euphemism

=**Euphemism-** = From the Greek for "good speech," euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word of concept. The euphemism may be used to adhear to standards of social of political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement. Saying "earthly remains" rather than "corpse" is an example of euphemism.

So, rather than saying, "Uncle Frank died yesterday", we'd say, "Uncle Frank passed away yesterday" (sorry if you have an uncle Frank that passed away)

Literarey Exmple: "I can't help if she wants to go end her own life" (Judy Blume, Summer Sisters) rather than say her friend thought about killing herself or commiting suiceide, she used the term 'end her life'

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 * **Synonyms:** || [|delicacy], [|floridness], [|grandiloquence], [|inflation], [|nice Nelly], [|ornateness], [|pomposity], [|pretense], [|purism] || http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/euphemism

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