| 单词 | euphemistic |
| 例句 | The question of definition isn’t restricted to using emotive or euphemistic language. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were both thinking of all the different meanings behind that euphemistic phrase. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That has long been a euphemistic term for editors who wrangle celebrities and are cozy with publicists. Events Are the New Magazines 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Of late, the euphemistic sheen of the phrase seems to have worn off, in any case. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z He has unapologetically run a xenophobic, chauvinistic and fear-mongering campaign that rarely even bothers to rely on euphemistic code words to convey his dispiriting message. How the Republicans wound up with Trump: E.J. Dionne explains in 'Why the Right Went Wrong' 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The rigid delineations among tiers in loyalty programs are uncomfortably vivid metaphors for the way we live now, no matter how euphemistic the terms. 7 Hours of Travel, 2 Hours on the Ground: Worth It for the Rewards Points 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z His up-to-date yet comically euphemistic answers are a riot. ‘The T Party’ at Forum Theatre: Natsu Onoda Power’s witty exploration of gender identity 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “I think he’s being a little bit euphemistic,” Adrian Scott, a local resident and longtime Glastonbury attendee, said by telephone. Glastonbury Festival Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “So it looks like I am a free agent again,” he says, putting a rather euphemistic spin on his current situation. 'Veep' Recap: The Expendabelles 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The company’s previous attempts to explain the benefits of squatting veered from the scientific to the euphemistic; one TV ad featured a woman Hula-Hooping in a “healthy colon” T-shirt. The art of advertising things people find gross 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Masseuses in miniskirts offered "happy ending" massages whose euphemistic title has nothing to do with the Happy Zone of the authorities. Sex in Thai city frustrates junta 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Today, businesses – possibly aware of the class connotations – promote their services with more euphemistic words; it’s now about “softening” your accent not changing it and speaking “clearly”, not correctly. The rise of ‘accent softening’: why more and more people are changing their voices 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The term “neo-Nazi” is euphemistic: There’s nothing neo about people who brandish the swastikas that are banned in today’s Germany. ‘Sisters in Hate’ Offers a Window Into Women in the White Nationalist Movement 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z “EIT,” an abbreviation for “enhanced interrogation technique,” was voted most euphemistic. Dialect Society Names Its Word of the Year: #blacklivesmatter 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Pyramid schemes are alive and well in the 21st century, but they’ve evolved with the times and now largely operate under euphemistic names like “multilevel marketing,” or M.L.M. 7 Podcasts About the Art of the Scam 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “City values” has long been euphemistic code for Jewish culture, and she refuses to hear that dogwhistle because she’s on her way up. 'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Actually, that's being euphemistic; what really happened was that Pixar kicked Walt Disney Feature Animation's butt so badly that the division was ultimately dissolved and renamed. Can "Winnie the Pooh" save Disney from Pixar? 2011-07-13T01:05:00Z And let’s forget the euphemistic language, bordering on the mendacious, in the reiteration of words such as “collaboration” and “partnership.” They come to bury the Corcoran, not to praise it Actually, that’s being euphemistic; what really happened was that Pixar kicked Walt Disney Feature Animation’s butt so badly that the division was ultimately dissolved and renamed. Disney’s healthy choice 2012-06-05T20:00:00Z But Charlotte Petty, a human rights expert at RNW Media, is worried about the consequences of being indirect or euphemistic. Why Did Facebook Reject These Ads? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Rather than being euphemistic, we decided to be direct.” In All-Gender Restrooms, the Signs Reflect the Times 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The Good Place, with its pastel hues and twee, euphemistic cursing was his most whimsically escapist yet. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Commentators immediately seized on Conway's use of the phrase "alternative facts," comparing it to "Newspeak," the euphemistic language that often inverted meaning in "1984" that the tyrannical government used to deceive and control its residents. Not an 'alternative fact': George Orwell's '1984' tops Amazon's bestseller list 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The whole category has been very euphemistic, or paternalistic even, and we're saying, enough with the euphemisms, and get over it. Tampon-makers can't mention the V-word. Period. | Richard Adams 2010-03-17T18:39:00Z Like many of the other new brands, much work has gone into Daye’s tone, which is humorous and blunt where Tampax is euphemistic and prudish. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Talley is not exactly honey-colored, but choosing a euphemistic description for the color of black skin has long been a way to make blackness less black to white people. Anna Wintour Is Not the Star of André Leon Talley’s Memoir. He Is. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z And “whitewashing” is a euphemistic way of describing what was going on: the goal was to eradicate the Aboriginal Australian culture. How food reveals the surpressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z That somewhat euphemistic “creativity” elicits intriguing questions about the evolving intersection of beauty, technology and self-image. Noticed: Capturing a Self-Image 2011-04-15T22:54:08Z Washington is a historically Southern town and was inherently reluctant to discuss private acts in anything but the most euphemistic terms. