Euphemisms are used to make something unpleasant sound nicer while Dysphemisms do the opposite - making neutral or even positive things sound worse.
1. Passed away - instead of died.
2. Let go - instead of fired.
3. Senior citizen - instead of old person.
4. Correctional facility - instead of prison.
5. Pre-owned - instead of used (as in cars).
6. Economical with the truth - instead of lying.
7. Between jobs - instead of unemployed.
8. Ethnic cleansing - instead of genocide.
9. Expecting - instead of pregnant.
10. Special needs - instead of disabled.
11. Negative patient outcome - instead of death.
12. Vertically challenged - instead of short.
13. Chronologically gifted - instead of old.
14. Adult entertainment - instead of pornography.
15. Enhanced interrogation - instead of torture.
16. Relocation center - instead of internment camp.
17. Sleep with - instead of have sex with.
18. Passed gas - instead of farted.
19. Correctional officer - instead of prison guard.
20. Domestic engineer - instead of housekeeper/homemaker.
21. Sanitation worker - instead of garbage collector.
22. Custodial staff - instead of janitors.
23. Downsizing - instead of layoffs.
24. Differently abled - instead of disabled.
25. Low income area - instead of poor neighbourhood.
.........to be continued.
Tailpiece.
Got up around 5, the chores and was ready by a quarter past 8.
Walked for a duration of 50' on the road in front of The Quarterdeck. Recited my prayers.
Sunil, comes from Ottappaalam, to service our solar headlight.
Lekha goes to town for bank work and for buying our fruit basket.
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