Euphemisms
Euphemisms involve substituting a mild, inoffensive phrase for an otherwise
frank express ion that might offend. Some euphemisms are intended for
humour, but others are intended to make things seem more positive than
they really are.
Euphemism
What it really means
Correctional facility
Jail
Cross over to the other side
Die
It fell off the back of a truck
Stolen merchandise
In reduced circumstances
Poor
Lose your lunch
Vomit
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Between jobs
Unemployed
Kick the bucket
Die
Big boned
Fat
Idiot box
Television
Little boy’s room
Bathroom
Chemical dependency
Drug addiction
Economically depressed
neighbourhood
Slum, ghetto
Bend the truth
Lie
Peer collaboration
Cheating
A little thin on top
Bald
Visit from the stork
Give birth
Bun in the oven
Pregnant
Vertically challenged
Short
Kick the bucket
Die
Armed intervention
Military attack
Gentleman friend
Lover
Put to s leep
Euthanize
Have words with someone
Have an argument
Slip of the mind
Forget