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was embarrassing to talk about — but changed how we discuss sex 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The second half saw the dancers team up for so-called not-at-all euphemistic trio dances. 'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: Down to the Semifinals 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Cumming is often described as "prolific", which is true but also a euphemistic way of saying that his career has been baffling. Alan Cumming: King of off-message 2011-01-24T21:30:00Z The double-entendres in the songs of Porter, Lorenz Hart and Noël Coward, the lyricists most prominently featured in Mr. Ross’s program, treat sex as a spicy, euphemistic game of peekaboo. Music Review: Return to Civility, With Wit and Rhyme 2011-01-20T22:47:11Z His hesitation sounds like someone searching for the right, or perhaps the most euphemistic, word for “weird.” SNL’s Kyle Mooney on ‘Brigsby Bear’ and finding comedy in awkwardness 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Woodrow Wilson is perhaps the most famous U.S. president to benefit from a euphemistic doctor. The secret history of America’s ailing presidents and the doctors who covered up for them 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Reading celebrities’ acknowledgments is another experience entirely, almost a kind of sport — perhaps the highlight of which is finding the euphemistic phrase the putative author uses to thank the actual author. With a Little Help From Their Friends (and Agents and Librarians and Fact-Checkers ...) 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Here, in the understated, euphemistic language of the duel, the world’s greatest detective and the Napoleon of Crime arrange to meet for the last time. The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Dressed up in an inexhaustible supply of euphemistic rhetoric and double-talk, such immoral policies are stunning to see in real time. US war machine fuels Israel's military 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z All of which is a euphemistic way of saying they would rather engage in spiritual abuse of clients than actually try to help them. "A kind of Stepford wife": It's more than a prayer keeping Mike Johnson's wife suddenly out of view 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Ukrainian officials do not usually claim responsibility for such attacks inside Russia's territory, although they sometimes celebrate them using euphemistic language. New drone attack causes fire at Russia's Ilsky oil refinery - TASS 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Or whatever euphemistic verb you might choose to communicate that, basically, it’s gotten more difficult to borrow lately. Opinion | There’s a credit crunch all across the country. Here’s why. 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The new position paper sticks to that stance and euphemistic wording, and it suggests some continued sympathy with Mr. Putin’s underlying grievances with the United States and its allies. China Reprises Old Themes in Ukraine Plan, Casting Itself as Neutral 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The new position paper sticks to that stance and euphemistic wording, and suggests some continued sympathy with Mr. Putin’s underlying grievances with the United States and its allies. China Repeats Call for Cease-Fire in Ukraine and Peace Talks 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z And, some have "pitched a deeper examination of entitlements," which is a euphemistic way of saying they want cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Behold, the new Republican culture war — because they have nothing else 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Translating this phrase too literally into English blunts its violence, making it sound old-fashioned or euphemistic when Ovid’s language is neither. Perspective | Classical poetry is full of sexual violence. We shouldn’t hide that. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z It has publicized the specific numbers, the stark advantages and disadvantages for different racial or ethnic groups, behind the euphemistic language of “considering” race. How diversity undermined affirmative action 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump also described in his interviews with Mr. Woodward how he would taunt the North Korean leader with a euphemistic warning about their respective nuclear arsenals. Trump Acknowledged in Interview That Letters to Kim Were ‘Top Secret’ 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z It has locked down its capital city, using the euphemistic “quiet period” to describe the move, which means people are not allowed to leave their homes. China quarantine bus crash prompts outcry over ‘zero COVID’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of euphemistic use and purposeful mixing of ‘Spanish’ versus Mexican origins of recipes. L.A. has been obsessed with 'healthy' foods for a century — these cookbooks prove it 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z At the time, the phrase “going to Sioux Falls” was euphemistic for getting a divorce. When divorce was widely banned, desperate women went to South Dakota 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Seven in 10 respondents took the symbol literally, missing its more euphemistic meaning more common elsewhere. Fist bump or punch? Emoji mishaps can cause confusion at work 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z If, however, they are as exhausted as many analysts predict, and as Putin hinted, it is conceivable they will declare an end to the "special military operation", Russia's euphemistic phrase for this full scale war. Ukraine war: What is Putin's plan now Luhansk has fallen? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z It used Moscow’s euphemistic term “special operation” to describe the war’s early days. In Iran, Russia’s war on Ukraine is a political flash point 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z I assume saying “my boss is a nightmare” will raise alarm bells, and some euphemistic version — “I have serious differences of opinion with my supervisor” — is hardly better. Your Self-Worth Is Not in Your Inbox 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Parents in the sky — it’s the kind of euphemistic deflection offered by adults such as “the Big Bozo,” as the orphans call their overseer. Toni Morrison called her only short story 'an experiment.’ But it’s no game 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z As Chauncey DeVega recently pointed out at Salon, Trump has dropped a lot of the euphemistic language in favor of blunt racial appeals. From "crack pipes" to "critical race theory": GOP's 2022 midterm strategy is overt racism 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z At the time, as I reported in The Nation, most of the racial hand-wringing was couched in euphemistic terms. Tucker Carlson's Hungarian rhapsody: A far-right manifesto for waging the "demographic war" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Pushing back on the idea that modern style changes are euphemistic, Hannah-Jones argued exactly the opposite: Using the word “plantations,” for example, would facilitate the denial of what happened there. Nikole Hannah-Jones dives into the origins and language of 'The 1619 Project' 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z In the euphemistic parlance of the mainstream media, this trial has "divided" Americans. From Rittenhouse to Bannon, Republicans now openly embrace fascism 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Nowadays, Rashid suggests, those same structures still exist, but with euphemistic names or behind closed doors. Umar Rashid’s narrative paintings collapse past, present and future into a darkly comic vision of colonialism 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “The Troubles” seems incommensurate — euphemistic even — as a descriptor of the social fission that cleaved Northern Ireland in the late 20th century. The Troubles live on in Belfast Noir, a genre perfectly suited to its crimes 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Arboretum Sewer Trestle is less euphemistic but, ew. An aqueduct by any other name remains just as picturesque at Arboretum 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Carter thought his use of the word “challenges” was too euphemistic. Northwestern Athletic Director Resigns Amid Backlash Over Harassment Case 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z He resorted to euphemistic language in which beatings were referred to as “correction.” Review | A portrait of George Washington: Ambitious, meticulous, petulant, elitist 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Johnson's constant dissembling about this foreign policy disaster envenomed American political life and led journalists to coin a euphemistic term about his administration: the credibility gap. Who truly was the most dishonest president? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z She read her great-great-grandmother’s letters for more clues, which meant interpreting a lot of euphemistic, paternalistic and racist language. The 10th president’s last surviving grandson: A bridge to the nation’s complicated past 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z “Laying the groundwork” is euphemistic for cheating, and what a grand form of cheating at that: the prophylactic invalidation of any outcome displeasing to Trump. Opinion | From Trump, No Respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or the Rules 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes the phrases are more opaque, less direct, more euphemistic — NYT editor Dean Baquet wants his reporters to keep an "open" mind — or maybe an empty one 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Rules that keep people from mixing in public, and perhaps spreading the coronavirus, are given a more coolly technocratic, perhaps euphemistic, term: “circuit breaker.” Around the globe, snapshots of a halting return to a changed world 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Of course, we already boast an estimated 45,000 of what our insanely euphemistic government might describe as “resources”, in the form of those who have … gone to a better place, is it? Johnson's back, and this time his message is: all aboard for the sunlit downlands | Marina Hyde 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The phrase was insider shorthand, distinct from the euphemistic terms — “urban” or “inner city” — imposed from the outside to denote the neighborhoods black and brown people called home. Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Already there are the first rumblings that the imminent financial turmoil faced by many sports may force them into those famously euphemistic “tough choices”. Beware sporting disaster capitalists not letting this crisis go to waste 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The booming market encouraged manufacturers to bombard consumers with advertisements, albeit euphemistic ones. How do you sell something taboo? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Thursday marked the three year anniversary of President Donald Trump reinstating the policy, which he expanded and rebranded with the euphemistic name "Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance." Outrage as GOP lawmakers push Trump to intensify attacks on women with broadened global gag pule 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Woodard suggested that instead of euphemistic language, Bernadine tell Anthony exactly the poisons that would be injected into his body, creating starker truths for the actors to mine. Alfre Woodard needed just one take to nail the toughest scene in ‘Clemency’ 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Political donors or campaigns are allowed to adopt highways under the euphemistic “friends of” moniker that often precedes a politician’s name. Gun-control advocates adopted a highway on the NRA’s doorstep. Others also use Adopt-a-Highway signs to make a point. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z They promise a euphemistic “update” of the Human Rights Act, more respectable than previous manifesto commitments to scrap it outright. Opinion | Boris Johnson Will Change Britain Forever 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z But in the decades following, politicians and members of the media began to use the softer, more euphemistic term “climate change” to describe changing weather and atmospheric conditions. Until we call global warming a crisis, no one will listen | Irwin Redlener, Charlotte Jenkins and Caleb Redlener 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Museum officials believed the more commonly used term, “internment camps,” was euphemistic and inaccurate, she said. What is a 'concentration camp'? It's an old debate that mostly started in California 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Color-blind and euphemistic coverage not only masks the danger of racism, it reinforces it. Trump's racist outburst was unbelievably vile — but why is anyone surprised 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Here’s how that euphemistic term translates to real life: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Unfilmable also works as a stand-in for another euphemistic label: “uncommercial”, which often just means “with subtitles”. The Sandman, Catch-22, Cloud Atlas ... is there such thing as an 'unfilmable' book? