551:
1461:"THE MORAL CASE AGAINST EQUITY LANGUAGE"
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2695:. Vol. I. 1949. pp. 116–122.
2684:. "Euphémismes anciens and modernes".
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2209:United States Atomic Energy Commission
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1833:from the original on 16 September 2017
1613:from the original on 29 February 2024.
1591:from the original on 27 December 2023.
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1118:, is a less deflective form. The word
685:popularized by the satirical magazine
255:itself was used as a euphemism by the
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2829:(second ed.). Crown Publishers.
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2742:. Touchstone / Simon & Schuster.
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2484:from the original on 12 December 2019
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2015:from the original on 31 October 2023.
1988:from the original on 1 November 2023.
1963:from the original on 6 February 2024.
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1932:from the original on 20 December 2023
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1541:"Year in a word: 'Special operation'"
1336:from the original on 4 September 2012
565:Pronunciation (phonetic modification)
501:"euphemism" phonetic deformation
328:used the neutral Hebrew lexical item
2711:. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911.
2545:from the original on 7 December 2020
2504:"STI vs. STD: Overcoming the Stigma"
2403:
1705:
1643:from the original on 3 February 2014
1507:Ryback, Timothy (15 November 1993).
1242:(often called bowdlerization, after
1011:systematic extermination of the Jews
991:often used the clause "imprisonment
490:adding citations to reliable sources
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2427:Dictionnaire de la langue française
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1974:Tellez, Anthony (31 January 2023).
1878:Pickering, Thomas (16 April 2013).
1366:from the original on 7 January 2014
691:; it has been used by MPs to avoid
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2686:Problèmes de linguistique générale
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1894:from the original on 19 April 2013
1862:from the original on 15 April 2022
1757:from the original on 25 April 2016
1423:from the original on 20 March 2015
573:) to form a euphemism is known as
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2575:from the original on 8 March 2021
2408:. Faber & Faber. p. 19.
2331:from the original on 10 July 2018
2167:from the original on 13 June 2017
1951:Kreuz, Roger J. (13 April 2023).
1706:Will, George F. (25 April 2014).
1693:from the original on 6 March 2013
1521:from the original on 18 June 2018
985:enhanced interrogation techniques
660:
2905:
2429:, "Lexis", Paris, 1979, p. 1891)
2387:"Opinion | The Game of the Name"
2200:McCool, W.C. (6 February 1957).
1722:from the original on 26 May 2015
1215:Distinction without a difference
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4441:Party platforms (or manifestos)
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2470:Demby, Gene (7 November 2014).
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2385:Pinker, Steven (5 April 1994).
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1088:(a place where one washes) and
993:without right to correspondence
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477:needs additional citations for
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2600:Paediatrics & Child Health
2406:On Learning the English Tongue
2071:Nix, Naomi (20 October 2023).
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1005:("special treatment") to mean
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2253:– via Internet Archive.
2127:"definition of 'berk'/'burk'"
1681:Bayan, Rick (December 2009).
1311:
1183:National Institutes of Health
295:
233:), meaning 'good, well', and
4529:Rally 'round the flag effect
2533:Hodges, Rick (1 July 2020).
2404:Bell, Vicars Walker (1953).
1205:Code word (figure of speech)
1098:(a place where one bathes),
824:for 'men's restroom/toilet')
452:Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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1416:Online Etymology Dictionary
1330:Webster's Online Dictionary
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598:Mispronunciations, such as
375:Euphemism may be used as a
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307:Russian invasion of Ukraine
60:the claims made and adding
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2872:Pragmatics & Cognition
1581:"The euphemism imperative"
1579:Lowry, Rich (2 May 2013).
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2690:Originally published in:
2237:McCoy, Alfred W. (2006).
1250:Framing (social sciences)
640:as replacements, such as
441:
324:, Israeli Prime Minister
4819:Linguistic controversies
4048:Criticism of advertising
3492:Content-control software
2806:Communication Monographs
2780:. Little, Brown and Co.
2157:"Definition of enceinte"
1666:Investors Business Daily
1480:Dictionary of Euphemisms
1126:Proto-Indo-European root
1020:Endlösung der Judenfrage
828:
734:for 'fired/sacked', etc.
