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- noun Plural form of
dysphemism .
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Examples
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I don't believe I've ever seen that many dysphemisms crammed into that small a space before.
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Some might call that mindless blather I suppose, but I really think it takes a certain kind of talent to compose 63-word forum comment almost completely out of nothing but dysphemisms, invective, hyperbole and punctuation.
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You know, I don't really find "Breck Girl" or any of the childish dysphemisms some people like toss around to be particularly cute.
Edwards Campaign Accuses Hillary Of Laughing At Loss Of American Jobs ��� Did She? 2009
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Some might call that mindless blather I suppose, but I really think it takes a certain kind of talent to compose 63-word forum comment almost completely out of nothing but dysphemisms, invective, hyperbole and punctuation.
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In fact, some terms, like "welfare" and "retarded," began life as liberal euphemisms and eventually became dysphemisms because people came to associate them with the realities they describe.
It's a Flee Country 2008
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On death and taxes: In examining dysphemisms, I wrote: When did the inheritance tax (a pro-taxing term) become the estate tax (a neutral term)?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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On death and taxes: In examining dysphemisms, I wrote: When did the inheritance tax (a pro-taxing term) become the estate tax (a neutral term)?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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When you use dysphemisms ask one of your advisors what this word means you invite violence.
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When you use dysphemisms ask one of your advisors what this word means you invite violence.
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Further warning: Caveat Lector: Vulgar, profane, and obscene dysphemisms, which have been used for every part of speech and rhetorical form, have not been Bowdlerized nor expurgated from this site, to the undoubted dismay of purists and the evident enrichment of our mother-tongue; so immature or hypersensitive persons should refrain from perusing this indubitably eclectic and contingently egregious compendium.
From My Position... On the way! Chuck 2010
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