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z While Fox News hosts avoid directly accusing Jews of running this supposed conspiracy, they certainly employ a lot of euphemistic terms that gesture in that direction. Fox News and the synagogue shooter: Right-wing network airs similar views every day 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But the War Relocation Authority, the federal agency created to manage the incarceration process, did a “political spin” and created euphemistic terms, she said. What is a 'concentration camp'? It's an old debate that mostly started in California 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Boreal means “northern” and is usually seen as a euphemistic way of saying “white”. Meet Thierry Baudet, the suave new face of Dutch rightwing populism | Joost de Vries 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Most of his criticisms of Trump, by contrast, veer to the stylistic and euphemistic. Other presidents had a brain trust. But the intellectuals backing this White House are a bust. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “That was very polite, nay euphemistic, of you to say this midfield trio are deemed not to work well together in big games,” Ian Copestake says. Bayern Munich v Liverpool: Champions League last 16, second leg – live! 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “The Troubles” seems incommensurate — euphemistic even — as a descriptor of the social fission that cleaved apart Northern Ireland in the late 20th century. Review: ‘Say Nothing’ reexamines a mother’s murder in Northern Ireland’s most violent years 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But then he went on to defend that very ideology in the euphemistic language — word salad about nationalism and Western “values” — that white supremacists use in polite company. Opinion | Why are Republicans suddenly outraged over Steve King’s racism? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z I saw her give an answer on why she thinks Trump is a racist that was just beautifully phrased, and not at all euphemistic, and extremely impressive. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes the Democrats Back to the Future: An Interview with the Historian Rick Perlstein 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z To ease this “deception guilt,” lying in dementia care has been given euphemistic names, such as “therapeutic fibbing,” or “brief reassurances,” or “stepping into their reality.” The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z But, despite the polite cutaways and the euphemistic language, you get the picture. Fiction by Zadie Smith: “Now More Than Ever” 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Returning reproductive rights to the people, however, does not exempt the Communist Party from responsibility for decades of trauma and murder committed under the euphemistic rubric of population planning. Opinion | China is finally ending the one-child policy. It can’t happen soon enough. 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z “It was euphemistic in some senses, it was abstract in many ways, and there was this lost connection between the person and the brand.” Oscar, Marcus, Casper, Cora: Companies are using human names to seem more friendly 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Even then, though, as DeGeneres came out on the cover of Time magazine, queer comics were often coy or euphemistic in their approach to sex, forced to circumnavigate the discomfort of their straight audiences. 'The world of comedy has changed': how queer comics are making their mark in America 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z At stake was the fate of the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, whom international media love to describe in dramatic, but ultimately euphemistic, terms such as “Europe’s bad boy” or “Europe’s flame thrower”. Orbán’s Hungary is not the future of Europe: it represents a dying past 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z And even the Lord himself called the Devil a variety of euphemistic names. Fiction by Zadie Smith: “Now More Than Ever” 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Not long after, government agents arrived and for the second time during Holy Week took Guo away for what they described as a “vacation” — a euphemistic term in China for an enforced disappearance. Bishop’s fate highlights China’s power amid Vatican talks 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Rebuilding - or, to use the less euphemistic term, tanking - has become one of baseball’s most polarizing topics in 2018. Rebuilding can pay off, but also invites skepticism 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Babar Sattar, a lawyer and analyst in Islamabad, was equally euphemistic — and equally blunt. Allegations of skulduggery in Pakistan’s Senate races set stage for chaotic general election 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z As a rule, we should be striving for wording that is descriptive and not euphemistic, while above all being accurate and fair. How We Describe Sexual Assault: Times Journalists and Lawyers Respond 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Social platforms tend to refer to their customers in euphemistic, almost democratic terms: as ‘‘users’’ or ‘‘members of a community.’’ How Hate Groups Forced Online Platforms to Reveal Their True Nature 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The only thing it has to say about what to expect from the mob is a euphemistic warning: “Game Experience May Change During Online Play.” The first rule of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds says a lot: stop the racial harassment 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s a hedge and a dodge, at once overly punctilious and contemptuously dismissive; it’s contingent, euphemistic, underhanded and easily weaponized. Everywhere You Look, We’ve Downgraded Real Problems Into Mere ‘Issues’ 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Though the government used euphemistic terms like “colonist” to describe the internees, one drawing of the door to Fujii’s barracks with the lock on the outside showed the arrangement for what it was — a prison. Work by Seattle artist incarcerated at Minidoka is basis of new book, exhibition 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z This is just another of the dangers of a doctor sending you for the euphemistic blood work. Could Be the Thyroid; Could Be Ennui. Either Way, the Drug Isn’t Helping. 