- 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...
- This is a list of
euphemisms for
death and
dying in the
English language. A
euphemism is a
common word or
phrase intended to
soften the
harshness of a...
- death. Most of them are idioms. The "Dead
Parrot sketch"
contains several euphemisms for
death ("is no more", "has
ceased to be", "bereft of life, it rests...
- In
American slang,
baseball metaphors for **** are
often used as
euphemisms for the
degree of
physical intimacy achieved in ****ual
encounters or relationships...
-
highest number of
direct euphemisms, with even more for
related elements of
cannabis culture. One of the most
common cannabis euphemisms, 420, was
coined in...
-
Neither Russia nor
Ukraine has
officially declared the war. The use of
euphemisms to
describe military activities was
common in the
Soviet Union and in...
-
Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語;
simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of
traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions...
-
listed as one of 76
entries in The
Contemporary Dictionary of ****ual
Euphemisms (2007), with its
literal definition and ****ual corollary. Oral **** Tate...
-
translated as "****head". A
common euphemism is 七 cat1 (seven),
which only
differs in the tone.
Other euphemisms include 刷 caat3 (to brush) and 賊 caak6...
- Sam Hill is an
American English slang phrase, a
euphemism or
minced oath for "the devil" or "****"
personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?")...
