The word "john" is a euphemism, or substitute, for the word "toilet."
The euphemism, casualties is used to replace the word deaths.
The word 'euphemism' is a noun, a word for a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt, unpleasant or embarrassing.A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.Examples:A euphemism can't minimize the fact that he is dead. (subject of the sentence)Caution, the word love can be a euphemism for ownership and control. (direct object of the verb 'can be')
The father talked with euphemism of how the child's mother had passed away.
A euphemism is a figure of speech. You use a euphemism when you don't want to use the actual name or word for something.Instead of saying that she died, he used a euphemism.
He was released yesterday at the funeral.
No. It is a figure of speech. A euphemism is a word substituted for another word that is deemed unacceptably explicit. For example, the word mortician came into vogue as a euphemism for "undertaker," which was considered too direct and to the point.
Chance is thus neatly collapsed into a euphemism for ignorance, or lack of sufficient observation.
Here are some sentences.That is a euphemism.Cowboys often used a euphemism instead of the actual term.
Extremism is sometimes a euphemism for terrorism.
My grandfather passed away last week.
Don't worry, you've got a simple cancer.
I use a euphemism instead of a curse word when there are ladies present. The madder the Captain gets, the more interesting his euphemisms become!