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, the news coverage of his death leaned on soothingly euphemistic terms like “legal troubles” and “colourful life”. Singer, musician, sex offender: let’s remember the whole Chuck Berry 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z For many of us who continue to live our politics, it’s not euphemistic to say the last referendum changed our lives. I voted yes, but feel ill at the thought of another referendum in Scotland | Vonny Moyes 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z In 1970, the year that “Midnight Cowboy” won Best Picture, he sent a letter to members informing them that those who had been “professionally inactive” would be made nonvoting “associates,” the euphemistic precursor to “emeritus.” Shakeup at the Oscars 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Under the euphemistic term “building partner capacity,” the Pentagon now has the authority to arm and train foreign military forces through no less than 70 separate programs. What happens when all we have left is the Pentagon? 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Most colleges are already in a quiet price war, haggling on financial aid offers in April or throwing discounts at families earlier in the season and calling it merit aid or some other euphemistic term. Want Hopeful Signs From 2016? Look to Some of Its Aggravations 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But while he did say he’d made sacrifices on that front, and family was “a factor”, this wasn’t a “spend more time with my family” exit, or not with that euphemistic freight. John Key kept the knife he reserved for himself perfectly concealed 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The difference between the two is not euphemistic. America, stop visiting roadside zoos – they make money from the inhumane treatment of animals 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Universities use the rather euphemistic term "contact hours" to measure time in seminars and lectures. Starting university: What to bring, who to avoid - BBC News 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z It means looking at what happened after Jim Crow laws were dismantled, when old philosophies of exclusion and discrimination were reborn, cloaked in new and euphemistic terms. Sometimes it takes an outsider to crystallize America’s enduring racism 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Now people are frantically trying to buy gold, which is the market’s euphemistic way of saying that chaos and apocalypse are upon us. Keep calm and what the hell just happened? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z When Trump talked about the Clintons, who he says he will discuss at length in a speech “probably Monday,” he did not call them “crooked” but instead used more euphemistic and assuredly uncharacteristic language. Trump follows the political playbook in victory speech 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “Grip and Rip It” and “Wild Thing” quickly went from affectionate taglines to euphemistic code for self-destruction. John Daly Hits The Senior Tour—Ready Or Not - Golf Digest 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z “Starting in 2002, working closely with the Americans, Britain had played a leading role in the euphemistic Joint Prioritized Effective List.” U.K. gives cute nicknames to “kill list” targets it blows up with drones, based on cartoons, musicians, porn stars 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Or so the marketing gurus for Kellogg’s cereals decided, ditching the slogan splashed for years on boxes of All-Bran—“the natural laxative food”—in favor of the more euphemistic “naturally high in fiber”. The Secrets Hidden in Old Candy Wrappers Francis Grose, in his late 18th‑century Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, glossed numerous euphemistic expressions with a second euphemism. From alright to zap: an A-Z of horrible words 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z “In the City of Panama City Beach City Council meetings, euphemistic code words were often utilized to describe these ‘undesirable’ visitors during spring break,” Ms. Walker-Pickett writes. Fox News blamed for stoking ‘racism’ in Panama City Beach, Florida, spring break crackdown 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z “Grip and Rip It” and “Wild Thing” quickly went from affectionate taglines to euphemistic code for self-destruction. John Daly Hits The Senior Tour—Ready Or Not - Golf Digest 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But over the last few years, I’ve tended to take a more euphemistic approach. How I Made A Mess of My Life—and Cleaned It Up 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z First sold in London by the shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum, it became a middlebrow staple when the recession, initially merely the slightly euphemistic “credit crunch”, hit. Keep Calm and Carry On – the sinister message behind the slogan that seduced the nation 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Gracious, euphemistic media treatment echoed the paltry governmental response. Yes, the armed Oregon occupiers would be raided if they weren’t white — same goes if they were leftists 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Supply-side economics “existed before the 1980s,” he insists, referring to the euphemistic name for top-down free-market economic policies implemented by Ronald Reagan. Rush Limbaugh’s “True Story of Thanksgiving” is a lie-filled load of stuffing that turns villains into victims 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z The Flight Guide will update its euphemistic fig leaves — ‘‘material’’ and ‘‘herbs.’’ Letter of Recommendation: Magic-Flight Launch Box 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Some of it is our modern bent for euphemistic evasion but it’s also because we feel absurd lamenting the depradations of geopolitical mayhem on something as epehemeral as cricket. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z This is the simplified version of angel investing, the euphemistic term given to early stage investments in companies that are long on ideas and short on capital. Tips for the Aspiring Angel Investor 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Time and again he would elicit the euphemistic observation that “he goes to ground easily for a big man.” In defence of Chelsea’s Diego Costa: a crafty, talented street fighter | Chris Taylor 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z “Torn has one of my favourite coyly euphemistic bad lyrics: “I don’t care, I’m out of luck, I don’t miss it all that much”. Ireland v Canada: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Again, it’s a matter of euphemistic license and it is all pervasive; on television, radio, Internet news sources, newspapers, magazines: The euphemisms abound! Information? Or Obfuscation. 