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Meanings of euphemism in inglés
Innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive.
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Usage of euphemism in inglés
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I don't want them to think I need a euphemism at all.
2
In the Chinese saying, 'sharing a pillow' is a euphemism for sex.
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Reaction to this campaign has been, to use the favoured euphemism, mixed.
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Sometimes a euphemism is more true than what it's supposed to hide.
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But when the words finally came, they were shorn of all euphemism.
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Indeed, K street has become a euphemism for the world of lobbyists.
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What was the use of this term but a euphemism for insanity?
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I hope you don't think I'm using a euphemism for violence.
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Not in the least; it would be a mere euphemism,-baseflattery, in fact.
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That term is widely seen as a euphemism for organised crime in Japan.
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A euphemism is a polite way of obscuring an uncomfortable or unpleasant truth.
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You see, there's been some...oh, let's just use the coy euphemism 'unpleasantness'...this summer.
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And at times control has been a euphemism for excessive caution.
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The Koran resorts to no euphemism or circumlocution in declaring it.
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This egregious euphemism was Bosnia's contribution to the language of war.
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Runcorn assures me it is not debt, he said, glossing over the euphemism.
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Translations for euphemism
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Euphemism through the time
Euphemism across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common