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euphemistic use

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  • euphemistic — adjective the textbooks reportedly use the euphemistic term advance instead of invade to describe Japan s takeover of the Korean Peninsula Syn: polite, substitute, mild, understated, indirect, neutral, evasive; diplomatic, inoffensive, genteel;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Euphemism — A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, [ [http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/Euphemism Euphemism] Webster s Online… …   Wikipedia

  • Loin — The loins are the sides between the lower ribs and pelvis, and the lower part of the back.cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) |title=loin |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loin |accessdate=2008 08 13… …   Wikipedia

  • Epithet — An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον epitheton , neut. of ἐπίθετος epithetos , attributed, added [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2339438 Epithetos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek… …   Wikipedia

  • Pete — familiar form of masc. proper name PETER (Cf. Peter). For Pete s sake is attested from 1903 in a list of children s expressions published in Massachusetts, probably a euphemistic use of the disciple s name in place of Christ; as an exclamation or …   Etymology dictionary

  • pluck — (v.) late O.E. ploccian pull off, cull, from W.Gmc. *plokken (Cf. M.L.G. plucken, M.Du. plocken, Flem. plokken), perhaps from V.L. *piluccare (Cf. O.Fr. peluchier, late 12c.), a frequentative, ultimately from L. pilare pull out hair, from pilus… …   Etymology dictionary

  • dump —    to defecate    An obvious and rather distasteful male usage as a verb or a noun:     Everything hinged on that first dump of the day. (Theroux, 1971)    And some figurative use:     But maybe you also recall how your Service dumped all over us …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • commodious — [15] Latin commodus meant ‘convenient’. It was a compound adjective formed from com ‘with’ and modus ‘measure’, and thus meaning literally ‘conforming with due measure’. From it was derived the medieval Latin adjective commodiōsus, which passed,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • ribald — (n.) mid 13c., a rogue, ruffian, rascall, scoundrell, varlet, filthie fellow [Cotgrave], from O.Fr. ribalt, of uncertain origin, perhaps from riber be wanton, sleep around, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. riban be wanton, lit. to rub, possibly …   Etymology dictionary

  • toilet — (n.) 1530s, cover or bag for clothes, from M.Fr. toilette a cloth, bag for clothes, dim. of toile cloth, net (see TOIL (Cf. toil) (n.2)). Sense evolution is to act or process of dressing (1680s); then a dressing room (1819), especially one with a …   Etymology dictionary

  • fool around — vb American to commit a sexual indiscretion, typi cally adultery. A common euphemistic use of the expression, heard particularly among middle class and middle aged speakers since the 1960s. The term in this specific sense has not caught on… …   Contemporary slang

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