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Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia, which means "using the good word" - usually in place of the accurate bad one.
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Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia, which means "using the good word" - usually in place of the accurate bad one.
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Euphemism comes from the Greek word euphemia, which means "using the good word" - usually in place of the accurate bad one.
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Progress Energy (motto: a nice Euphemism) drops ACCCE due to the sheeple catching on.
Think Progress » Progress Energy abandons dirty coal front group ACCCE. 2010
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Submitted in nomination for Euphemism of the Year: "unprivileged enemy belligerent".
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* Euphemism of the day: The New York Times suggests that the Shirley Sherrod mess and other racial controversies are fueled by "tactical opposition politics from the right."
The Morning Plum 2010
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It is as if George Orwell, of "1984" and "Animal Farm" fame, was appointed Euphemism Czar for the White House.
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Ziegler's 2006 painting, Study for Euphemism for Something, captures many of these apparent paradoxes: it features a cloudscape converted into CGI on an inkjet printout, then worked over by hand with correction fluid.
Artist of the week 113: Toby Ziegler Skye Sherwin 2010
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '(Video) "Tragic Accident": New Euphemism for Nearly Lethal Police Assault'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'A recently released surveillance video shows Deputy Paul -- obviously much larger and heavier than Harris -- throwing a body-check into Harris, sending the man tumbling head-first against a wall.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: (Video)"Tragic Accident": New Euphemism for Nearly Lethal Police Assault 2009
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 5/10/09: 'Sleep deprivation': Euphemism and CIA torture of choice yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '\'Sleep deprivation\': Euphemism and CIA torture of choice '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Sleep deprivation," as used by the CIA in its enhanced interrogation program included being shackled to the floor and ceiling for days on end, adding to the torment.
'Sleep deprivation': Euphemism and CIA torture of choice 2009
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