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[3] [4] The term dickens itself, most likely from the surname, became a minced oath when referring to the devil. [5] Flipping, used as a euphemism for fucking, is a slang term first recorded 1911 by DH Lawrence in The White Peacock. A popular combination with heck to make Flipping Heck, serves as a minced oath of the phrase Fucking Hell.
A euphemism is a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsher, blunter, or more offensive term.. It may also substitute a description of something or someone to avoid revealing secret, holy, or sacred names to the uninitiated, or to obscure the identity of the subject of a conversation from potential eavesdroppers.
A euphemism (/ ˈ juː f ə m ɪ z əm / YOO-fə-miz-əm) is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant. [1] Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the user wishes to downplay.
Paradiastole, in a trope sense, (from Greek παραδιαστολή from παρά para "next to, alongside", and διαστολή diastole "separation, distinction") is the reframing of a vice as a virtue, often with the use of euphemism, [1] for example, "Yes, I know it does not work all the time, but that is what makes it interesting."
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An example of this is the United States Department of Defense, which won the award three times, in 1991, 1993, and 2001. For the 1991 award, the United States Department of Defense "swept the first six places in the Doublespeak top ten" [26] for using euphemisms like "servicing the target" (bombing) and "force packages" (warplanes). Among the ...
The taboo against naming the dead in parts of the world is an example. Taboo words are commonly avoided with euphemisms , such as the English euphemism pass away , meaning " die ". [ 1 ] It is a common source of neologisms and lexical replacement.
" Tired and emotional" is a euphemism for drunk, used in the British press to avoid libel laws. It was coined by Private Eye [3] after a BBC report [4] which used the term in describing 1960s Labour Party Cabinet minister and Deputy Leader Lord George-Brown, who was an alcoholic. It first appeared in a parody memo supposedly informing civil ...