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Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]
Dead people in a graveyard being referred to as inhabitants is an example of catachresis. [8] Example from Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry: Masters of this [catachresis] will say, Mow the beard, Shave the grass, Pin the plank, Nail my sleeve. [9]
Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia (εὐφημία) which refers to the use of 'words of good omen'; it is a compound of eû (εὖ), meaning 'good, well', and phḗmē (φήμη), meaning 'prophetic speech; rumour, talk'. [3] Eupheme is a reference to the female Greek spirit of words of praise and positivity, etc.
Euphuism is an elegant literary style that was briefly in fashion during the Elizabethan era. The euphuism style employed the frequent use of alliteration, antithesis, balance, and simile, with references to nature and mythological tales.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
"He never married" or "she never married" was a phrase used by British obituary writers as a euphemism for the deceased having been homosexual.Its use has been dated to the second half of the 20th century, and it may be found in coded and uncoded forms, such as when the subject never married but was not homosexual.
Jan Kochanowski with his dead daughter in a painting by Jan Matejko inspired by the poet's Threnodies. A threnody is a wailing ode, song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
The title is a euphemism for death; the final pages of the book refer to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep". In 1999, the book was voted 96th of Le Monde ' s " 100 Books of the Century ". In 2005, it was included in Time magazine's " List of the 100 Best Novels ".