The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
2006-06-13 03:13:00 · 15 answers · asked by Hmmmm 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Dropping the kids off at the pool (for taking a ****)
My dogs are barking (my feet are sore)
I have to go check the plumbing (I have to pee)
2006-06-13 03:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by headshrinker 3 · 8⤊ 4⤋
I must say that my favorite euphemism is 'casualty' - "military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action". According to CNN, there has been 2,710 casualties in the war in Iraq - of which 2,486 deaths are American. This number is increasing as I type out my answer. The reason that this is one of my favorites euphemisms is because there is a lot of irony when you look at the root word 'casual'. There are several definitions for the word 'casual'. A casual is "an officer or enlisted man awaiting assignment or transportation to a unit". Used as an adjective it also means "subject to, resulting from or occurring by chance" but the one definition that is the most ironic is " feeling or showing little concern". These deaths, in a general sense, are not by chance. There are always casualties that exist in war, this is not random. The mother who happens to be the one that gets the knock on the door that her son or daughter will not be coming home will not see her child's death as random. Casualty, in its literal meaning, is a vague term that undermines the harsh reality of war.
2006-06-13 04:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Ness 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in college (long ago), friends used the word "efficient" to mean "getting high on marijuana".
Usages:
Having an efficiency meeting in John's room. (They're up there getting stoned.)
I don't have any ideas for my term paper... guess I've got to be more efficient. (I need more dope!)
Always made us giggle, and nobody like parents or teachers ever copped to it, as it were.
2006-06-13 05:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by Erlin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That guy is petting the begonias( meaning he isnt all there)
two sandwiches shy of a picnic.
She/He passed away.
2006-06-13 03:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go BM (bowl movement) - got that from Family Guy
Bat in the cave (bugger in nose)
2006-06-13 07:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by heidibel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the women with sports-minded men in their lives,
your monthly "friend" is a "bye-week.".
2006-06-13 06:47:41 · answer #6 · answered by Amy O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Backing the big, brown Cadillac out of the garage."
"Dropping the Brown's off at the pool."
2006-06-13 03:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by rduke88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding
2006-06-13 03:28:01 · answer #8 · answered by minivanmomma2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have one.
2006-06-13 03:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by karo_80 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pushing up daisies
2006-06-13 03:34:03 · answer #10 · answered by What?! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