715:initiatives, including:
693:unparliamentary language
677:for consuming alcohol. "
290:Dictionary of Euphemisms
4710:Promotional merchandise
4421:Character assassination
4358:Narcotizing dysfunction
4232:Photograph manipulation
3945:Guerrilla communication
3747:Chinese issues overseas
2708:Encyclopædia Britannica
2295:"Holocaust-history.org"
2265:Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
2040:10.1145/3543873.3587355
1484:Oxford University Press
1411:"'Euphemism' Etymology"
1179:intellectual disability
1163:three-letter initialism
971:" for contamination by
665:Euphemisms formed from
415:positive discrimination
286:Oxford University Press
4693:Product demonstrations
4122:Historical negationism
3721:Suppression of dissent
2757:Holder, R. W. (2003).
2738:Fussell, Paul (1983).
1813:Enhanced interrogation
1478:Holder, R. W. (2008).
1220:Dog whistle (politics)
1045:
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422:Enhanced interrogation
411:reverse discrimination
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4824:Propaganda techniques
4625:Reputation management
4544:Psychological warfare
4393:Political campaigning
4202:Firehose of falsehood
3487:Conspiracy of silence
3477:Collateral censorship
3402:Speech and expression
2866:Heidepeter, Philipp;
2825:Rawson, Hugh (1995).
2776:Keyes, Ralph (2010).
2299:Holocaust-History.org
2270:The Gulag Archipelago
1390:www.perseus.tufts.edu
1270:Political correctness
1260:Persuasive definition
1114:, often shortened to
1038:
979:refers to systematic
97:
4660:Corporate propaganda
3764:Muhammad controversy
3701:Naturalistic fallacy
3609:computer and network
2884:10.1075/pc.20027.hei
2218:on 25 September 2007
2034:. pp. 234–237.
1683:"Affirmative Action"
1200:Call a spade a spade
975:. The United States
973:radioactive isotopes
851:are euphemisms for '
763:, which rhymes with
720:meat packing company
486:improve this article
357:Wye River Memorandum
189:topics some consider
4748:Media concentration
4620:Non-apology apology
4610:Cult of personality
4338:Emotive conjugation
4092:Burying of scholars
3759:Internet censorship
3275:Rhetorical question
2845:Smyth, Herbert Weir
2612:10.1093/pch/17.2.71
2077:The Washington Post
1926:The Washington Post
1887:The Washington Post
1715:The Washington Post
1603:"Just say abortion"
1547:. 29 December 2022.
1447:Washington Examiner
1275:Political euphemism
1235:Emotive conjugation
1062:euphemism treadmill
789:jerkin' the gherkin
679:Tired and emotional
397:Reproductive health
377:rhetorical strategy
4731:Influence-for-hire
4524:National mythology
4494:Crowd manipulation
4383:Tabloid journalism
4252:Video manipulation
4197:Fictitious entries
3920:Civil disobedience
3806:Media manipulation
3696:Moralistic fallacy
3434:banned video games
3417:banned televisions
2391:The New York Times
2131:Collins Dictionary
2106:. 23 October 2023.
1624:Affirmative action
1509:"Evidence of Evil"
1210:Dead Parrot sketch
1046:
853:sexual intercourse
595:('what the hell').
406:Affirmative action
383:of a description.
326:Benjamin Netanyahu
322:Ghil'ad Zuckermann
133:
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4814:Figures of speech
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4552:Airborne leaflets
4431:Election promises
4285:Product placement
4160:Alternative facts
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3754:Freedom of speech
3599:Strategic lawsuit
3549:National intranet
3497:Damnatio memoriae
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3069:Hysteron proteron
2951:Figures of speech
2702:"Euphemism"
2682:Benveniste, Émile
2571:. 1 August 2013.
2508:PowerToDecide.org
1639:. 10 March 2013.
1290:Spin (propaganda)
1007:summary execution
997:Reinhard Heydrich
785:choke the chicken
738:Some examples of
575:taboo deformation
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4678:Cold calling
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4406:Astroturfing
4368:Pseudo-event
4348:Infotainment
4323:Broadcasting
4242:Urban legend
4165:April Fools'
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4038:Testimonials
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3835:Dumbing down
3621:Whitewashing
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