euphemistic's Usage Examples:

people with Negro (euphemism by foreign language), then the "honest" non-euphemistic form "Black" making a brief appearance (due to 1960s political forces.

A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by deliberately misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo.

Yours truly may also refer to: Yours truly, a euphemistic alternative to the pronoun 'I' or 'me' – referring to oneself Yours Truly.

Six Feet Under may refer to: A euphemistic phrase for burial in a grave, or more generally for death Six Feet Under (band), an American death metal band.

song Ado Annie Carnes describes her sexual awakening (albeit in highly euphemistic terms) and the conflicts that it brings.

while amuse-bouche is not even listed in most dictionaries, being a euphemistic hypercorrection that appeared in the 1980s on restaurant menus and used.

Making the beast with two backs is a euphemistic metaphor for two persons engaged in sexual intercourse.

"sound of mind"), and a euphemistic term for insanity is "non compos mentis".

Dysphemisms contrast with neutral or euphemistic expressions.

and other animals are eaten in many parts of the world, often under euphemistic culinary names.

Grimm suggests derivation from a euphemistic trût (modern traut) "dear, beloved; intimate", but cites as an alternative.

circumlocution of "Mary!", but "heck", while still euphemistic, is not a circumlocution of "hell".

Informal use of this word is sometimes euphemistic ("lady of the night" for a prostitute) or, in American slang, condescending.

To kick the bucket is an English idiom, considered a euphemistic, informal, or slang term meaning "to die".

In rhetoric, meiosis is a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than.

These fall into a number of categories known by various euphemistic names, such as soaplands, fashion health shops, and pink salons, with.

Henceforth in the United Kingdom, the phrase became a byword for euphemistic and pointless excuses.

An adult movie theatre is a euphemistic term for a movie theatre dedicated to the exhibition of pornographic films.

Synonyms:

inoffensive;

Antonyms:

offensive; dysphemistic;