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is a substitution for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver, using instead an agreeable or less offensive expression, or to make it less troublesome for the speaker. Shake Your Euphemism Euphemisms

George Carlin

Some examples of Euphemisms pre-owned car - used car/second-hand car restroom (US English) - toilet to pass on - to die friendly fire - being fired upon by your own side in battle enhanced interrogation technique - torture the big C - cancer

Euphemisms - Death pushing up the daisies to croak food for the worms snuff out the candle swansong to be toast gravestone/headstone the sands of time running out

Arguments have words with someone

Being poor financially embarrassed

Being Crazy An olive short of a pizza

No matter how you say it… Euphemism commercial

Euphemisms in the Giver With a partner, begin to write down some euphemisms used by Lois Lowry in The Giver. EUPHEMISMS What does Jonas’s community really mean by the following words: 1. Release (page 2): 2. Feelings (page 4) 3. Animals (page 5) 4. Nurturer (page 7)