how is euphemism bad? what is the impact of it in the world? What is the good use of it? why do we use it?

Question

please answer my question if you know. i would really appreciate.

Answer 1

Euphemisms can be bad when they are used to conceal unpleasant or disturbing ideas or undermine appropriate attitudes towards serious issues. Politicians use them to hide the reality of their harmful actions, such as by calling civilian casualties "collateral damage." Euphemisms frequently have a dehumanizing effect.

The good use would be for politeness' sake, but it can easily be overdone.

Answer 2

Well, it depends on your perspective of the usage of euphemism, right?
Sometimes it's good, at times, bad.
There are certain times that calls for you to call a spade a spade, don't you think? Euphemism only lightens the blow of something unpleasent in nature, but does not really conceal its existance so to not offend somebody.
On the other hand, euphemism is a bad thing too. The society these days are stepping on egg shells, literally. One wrong word uttered against another could spark countless unpleasentries, and the worst of them would be an unnecessary war.
Therefore, in a way, euphemism helps to soften the impact of the spoken words, although the real meaning of it remains known to the rest of the world.

PS: Wrote an essay on that for one of my Journalism classes, hence the slight formality. Hope it helps!

Answer 3

We're using euphemisms to be able to say things that may make either the speaker or listener embarrassed. We don't want to make people upset so we use the polite euphemism instead of the actual word. This enables us to communicate in a polite way, which is good, but often hides the actual meaning of what we are trying to say and we don't get our message accross. This can be very harmful. When people speak with euphemisms the language becomes verbose and difficult to understand; the whole meaning of it gets clouded. People don't understand each other and this distances people from one another. You can look at it at any level you wish - think of yourself talking with a friend, a group of people mingling.... make it a conference between nations....

Answer 4

Not necessarily,,,,especially when we are afraid to use a blunt adjective, in order to be politically correct....in that guise, we dont call Saddam Hussein a plain murderer...we call him genocide....for the correction sake (genocide is the euphemism)
Another euphemism is to say my opponent instead of my enemy, because using the true and blunt word, can get us into hot water, easily....euphemisms are quite useful in journalism, foreign politics, and sometimes in social manners....
Cheers

Answer 5

A euphemism is a way of making something sound better, such as: a person is not dead, he is no longer eligible for the census.

Answer 6

It is very imaginative to speak euphemistically. Not only does it it sugar coat the forbidden, but it can often lead to very entertaining and picturesque speech or writing.