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Some of it is our modern bent for euphemistic evasion but it’s also because we feel absurd lamenting the depradations of geopolitical mayhem on something as epehemeral as cricket. Pakistan v England: first Test, day one – as it happened 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Today, across the country, heritage plaques on Georgian townhouses describe former slave traders as “West India merchants”, while slave owners are hidden behind the equally euphemistic term “West India planter”. The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z This process is sometimes known as a “bank holiday,” a euphemistic term which shows that, when the financial system is temporarily shut down, there isn’t much to do except spend the day at the park. Greece: Planning The Bank Holiday 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “Torn has one of my favourite coyly euphemistic bad lyrics: “I don’t care, I’m out of luck, I don’t miss it all that much”. Ireland v Canada: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z It was Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, who started the media down the path of euphemistic evasion when he announced that the phrase “illegal aliens” was not to be used in newscasts anymore. Information? Or Obfuscation. 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z One moment, there would be euphemistic references to “that horrible situation” or “heinous act” that had taken the lives of nine dedicated members of the church who would otherwise have been sat beside their family. Charleston church honours shooting victims with service of sadness and joy 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Abortion-rights proponents’ desire to see abortion-rights rhetoric purged of its euphemistic language is laudable; however, it is not likely to happen. Rewriting the language of abortion 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Advocates of state murder and human sacrifice — much more accurate terms than the euphemistic “capital punishment” — point to science’s pacification of the entire ordeal. America’s vicious cycle of murder: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the death penalty & the totalitarian logic of our criminal-justice system 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z And despite having quit public office and decamped to Wyoming years ago, he still speaks in the pallid, clichéd and euphemistic language of the national security state bureaucracy, as if he never really left. Dick Cheney’s endless lies: Why his Playboy interview may be his most shameless yet 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Hickman says he wants his book to serve as a condemnation of Guantánamo Bay, of indefinite detentions and cruelly euphemistic “enhanced interrogation techniques” practiced there and elsewhere. To Live and Die in Gitmo “While it sounds very euphemistic to call it a reduction or an operation, this isn’t hunting. This is truly a scientific-based management plan and management action.” Rock Creek Park deer meat helps feed the homeless and hungry 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The conservative paper instead used the more euphemistic term “comfort women” in its apology. Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ Instead, they’ve tended toward the euphemistic, the celebratory, or the modest—ultimately putting forth an equation in which a purely physiological problem is neatly solved by taking a pill. Viagra Returns to the Bob Dole Approach 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z There is no systematic statistical attempt to overlap the poverty with delinquency, yet that is what the euphemistic word “troubled” is meant to convey. Whose fault is poverty? The election blame game is on 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The stakes are high, there is no immediate end in sight, and it would be almost inappropriately euphemistic to call it an “operation” rather than a war. Israel Prepares For Long War in Gaza As Both Sides Suffer Most-Yet Casualties 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z They are failing to express themselves in the delicate, euphemistic, "ladylike" manner that has been prescribed for them throughout history. Helen Mirren shouldn't swear? What a load of bollocks, Quentin 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z "A complaint is a complaint... nobody should be shy of the term 'complaint'. Other euphemistic terms for 'complaint' should be banned," concludes the report, called More Complaints Please! MPs urge shift in complaint culture 2014-04-14T01:05:33Z It’s become a euphemistic way of expressing a raw power relationship, usually meaning: “Do this or you’ll be out of here pronto.” The Surprisingly High Cost Of Fictions In Today's Workplace 2013-12-16T16:29:00Z Chen, 41, who wore dark glasses and spoke in Mandarin through a translator, was cautious and euphemistic in his comments. Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng joins Catholic University 2013-10-02T22:28:23Z Tebas insisted that the buying of games, considered to be widespread in the final weeks of the season and given the euphemistic title of "maletines" or briefcases, would be his priority upon taking over. A mix of Barça and Real Madrid, Real Sociedad put the fun in football 2013-04-29T14:57:13Z In all professional sport, dressing room "banter", in that euphemistic phrase, can be callous. Robbie Rogers: why coming out as gay meant I had to leave football 2013-03-29T08:00:03Z Its name is the rather euphemistic “Safe Climate Caucus,” and its membership doesn’t include a single Republican. A fluent secretary of state 2013-02-28T01:53:02Z Its name is the rather euphemistic “Safe Climate Caucus” and its membership doesn’t include a single Republican. Climate-caucus redux: New group isn’t the first 2013-02-27T16:04:40Z Republican and Democratic in-house lawyers have issued Executive Branch orders in convenient but questionable and euphemistic legalese. Blinded by the Drones 2013-02-09T09:45:00Z While literally accurate, those terms have a clumsy, euphemistic feel. Open Sky: After Transforming War, Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front 2013-01-31T13:05:24Z Almost always, this is just a euphemistic way of saying that a team has been bad in recent years and is now hoping that a few personnel changes can fix things. The Fifth Down: Oakland Raiders, 2012 N.F.L. Season Preview 2012-08-16T10:00:35Z Long before van Persie's statement on his official website, which was basically a euphemistic interpretation of a transfer request, his club were made abundantly aware of the Dutchman's desire to leave. Arsenal's sale of Robin van Persie to Manchester United is good business 2012-08-15T21:14:37Z In times of gastrointestinal desperation, Americans will get nowhere with their primly euphemistic "restroom" or "bathroom". London 2012: breaking the language barrier 2012-07-16T19:00:13Z For exercise they are confined to makeshift hotel rooms — often with euphemistic names such as the make-up room — equipped with just two or three exercise machines. Under the abaya, Saudi women grasp reform toehold 2012-06-22T11:05:27Z Analysing the goal that Petr Cech conceded against Greece the other day I was perhaps a little bit euphemistic in blaming his gloves. Euro 2012: England must mind the gaps and go all out for a win 2012-06-16T22:00:06Z But it is possible to attempt a euphemistic taxonomy. Euphemisms: Making murder respectable 2011-12-15T16:00:44Z In the window of a Halstead Property office on Johnson Avenue, photographs of available homes were sprinkled with euphemistic captions: “price reduction,” “great bargain,” “priced to sell.” The Appraisal: In Riverdale, More ?For Sale? Signs Than Sales 2011-12-05T23:20:04Z Infantry soldiers lounged about the ruined streets, for this village is used as a rest billet for troops waiting their turn in the trenches: the expression "rest" billet struck me as euphemistic. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z "It will be a great week of teaching," Sarkisian said about practice, which is euphemistic. Steve Sarkisian's tough-talking news conference sends message to his players 2011-09-07T01:53:04Z If Tolstoy is right in his diagnosis, then the euphemistic term “social evil” has far wider reaches of meaning than those to which it is customarily applied. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z A week ago it had been the scene of that wild terror and shrieking confusion which is characterised by a euphemistic press as 'no panic.' Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z "Chichimec Empire" may therefore be taken merely as a euphemistic expression for the reign of barbarism raised up on the ruins of the early Toltec civilisation. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z A dreaded “wintry mix” is expected all day, which is a euphemistic way of saying it’s going to snow in late March. | Cuomo Again Aims at Indian Point 2011-03-23T12:23:07Z It was a flattering, a euphemistic art; it had a sort of pervasive blandness, like that which we now associate with a fashionable sermon. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z A prison is a prison, no matter what euphemistic name it is called, and the old offender is not going to allow any "mother's boy" fellow prisoner to set him an example. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z The Pioneer was as euphemistic in speaking of death as was the Greek or Roman of classic times. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Sticking to a budget — a dirty word even among many financial planners, who prefer the more euphemistic “spending plan” — feels too much like dieting. Sustainable Money: Why a Budget Is Like a Diet ? Ineffective 2010-12-31T20:47:58Z Tertiary, despite managing to simultaneously sound like both euphemistic bureaucratese and ripping flesh, is a Latinate word that means, simply, third. City Room: In a Word for Third, a Shovelful of Indignity 2010-12-30T22:09:28Z They trace their origin to the same source whence come the notions of propitiating the fairies by euphemistic names. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Sure, he may need some prodding along the way — OK, “prodding” could be euphemistic for “begging and pleading…” — but, in the end, this is your child’s college search, not yours. The Choice: A To-Do (and To-Don't) List for Parents 2010-11-30T02:32:00Z Yet, there is no talk of an all-out war or even a euphemistic Operation New Dawn to tackle the most pressing issue for ordinary Americans – their economic security. The paradox of American poverty 2010-09-17T21:31:00Z Using euphemistic Maoist language, he says the purges were necessary to "resolve" — exterminate — insidious elements planted by Western countries and neighboring Vietnam scheming to occupy Cambodia. Enemies of the People: The Khmer Rouge, Close-Up 2010-08-06T08:30:00Z Ultimately, that means limiting — whatever euphemistic verbs are used — the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s monetary standard. Politicus: An Excess of Ambition for Sarkozy 2010-07-26T11:30:00Z And not just because of the tax rises and marvellously euphemistic "efficiency savings". Greek tragedy 2010-04-05T08:59:00Z Ads for menstrual products remain conspicuously euphemistic, typically featuring women practicing yoga in white spandex, riding white horses along the beach, or airborne in cheerleader outfits. Advertising: Rebellion Against the UsuallyEvasive Feminine Care Ad 2010-03-15T23:40:00Z The euphemistic lexicon that pervades locker-room culture — calling punishing hits "dings" or being knocked unconscious "getting your bell rung" — has contributed to a perception that the problem isn't serious. 2010-01-28T08:00:00Z They were, in the euphemistic words of the reformer himself, "eminently unsatisfactory." Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police And often the E was unable to resolve the co-ordinate system—which was simply a euphemistic way of saying that he didn't come back. Eight Keys to Eden In less euphemistic phrase, the sun and moon were crossed. Moon Lore Impatience with abstract or euphemistic definitions should not blind us to the truth. The Approach to Philosophy Their retreat, said Reuter, in a euphemistic message from Rome, was "attended by some loss." The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 In this connection it is obvious to refer to the euphemistic title Eumenides, bestowed by the Greeks on the Furies, and to the parallel names, Good People and Fair Family, for fays in this country. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology This was no time for ceremony or for polite euphemistic descriptions even of Cabinet Ministers. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country The degeneration of an adjective is sometimes due to its employment for euphemistic purposes. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Sequestration proved to be only a euphemistic expression for confiscation. Union and Democracy Your true Bohemian always calls himself by some euphemistic name. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches In this connection "honour" is of course to be taken in the euphemistic sense which the term has under the code duello governing "affairs of honour." An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation At this the brazen-faced culprit parries the stroke with a humorous euphemistic description, in which he plays on the word hina, to fall. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula "I've got to move something from the car first," he replied, with ambiguity merely euphemistic. Ambrotox and Limping Dick This is the academic tendency in Sweden as in France, even though the degree of euphemistic magniloquence may differ with the age and latitude. Essays on Scandinavian Literature One result of words being used euphemistically is that they often cease to have their milder original meaning, and cease therefore to seem euphemistic at all. Stories That Words Tell Us Hence the general tendency to insist on euphemistic speech, the required abstinence from unpleasant suggestions, the favete linguis of the Roman. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk They give it euphemistic and deceitful names—auburn, bronze, Titian. Damn! A Book of Calumny Now fanciful and euphemistic with these, he is, as soon as occasion calls for plainer statement, clear and simple in expression. Charles Lamb Considering that the house had been gutted nearly twenty years ago, and had stood as the fire had left it from then until now, the advertisement was euphemistic. Berry And Co. The ankles of his socks remained true to the end, but the rest of them, in B.-P.'s euphemistic phrase, were most delicate lace. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' The judge is informed that the jury is satisfactory, which is, of course, an euphemistic term. The Man in Court A fear of that which is high, or mental or physical inertia, or, to be less euphemistic and more exact, laziness—should not deter us. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Certain subjects were rarely mentioned in public, and then only in euphemistic terms. The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals Now, I suppose, to most careful readers that clearly is intended as a gracious, and what they call a euphemistic way of speaking about death. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII We may note here the euphemistic tendency to call powerful spirits by propitiatory names. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' That," Edgar laughed, "is a rather euphemistic way of putting it. Ranching for Sylvia Still this joy was concealed under euphemistic phrases in his correspondence. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Yet, instead of candidly avowing this root-defect and remedying it, they were content to stretch the euphemistic terms until these covered conflicting conceptions and gratified the ears of every hearer. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference But this is the usual attitude of the folk towards the "Good People," as indeed their euphemistic name really implies. More English Fairy Tales On the contrary, the instrument expressly recognized human slavery, though in discreet and euphemistic phrases. Our Changing Constitution But when it was authoritatively explained that "industrial action," instead of meaning work, as was supposed, was a euphemistic term for striking, harmony reigned once more. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. In the two last named passages pukku is a synonym of mekû, which from the general meaning of “enclosure” comes to be a euphemistic expression for the female organ. An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic By this euphemistic name the sisters designated a bottle of cherry brandy, the last of a dozen inherited from their grandmother, which they kept locked in their cupboard against such emergencies. Bunner Sisters Translated into plain English, this euphemistic expression means that Darwinism excludes all design and control by a Creator. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments We have since ascertained that such buildings are very common, and generally pass under the euphemistic name of "pigeon-houses." American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States If the term is applied to their shuffling off of this mortal coil, the use is euphemistic and likely to be stilted. The Century Vocabulary Builder This much, at least, all Lichfield knew when George Pendomer—evincing unsuspected funds of generosity—permitted his wife to secure a divorce on the euphemistic grounds of "desertion." The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The appellation they bore was nevertheless purely euphemistic. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore There is a crude, relentless actuality about items of expenditure, not to be softened by euphemistic phrasing. Without Prejudice No! he was not false enough or euphemistic enough to call it a reward; he would regard it as a bribe. Stories by English Authors: the Sea It possessed unpleasant features, and even such euphemistic titles as "Serpent Enchantress" and "Reptilian Mesmerist" failed to rob the calling of a certain odium, a suggestion of vulgarity in the minds of the more discriminating. Heart of the Sunset Beware, rather, that refined, subsidized brutality; that thin, depleted, moral consciousness; or that contemptuous, cankerous, euphemistic brutality, of which, I believe, we can show vastly more samples than Great Britain. Winter Sunshine Now and then Mr. Boncassen would put in a word to soften the severe honesty of his countryman, or to correct the euphemistic falsehoods of Sir Timothy. The Duke's Children I was silent an instant, thinking how to find words passably comprehensible and yet conventionally circumlocutory and euphemistic. To-morrow? "Let us go," with a euphemistic formula to defend her from evil influences. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] "Khayr"=good news, a euphemistic reply even if the tidings be of the worst. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 Gay girl: As applied to a young woman of light manners, this euphemistic phrase has enjoyed a wonderful vitality. 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